A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Cosyn, Benjamin

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1503950A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Cosyn, Benjamin


COSYN, Benjamin, was probably a son of John Cosyn, who in 1585 published sixty psalms in six parts in plain counterpoint. He was eminent as a composer of lessons for virginals. Many of his pieces are extant. He flourished in the first half of the 17th century.