John Cooper (c. 1570 – 1626), also known as Giovanni Coprario or Coperario, was an Englishcomposer, viol player and lutenist.
He changed his name in the early 17th century. It is often said he did this after a visit to Italy, though there is no evidence he had been to the country. From 1622 he served and may have taught the Prince of Wales, for whom he continued to work upon his succession as Charles I. His longtime patron was Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, for whom he taught William Lawes.
Among Cooper's works are fantasias, suites and other works for viols and violins, and two collections of songs, Funeral Teares (1606) and Songs of Mourning: Bewailing the Untimely Death of Prince Henry (1613). He also penned the treatise on composition, Rules how to Compose.
According to Ernst Meyer, Cooper was a Londoner who italianized his name as Italian music and musicians became more fashionable, and spent much of his life as a musician in the royal court.
Ninety-six fantasias in between three and six voices, most of them in two Oxford and Royal College of Music collections, were known to exist by Cooper (as of 1946). Meyer also notes that most of Cooper's five and six part fantasias are mainly transcriptions, or imitations, of his madrigals, but that his fantasias for three or four instrumental parts are, formally especially, independently interesting.
The Marion Consort: Deceitful Fancy - John Coprario
The Marion Consort is a Chicago based early music ensemble specializing in the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
www.marionconsort.org
www.facebook.com/themarionconsort
published: 29 Jan 2015
Fantasia á2 (John Coprario) @St Alfege Greenwich
A Fantasia for two viols here played as a duet for lute and viol during Musicke in the Ayre's Campion & Collaborators programme at St Alfege Church Greenwich, marking the 450th anniversary of Campion's birth.
Esha Neogy, bass viol
Din Ghani, lute
published: 27 Mar 2021
John Coprario Funeral Teares
John Coperario Funeral Teares
lute songs
Bach-consort:
Liliya Gaysina (soprano)
Yulia Mikkonen (alto)
Tatiana Fedyakova (viola da gamba)
Asya Grechisheva (lute)
published: 10 Mar 2010
Deceitful fancy (J Coprario) @Bath CURC
A piece from Musicke in the Ayre's "It fell on a sommers day" programme given in their final concert at the Central United Reformed Church in Bath on 26th August 2022. This is the central piece from Coprario's "Funeral Teares", a collection of 7 elegies honouring the late Earl of Devonshire, Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy who died in 1606.
Sopranos: Carmel Edwards and Jane Hunt
Lute: Din Ghani
published: 13 Oct 2022
John Coprario: Fancy Nr. 7 in d
A live recording of John Coprario's (c. 1570 - 1626) Fancy in d, preserved in GB-Ob MS. Mus. Sch. C. 101 a-b, in our arrangement for Virginal and Renaissance traverso.
astrophil & stella:
Mira Lange, Virginal & Johanna Bartz, Renaissance Traverso.
Live recorded on the 26th of November 2023 in St. Martin Egerkingen.
www.ensembleastrophilandstella.com
Thank you:
Manuel Maio - Video & Audio
Nicola Paoli - Video & Audio assistance
Musica Cordis Egerkingen - @musicacordis-konzertreihee4110
Katharina von Arx
David Erzberger
Guilherme Barroso
Kirchgemeinde St. Martin Egerkingen
published: 22 May 2024
Coprario.mp4
Mike O'Connor and Barbara Griggs play a Phantasia for three part viol consort created from a hitherto unknown bass viol part by Giovanni Coprario, found at St Michael's Mount. Filmed at the Cornish Studies Library, Alma Place, Redruth on 7 April 2011.
published: 07 Apr 2011
Deceitful fancy (G Coprario) @Lockdown lashup
A duet destined originally for a June 5th concert at the Museum of Bath Architecture in a Campion 400 programme titled "It fell on a summers daie": here done as a Lockdown lashup by Jane Hunt and Carmel Edwards with Din on lute (and bass viol). Giovanni Coprario (formerly known as John Cooper) was one of Campion's close collaborators; he published "Deceitful fancy" as part of a 7-song cycle of elegies for Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, the Earl of Devonshire who died in 1606.
