Michael Wise
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Michael Wise (1648–1687) was an English organist and composer. He sang as a child in the choir of the Chapel Royal and served as a countertenor in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle from 1666 until, in 1668, he was appointed Organist and Choirmaster at Salisbury Cathedral. In 1676, he became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal and in the last year of his life held the post of Master of the Children at St Paul's Cathedral.
Little more is known of Michael Wise except that he met with an untimely end. During a violent struggle with the Salisbury night watch, following a domestic dispute, he sustained a blow to the head, "which broke his skull, of the consequence whereof he died".
As well as Service Settings, his compositions include anthems, for example, 'How are the mighty fallen', 'Awake up my Glory', 'The ways of Zion do mourn', and 'Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy'. (ref. 'The New Church Anthem Book' p.77 publ. OUP 1992)
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