Far’mer

(1) John, important English composer of madrigals; author of a treatise pub. 1591, and madrigals, 1599-1602. (2) Thomas, d. 1694 (?); composer; graduated at Cambridge, 1684; published songs, stage music, etc., 1675-1695; Purcell wrote an elegy to Nahum Tate’s words, on his death. (3) H., Nottingham, England, 1819—1891; violinist and organist. (4) J., Nottingham, Aug. 16, 1836—July, 1901; nephew. above; pupil of Leipzig Cons. and of Spath; teacher in Zurich for some years; 1862-85 mus.-master at Harrow School, then organist at Balliol Coll., Oxford, where he founded a mus. society; edited song-books, etc.; c. an oratorio; a fairy opera; comic cantata; a requiem, etc. Far’/naby, Giles, English composer, ca. 1565—1600 (?).