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# Orlando Gibbons

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Orlando Gibbons was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School. The best known member of a musical family dynasty, by the 1610s he was the leading composer and organist in England, with a career cut short by h

##  Quotes by Orlando Gibbons

> [The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-gibbons/the-silver-swan-who-living-had-no-note-when-death-approached-unlocked/)

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[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/orlando-gibbons-86768_breasts_the-silver-swan-who-living-had-no-note-w_1361929.jpg)

> [It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-gibbons/it-is-proportion-that-beautifies-everything-the-whole-universe/)

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[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/orlando-gibbons-86768_music_it-is-proportion-that-beautifies-everyth_1979659.jpg)

> [The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-gibbons/the-silver-swan-who-living-had-no-note-when-death-approached-unlocked-2/)

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[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/orlando-gibbons-86768_bird_the-silver-swan-who-living-had-no-note-w_3144617.jpg)

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