A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Nicolson, Richard

by William H. Husk

NICOLSON, Richard, Mus. Bac., was on Jan. 23, 1595–6, appointed organist and instructor of the choristers of Magdalen College, Oxford. In Feb. following he graduated as Mus. Bac. He contributed a madrigal, 'Sing, shepherds all,' to 'The Triumphes of Oriana,' 1601. In 1626 he was appointed the first Professor of Music upon Heyther's foundation at Oxford. He resigned his place at Magdalen College in 1639, and died in the same year.

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