Tobias Hume (possibly 1569 - April 16, 1645) was an English composer, viol player and soldier. Events January 11 - First recorded lottery in England. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Various sizes of viol The viol or viola da gamba family of musical instruments is related to the vihuela, rebec, etc. ... A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ...

Little is known of his life. Some have suggested that he was born in 1569 because of the fact that he was admitted to the London Charterhouse in 1629, a pre-requisite to which was being at least 60 years old, though there is no certainty over this. He had made his living as a professional soldier, probably as a mercenary. He was an officer with the Swedish and Russian armies. Introduction CHARTERHOUSE. This name is an English corruption of the French maison chartreuse, a religious house of the Carthusian order. ... A mercenary is a soldier who fights, or engages in warfare primarily for private gain, usually with little regard for ideological, national or political considerations. ...

His published music includes pieces for viols (including many solo works for the lyra viol) and songs. They were gathered in two collections, The First Part of Ayres (or Musicall Humors, 1605) and Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke (1607). He was a particular champion of the viol over the then-dominant lute, something which caused John Dowland to publish a rebuttal of Hume's ideas. A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Events April 13 - Tsar Boris Godunow dies - Feodor II accedes to the throne May 16 - Paul V becomes Pope June 1 - Russian troops in Moscow imprison Feodor II and his mother. ... The lute is a plucked string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep round back. ... John Dowland (pronounced to rhyme with Roland) (1563 – February 20, 1626) was an English, possibly Irish-born composer and lutenist. ...

Hume was also known as a prankster, as some of his somewhat unusual compositions illustrate. His most notorious piece was, "An Invention for Two to Play upone one Viole". Two bows are required and the smaller of the two players is obliged to sit in the lap of the larger player. This work was notated in tablature and is indeed technically possible to play. Tablature is a form of musical notation which tells the player where to place their fingers on a particular instrument rather than which pitches to play. ...

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