A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Ward, John
WARD, John, published, in 1613, 'The First Set of English Madrigals to 3, 4, 5, and 6 parts, apt both for Viols and Voyces. With a Mourning Song in memory of Prince Henry,' dedicated 'To the Honourable Gentleman and my very good Maister, Sir Henry Fanshawe, Knight'; one madrigal in which, 'Die not, fond man,' is still well known to members of madrigal societies. He was one of the contributors to Leighton's 'Teares or Lamentations,' 1614. An Evening Service and two anthems by him were printed in Barnard's Church Music, 1641, and an incomplete score of the Service and three anthems, including the two printed, are contained in Barnard's MS. collections. Nothing is known of his biography beyond the fact that he died before 1641.
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