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The year 1643 in music involved some significant events. Events. Composer Johann Crüger meets hymn-writer Paul Gerhardt, resulting in a collaboration.
King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, [2] is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 36 miles (58 km) north-east of Peterborough , 44 miles (71 km) north-north-east of Cambridge and 44 miles (71 km) west of Norwich .
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In good King Arthur's day When we served under the King Lived a miller and a weaver and a little tailor Three jolly rogues of Lynn. Now the miller he stole corn And the weaver he stole yarn And the little tailor he stole broadcloth For to keep those three rogues warm Now the miller was drowned in his dam And the weaver was hanged in his yarn
They were based on folk songs Vaughan Williams had collected in the English county of Norfolk, in particular the fishing port of King's Lynn in January 1905. Only the first rhapsody survives in its entirety, having been revised by the composer in 1914. The second exists in fragmentary form, and has been completed by other hands.
After watching the "Kung Fu Kapers" episode of The Goodies, the resident of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, laughed continuously for 25 minutes and then fell dead on his sofa from heart failure due to what doctors discovered years later, via his granddaughter, was a genetic condition called Long QT syndrome. [170] [171] Roger Baldwin and Peter ...
The king takes control of the town from the bishop. From then on it is known as King's Lynn: 1572: Thatched roofs are banned to reduce the risk of fire 1605: Greenland Fishery House is built 1643: During the civil war, King's Lynn is captured by a parliamentary army 1665: Plague strikes 1683: The Custom House is built 1708
Michael Caine (born 1933), actor, was evacuated to King's Lynn in World War II and attended King Edward VII School. Zara Dawson (born 1983), actress and television presenter; Richard Meek (born 1982), actor in musical theatre; Miranda Raison (born 1977), actress; Lucy Verasamy (born 1980), weather forecaster, currently employed by ITV National ...