A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Chell, William

by William H. Husk

CHELL, William, Mus. Bac., successively lay vicar, prebendary, and precentor of Hereford Cathedral, graduated in music at Oxford in 1524. He was author of two works, entitled 'Musicæ practicæ Compendium,' and 'de Proportionibus Musicis.' [App. p.584 & 5 "the works mentioned in the article appear to be nothing but copies of the treatises of John de Muris, Otteby (Hothby), and others. He was Precentor of Hereford in 1554, but after the accession of Elizabeth was deprived of all his cathedral appointments. (Dict. of Nat. Biog.)]

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