Richard Davy

About Richard Davy

English composer and scholar. The "Informator" and organist at Oxford Davy was also a member of Exeter Cathedral. In the 15th century Davy was the most accomplished of English composers displaying well-learned qualities of similtude throughout his work. Davy wrote a Passion according to St. Matthew as well as antiphons which illustrate the splendid sonorities of his polyphonic music. ~ Keith Johnson

HOMETOWN
England
BORN
1465
GENRE
Classical

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