Lawes

(léz), (1) Wm., Salisbury, Wilts hire, 1582—killed at the siege of Chester, 1645; composer. (2) H., Dinton, near Salisbury, Dec., 1595— London, Oct. 21, 1662; bro. of above; one of the most original and important of song-writers, forestalling in his principles those of Franz, etc., in that he made his music respect the poetry he was setting; Milton, Herrick and others accordingly praised him. of Coperario. 1625, Epistler and Gentleman, Royal; on Charles I’s execution he lost his places but re-found them in the Restoration in 1660; buried in Cloisters of Westminster Abbey; c. the music to Milton’s ‘‘Comus,” etc. Law’rence, Marjorie, b. Melbourne, Australia; dram. soprano; studied in Paris; début at Monte Carlo, 1932, as ‘‘Elisabeth”’; sang heroic réles Op., incl. “‘Briinnhilde’’, “La Juive”’, “Salome” and “Aida”’; début, Met. Op., N. Y., 1935-36.