This is #7 in our Lockdown lashup playlist.
published: 26 May 2020
John Coprario & Thomas Campion: How like a golden dream
John Coprario (1570-1626) & Thomas Campion (1567-1620): "How like a golden Dream" Recorded at the Oude Katholieke Kerk, Delft
Earl Christy: https://www.earlchristy-lutenist.com
Michal Bitan: https://www.michalbitan.com
https://www.instagram.com/michal_bita...
Get our merch here: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Night-Michal-Bitan-Christy/dp/B01N7MQHR4
Michal Bitan, soprano
Earl Christy, lute
published: 10 Feb 2018
John Coprario Funeral Teares (end)
John Coprario Funeral Teares
lute songs
Bach-consort:
Liliya Gaysina (soprano)
Yulia Mikkonen (alto)
Tatiana Fedyakova (viola da gamba)
Asya Grechisheva (lute)
published: 10 Mar 2010
O sweet flower (John Coprario) @Fitzwilliam College Chapel, Cambridge
This is one of the seven "Funeral Tears" written by John Coprario on the death of Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire in 1606. Recorded during Musicke in the Ayre's recital "A tapestry of tears" given in the Chapel within the grounds of Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge, in 2016.
Marie Lemaire, soprano
Carmel de Jager, mezzo soprano
Din Ghani, lute
The Marion Consort is a Chicago based early music ensemble specializing in the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
www.marionconsort.org
www.facebook...
The Marion Consort is a Chicago based early music ensemble specializing in the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
www.marionconsort.org
www.facebook.com/themarionconsort
The Marion Consort is a Chicago based early music ensemble specializing in the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
www.marionconsort.org
www.facebook.com/themarionconsort
A Fantasia for two viols here played as a duet for lute and viol during Musicke in the Ayre's Campion & Collaborators programme at St Alfege Church Greenwich, m...
A Fantasia for two viols here played as a duet for lute and viol during Musicke in the Ayre's Campion & Collaborators programme at St Alfege Church Greenwich, marking the 450th anniversary of Campion's birth.
Esha Neogy, bass viol
Din Ghani, lute
A Fantasia for two viols here played as a duet for lute and viol during Musicke in the Ayre's Campion & Collaborators programme at St Alfege Church Greenwich, marking the 450th anniversary of Campion's birth.
Esha Neogy, bass viol
Din Ghani, lute
A piece from Musicke in the Ayre's "It fell on a sommers day" programme given in their final concert at the Central United Reformed Church in Bath on 26th Augus...
A piece from Musicke in the Ayre's "It fell on a sommers day" programme given in their final concert at the Central United Reformed Church in Bath on 26th August 2022. This is the central piece from Coprario's "Funeral Teares", a collection of 7 elegies honouring the late Earl of Devonshire, Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy who died in 1606.
Sopranos: Carmel Edwards and Jane Hunt
Lute: Din Ghani
A piece from Musicke in the Ayre's "It fell on a sommers day" programme given in their final concert at the Central United Reformed Church in Bath on 26th August 2022. This is the central piece from Coprario's "Funeral Teares", a collection of 7 elegies honouring the late Earl of Devonshire, Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy who died in 1606.
Sopranos: Carmel Edwards and Jane Hunt
Lute: Din Ghani
A live recording of John Coprario's (c. 1570 - 1626) Fancy in d, preserved in GB-Ob MS. Mus. Sch. C. 101 a-b, in our arrangement for Virginal and Renaissance tr...
A live recording of John Coprario's (c. 1570 - 1626) Fancy in d, preserved in GB-Ob MS. Mus. Sch. C. 101 a-b, in our arrangement for Virginal and Renaissance traverso.
astrophil & stella:
Mira Lange, Virginal & Johanna Bartz, Renaissance Traverso.
Live recorded on the 26th of November 2023 in St. Martin Egerkingen.
www.ensembleastrophilandstella.com
Thank you:
Manuel Maio - Video & Audio
Nicola Paoli - Video & Audio assistance
Musica Cordis Egerkingen - @musicacordis-konzertreihee4110
Katharina von Arx
David Erzberger
Guilherme Barroso
Kirchgemeinde St. Martin Egerkingen
A live recording of John Coprario's (c. 1570 - 1626) Fancy in d, preserved in GB-Ob MS. Mus. Sch. C. 101 a-b, in our arrangement for Virginal and Renaissance traverso.
astrophil & stella:
Mira Lange, Virginal & Johanna Bartz, Renaissance Traverso.
