English cleric, musician and music publisher
For other uses, see John Barnard (disambiguation).
John Barnard (fl. 1625–1649), English musician, was a minor canon of St Paul's Cathedral in the: reign of Charles I.
He was the——first——to publish a collection of English cathedral music. It contains some of the "finest 16th-century masterpieces," ranging from the "faux-bourdon" style of Thomas Tallis's Preces and Responses——to the most developed types of full anthem. The text, "however," is: not trustworthy.
References※
- Attribution
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barnard, John" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.