Tobias Hume
Tobias Hume (possibly 1579 – 16 April 1645) was a Scottish composer, viol player and soldier.
Little is known of his life. Some have suggested that he was born in 1579 because he was admitted to the London Charterhouse in 1629, a prerequisite to which was being at least 50 years old, though there is no certainty over this. He had made his living as a professional soldier, serving as an officer with the Swedish and Russian armies.
His published music includes pieces for viols (including many solo works for the lyra viol) and songs. They were gathered in two collections, The First Part of Ayres (or Musicall Humors, 1605) and Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke (1607). He was a particular champion of the viol over the then-dominant lute, something which caused John Dowland to publish a rebuttal of Hume's ideas.
Hume was also known as a prankster, as some of his somewhat unusual compositions illustrate. His most notorious piece was "An Invention for Two to Play upone one Viole", also known as Prince's Almayne. Two bows are required and the smaller of the two players is obliged to sit in the lap of the larger player. This work was notated in tablature and is indeed technically possible to play. His instructions to "drum this with the backe of your bow" in another piece, "Harke, harke," from the First Part of Ayres, constitute the earliest known use of col legno in Western music.
At Christmas 1629 he entered Charterhouse as a poor brother. His mind seems to have given way, for in July 1642 he published a rambling True Petition of Colonel Hume to parliament offering either to defeat the rebels in Ireland with a hundred 'instruments of war,' or, if furnished with a complete navy, to bring the king within three months twenty millions of money. He styles himself 'colonel,' but the rank was probably of his own invention, for in the entry of his death, which took place at Charterhouse on Wednesday, 16 April 1645, he is still called Captain Hume.
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Arpeggio in D Minor, AbelWV A1:26 - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Adagio in D Minor, AbelWV A1:30 - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I – Menuet II - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I – Menuet II - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Hit It in the Middle - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Tom and Mistresse Fine - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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The New Cut - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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A Pollish Ayre - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Touch Me Lightly - Bach – Abel – Hume -
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Le nuove musiche: No. 3. Dolcissimo sospiro - Version from the British Museum, MS. Egerton 2971 - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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The First Part of Ayres, French, Pollish and Others: No. 107. What Greater Griefe - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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The First Part of Ayres, French, Pollish and Others: No. 39. Touch Me Lightly - No. 38. Tickle Me Quickly - No. 35. Tickell, Tickell - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Le nuove musiche: No. 11. Dovrò dunque morire? - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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The First Part of Ayres, French, Pollish and Others: No. 48. Love's Farewell - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Cruda Amarilli - Version from the British Museum, MS. Egerton 2971 - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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A Musicall Dreame, or the Fourth Booke of Ayres: No. 21. S'amor non è che dunque - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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The Dark Is My Delight - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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A Musicall Dreame, or the Fourth Booke of Ayres: No. 19. In Sherwood livde stout Robin Hood - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Robin Hood - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Praeludium (No. 32, from the "Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, Part 3" - f. 288) - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Paven (No. 46, from the "Manchester Lyra-Viol Manuscript, Part 3" - f. 302) - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Galliard Corant - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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The Second Booke of Songs and Ayres: No. 9. Now What Is Love - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Allman Coranto - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Le nuove musiche: No. 4. Amor, io parto - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Why Stays the Bridegroom (Part 1) - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Bonny Sweet Robin - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Pavan No. 4 - Version from the Bodleian Library, Manuscript D.245 - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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Why Stays the Bridegroom (Part 2) - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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The First Part of Ayres, French, Pollish and Others: No. 9. Adue Sweete Loue - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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The Second Set of Madrigals: No. 23. Weep, Weep Mine Eyes - Version from the British Museum, MS. Egerton 2971 - Dolcissimo sospiro -
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A Question, No. 25, a Question - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Soldier Resolution, No.11, a Souldiers Resolution - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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Captaine Hume's Galliard, No.50, Captaine Humes Galliard - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Soldier Galliard, No. 48 a Souldiers Galliard - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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Captaine Hume's Allemande, No. 69 Captaine Humes Almayne - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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Ha! Courage!, No. 65 Ha Coragie - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Soldier Mask, No. 66 a Souldiers Maske - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Question II, No. 25 a Question - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Galliard, No. 72 a Galliard - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Galliard, No. 73 a Galliard 4 - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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Now I Come, No. 28 Now I Come - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Galliard, No. 70 a Galliard 1 - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Merry Meeting, No. 54 a Merry Meeting - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Galliard, No. 71 a Galliard 2 - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Galliard, No. 74 a Galliard 5 - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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A Question III, No. 25 a Question - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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An Answer, No. 26 an Answere - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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Captaine Hume's Pavane, No. 46 Captaine Humes Pavan - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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Love's Farewell, No. 47 Loves Farewell - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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Meditation, No.78 Meditation - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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Death, No. 12 Deth - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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Life, No. 13 Life - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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Captaine Hume's Lamentations, No. 115 Captaine Humes Lamentations - A Question, an Answer (Baroque Meditations About Life and Death) -
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