KING, Robert, Mus. Bac., was one of the band of music to William and Mary and Queen Anne. He graduated at Cambridge in 1696. He was the composer of many songs published in ‘Choice Ayres, Songs and Dialogues,
’ 1684; ‘Comes Amoris,
’ 1687–93; ‘The Banquet of Musick,
’ 1688–92; ‘The Gentleman's Journal,
’ 1692–94; and ‘Thesaurus Musicus,
’ 1695–96. He composed the songs in Crowne's comedy, ‘Sir Courtly Nice,
’ which were printed in...
