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(krO-che), Giovanni dalla, compr. b. Chioggia, about 1557; d. Venice, May 15, 1609. Pupil of Zarlino, chorister and leader at St. Mark's; maestro 1603; also ordained priest; composed madrigals, motets, fine but not remarkably original; Tnaca Mimcale, volume of comic part songs in Venetian dialect, including dialogue between cuckoo and nightingale, has unique interest. Croft for Crofts], William, compr. b. Nether Ettmgton. Warwick, 1678 (baptized Dec. 30); d. Bath, Aug. 14, 1727. Chorister m Chapel Royal under Blow; orgt at St. Anne's, at Chapel Royal, and (1708) at Westminster, and composer to Chapel Royal; Mus Doc. Oxford 1713; composed many fine anthems and CROWEST psalm tunes; published 1712 Divine Harmony words of anthems with historical account; 1724 Music a Sacra, 30 anthems of his own, first volumes, he says, engraved in score on plates; at least first in England.