Elway Bevin

Elway Bevin (c.1554-1638) was a Welsh-born organist and composer. Briefly a vicar choral at Wells Cathedral, in 1585 he was appointed Master of the Choristers at Bristol Cathedral. He was sworn a gentleman-extraordinary of the Chapel Royal on 3 June 1605, and is said to have been a pupil of Thomas Tallis. In 1631 Bevin published the work by which he is best known, 'A Briefe and Short Instruction of the Art of Musicke...'.