1563–1626. British composer in the English Renaissance tradition.

His lute songs and pavans are bywords for Elizabethan melancholy and introspection. Lachrimae is his masterwork; Flow My Tears was the most famous song of its era.

Signature works: Lachrimae or Seven Tears, Flow My Tears, Come Heavy Sleep, In Darkness Let Me Dwell, The Frog Galliard.