Live recorded on the 26th of November 2023 in St. Martin Egerkingen.
www.ensembleastrophilandstella.com
Thank you:
Manuel Maio - Video & Audio
Nicola Paoli - Video & Audio assistance
Musica Cordis Egerkingen - @musicacordis-konzertreihee4110
Katharina von Arx
David Erzberger
Guilherme Barroso
Kirchgemeinde St. Martin Egerkingen
Mike O'Connor and Barbara Griggs play a Phantasia for three part viol consort created from a hitherto unknown bass viol part by Giovanni Coprario, found at St ...
Mike O'Connor and Barbara Griggs play a Phantasia for three part viol consort created from a hitherto unknown bass viol part by Giovanni Coprario, found at St Michael's Mount. Filmed at the Cornish Studies Library, Alma Place, Redruth on 7 April 2011.
Mike O'Connor and Barbara Griggs play a Phantasia for three part viol consort created from a hitherto unknown bass viol part by Giovanni Coprario, found at St Michael's Mount. Filmed at the Cornish Studies Library, Alma Place, Redruth on 7 April 2011.
A duet destined originally for a June 5th concert at the Museum of Bath Architecture in a Campion 400 programme titled "It fell on a summers daie": here done as...
A duet destined originally for a June 5th concert at the Museum of Bath Architecture in a Campion 400 programme titled "It fell on a summers daie": here done as a Lockdown lashup by Jane Hunt and Carmel Edwards with Din on lute (and bass viol). Giovanni Coprario (formerly known as John Cooper) was one of Campion's close collaborators; he published "Deceitful fancy" as part of a 7-song cycle of elegies for Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, the Earl of Devonshire who died in 1606.
This is #7 in our Lockdown lashup playlist.
A duet destined originally for a June 5th concert at the Museum of Bath Architecture in a Campion 400 programme titled "It fell on a summers daie": here done as a Lockdown lashup by Jane Hunt and Carmel Edwards with Din on lute (and bass viol). Giovanni Coprario (formerly known as John Cooper) was one of Campion's close collaborators; he published "Deceitful fancy" as part of a 7-song cycle of elegies for Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, the Earl of Devonshire who died in 1606.
This is #7 in our Lockdown lashup playlist.
John Coprario (1570-1626) & Thomas Campion (1567-1620): "How like a golden Dream" Recorded at the Oude Katholieke Kerk, Delft
Earl Christy: https://www.earlc...
John Coprario (1570-1626) & Thomas Campion (1567-1620): "How like a golden Dream" Recorded at the Oude Katholieke Kerk, Delft
Earl Christy: https://www.earlchristy-lutenist.com
Michal Bitan: https://www.michalbitan.com
https://www.instagram.com/michal_bita...
Get our merch here: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Night-Michal-Bitan-Christy/dp/B01N7MQHR4
Michal Bitan, soprano
Earl Christy, lute
John Coprario (1570-1626) & Thomas Campion (1567-1620): "How like a golden Dream" Recorded at the Oude Katholieke Kerk, Delft
Earl Christy: https://www.earlchristy-lutenist.com
Michal Bitan: https://www.michalbitan.com
https://www.instagram.com/michal_bita...
Get our merch here: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Night-Michal-Bitan-Christy/dp/B01N7MQHR4
Michal Bitan, soprano
Earl Christy, lute
This is one of the seven "Funeral Tears" written by John Coprario on the death of Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire in 1606. Recorded during Mu...
This is one of the seven "Funeral Tears" written by John Coprario on the death of Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire in 1606. Recorded during Musicke in the Ayre's recital "A tapestry of tears" given in the Chapel within the grounds of Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge, in 2016.
Marie Lemaire, soprano
Carmel de Jager, mezzo soprano
Din Ghani, lute
This is one of the seven "Funeral Tears" written by John Coprario on the death of Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire in 1606. Recorded during Musicke in the Ayre's recital "A tapestry of tears" given in the Chapel within the grounds of Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge, in 2016.
