Queldryk Explained

Queldryk (also Qweldryk) (fl. c. 1400) was an English composer. He is thought to have been associated with a similarly named estate (Wheldrake) of the Cistercian monastery of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire.^[1] He may have been the Richard Queldryk who donated a miscellanea volume of sacred music to Lichfield Cathedral.^[2]

His known surviving output comprises two pieces in the Old Hall Manuscript, a Gloria and a Credo.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Works of Queldryk . 2 June 2003 . Medieval Music Database . La Trobe University . 14 November 2012.
2. Book: Wathey, Andrew . Music in the Royal and Noble Households in Late Medieval England: Studies of Sources and Patronage . 1989 . Garland Publishing . New York and London . 261 .
3. Encyclopedia: Bent . Margaret . Grove Music Online . Queldryk (Qweldryk) . 6 November 2012 . Oxford Music Online .