John Sheppard – Media vita

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The early life of John Sheppard (c.1515-1558) remains a mystery. Tradition holds that he was a chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral, but the first time he appears with any certainty is on his appointment to the post of Informator Choristarum at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1543. He left Magdalen in 1548 to become a ‘Gentleman of the Chapel Royal’, though the exact date of his taking up this post is uncertain. He seems to have maintained some unofficial association with Magdalen in the 1550s, though he is not to be confused with the unruly Richard Shepper, a fellow

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1.
Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria
14:12
2.
The Lord's Prayer
04:18
3.
I give you a new commandment
02:59
4.
Media Vita
25:31
5.
Christ rising again
04:23
6.
Haste thee, O God
03:33
7.
Te Deum
15:11

Total time: 01:10:07

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