Robert Cowper (composer) explained

Robert Cowper or Robert Cooper (c. 1465–1539/40) was an English composer. He studied music at the University of Cambridge and sang as a lay-clerk there in the Choir of King's College. He was later appointed master of the choristers of the household chapel of Lady Margaret Beaufort.[1]

He composed both sacred and secular music, including masses, motets and madrigals. The Gyffard partbooks contain a four part setting of Hodie composed by Cowper with John Taverner and Thomas Tallis.[2]

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  1. A mirror of monarchy: Music and musicians in the household chapel of the Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. 16. 1997. 203–234. Fiona Kisby. Early Music History. 10.1017/S0261127900001728. 191989186 .
  2. Book: Thomas Tallis. John Harley. 2015. Routledge. 9781472428066.