Marie Lemaire, soprano
Carmel de Jager, mezzo soprano
Din Ghani, lute
The Marion Consort is a Chicago based early music ensemble specializing in the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
www.marionconsort.org
www.facebook.com/themarionconsort
A Fantasia for two viols here played as a duet for lute and viol during Musicke in the Ayre's Campion & Collaborators programme at St Alfege Church Greenwich, marking the 450th anniversary of Campion's birth.
Esha Neogy, bass viol
Din Ghani, lute
A piece from Musicke in the Ayre's "It fell on a sommers day" programme given in their final concert at the Central United Reformed Church in Bath on 26th August 2022. This is the central piece from Coprario's "Funeral Teares", a collection of 7 elegies honouring the late Earl of Devonshire, Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy who died in 1606.
Sopranos: Carmel Edwards and Jane Hunt
Lute: Din Ghani
A live recording of John Coprario's (c. 1570 - 1626) Fancy in d, preserved in GB-Ob MS. Mus. Sch. C. 101 a-b, in our arrangement for Virginal and Renaissance traverso.
astrophil & stella:
Mira Lange, Virginal & Johanna Bartz, Renaissance Traverso.
Live recorded on the 26th of November 2023 in St. Martin Egerkingen.
www.ensembleastrophilandstella.com
Thank you:
Manuel Maio - Video & Audio
Nicola Paoli - Video & Audio assistance
Musica Cordis Egerkingen - @musicacordis-konzertreihee4110
Katharina von Arx
David Erzberger
Guilherme Barroso
Kirchgemeinde St. Martin Egerkingen
Mike O'Connor and Barbara Griggs play a Phantasia for three part viol consort created from a hitherto unknown bass viol part by Giovanni Coprario, found at St Michael's Mount. Filmed at the Cornish Studies Library, Alma Place, Redruth on 7 April 2011.
A duet destined originally for a June 5th concert at the Museum of Bath Architecture in a Campion 400 programme titled "It fell on a summers daie": here done as a Lockdown lashup by Jane Hunt and Carmel Edwards with Din on lute (and bass viol). Giovanni Coprario (formerly known as John Cooper) was one of Campion's close collaborators; he published "Deceitful fancy" as part of a 7-song cycle of elegies for Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, the Earl of Devonshire who died in 1606.
This is #7 in our Lockdown lashup playlist.
John Coprario (1570-1626) & Thomas Campion (1567-1620): "How like a golden Dream" Recorded at the Oude Katholieke Kerk, Delft
Earl Christy: https://www.earlchristy-lutenist.com
Michal Bitan: https://www.michalbitan.com
https://www.instagram.com/michal_bita...
Get our merch here: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Night-Michal-Bitan-Christy/dp/B01N7MQHR4
Michal Bitan, soprano
Earl Christy, lute
This is one of the seven "Funeral Tears" written by John Coprario on the death of Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire in 1606. Recorded during Musicke in the Ayre's recital "A tapestry of tears" given in the Chapel within the grounds of Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge, in 2016.
Marie Lemaire, soprano
Carmel de Jager, mezzo soprano
Din Ghani, lute
John Cooper (c. 1570 – 1626), also known as Giovanni Coprario or Coperario, was an Englishcomposer, viol player and lutenist.
He changed his name in the early 17th century. It is often said he did this after a visit to Italy, though there is no evidence he had been to the country. From 1622 he served and may have taught the Prince of Wales, for whom he continued to work upon his succession as Charles I. His longtime patron was Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, for whom he taught William Lawes.
Among Cooper's works are fantasias, suites and other works for viols and violins, and two collections of songs, Funeral Teares (1606) and Songs of Mourning: Bewailing the Untimely Death of Prince Henry (1613). He also penned the treatise on composition, Rules how to Compose.
According to Ernst Meyer, Cooper was a Londoner who italianized his name as Italian music and musicians became more fashionable, and spent much of his life as a musician in the royal court.
Ninety-six fantasias in between three and six voices, most of them in two Oxford and Royal College of Music collections, were known to exist by Cooper (as of 1946). Meyer also notes that most of Cooper's five and six part fantasias are mainly transcriptions, or imitations, of his madrigals, but that his fantasias for three or four instrumental parts are, formally especially, independently interesting.