David Peebles
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David Peebles [Pables] (died 1579?) was a Scottish composer of religious music.
Biography
Little is known of his life but the majority of his work dates to between 1530 and 1576. He is known to have been a canon at the Augustinian Priory of St Andrews until the Scottish Reformation (1559–60). After leaving the priory at the Reformation he seems to have married and had two children. He was dead some time before 1592, as his wife's will of that date describes her as Peebles's "relict", and mentions two lawful sons, Andrew and Thomas.Ross, D James. "Peebles, David". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online
Work and influence
His most well-known composition, Si quis diligit me (text from John 14:23), is a motet for four voices (SATB) and was written around 1530 and presented to James V of Scotland, who "being a musitian ... did lyke it verray weill". Francy Heagy added an alto part to this motet around 1547 and this is shown in most contemporary editions.
In the 1560s, following the Reformation, Peebles was commissioned by James Stewart, Earl of Moray and the natural son of James V, to set the Book of Psalms to music in four parts; 105 of these settings, written with the tune in the tenor, were composed for use in Scottish churches.Elliott, Kenneth. "Peebles, David". New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians online.
References
External links
- [http://theartofmusic.co.uk/portfolio/writing/musickFyne.php Entry on Scottish composers at The Art of Music; mentions Peebles]
- [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_007/7_445_462.pdf "Account of the Scottish Psalter of A.D. 1566" from Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, April 1868] (requires Acrobat Reader)
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Category:Renaissance composers
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:16th-century Scottish people
Category:16th-century Scottish musicians
Category:Court of Mary, Queen of Scots
Category:People from St Andrews