30 July 1715(1715-07-30) (aged 62–63)
[1] Southwark, London, Great Britain
Resting place
Southwark St George, London
Parent
Faithful Teate (father)
Occupation
Poet
Awards
Poet Laureate of the Kingdom of England (1692)
Nahum Tate (/ˈneɪ.əmˈteɪt/NAY-əm TAYT; 1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Anglo-Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692. Tate is best known for The History of King Lear, his 1681 adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, and for his libretto for Henry Purcell's opera, Dido and Aeneas.
^Scott-Thomas, H.F. (March 1934). "The Date of Nahum Tate's Death". Modern Language Notes. 49 (3). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 169–171. JSTOR 2912093. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
NahumTate (/ˈneɪ.əm ˈteɪt/ NAY-əm TAYT; 1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Anglo-Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692. Tate is...
friend NahumTate took it up and wrote a second part, publishing it the following year, 1682. According to the bookseller Jacob Tonson, Tate was aided...
written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by NahumTate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain...
The History of King Lear is an adaptation by NahumTate of William Shakespeare's King Lear. It first appeared in 1681, some seventy-five years after Shakespeare's...
Tate and Brady refers to the collaboration of the poets NahumTate and Nicholas Brady, which produced one famous work, New Version of the Psalms of David...
tender tears. In Henry Purcell's 1688 opera Dido and Aeneas, (librettist NahumTate), when Aeneas tells Dido he must abandon her to found Rome on the Italian...
tragic ending was much criticised and alternative versions were written by NahumTate, in which the leading characters survived and Edgar and Cordelia were...
which the lyric, "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night", by NahumTate, may be sung Henry Sherburne House, ca, 1766-1770, in Portsmouth, New...
the documented one of 1689. It was written to a libretto furnished by NahumTate, and performed in 1689 in cooperation with Josias Priest, a dancing master...
were faithful to their original versions, after the derived works by NahumTate, Colley Cibber and David Garrick had dominated the stage for over a century...
being T. Shadwell, who originated annual birthday and New Year odes; NahumTate; Nicholas Rowe; Laurence Eusden; Colley Cibber; William Whitehead; Thomas...
Ireland. He is sometimes known as Faithful Tate or Faithfull Teate. He was the father of the poet laureate, NahumTate. He was the son of Faithful Teate, a...
NahumTate. It is listed as number 936 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The exact date of Tate's composition is not known, but the words appeared in Tate...
Thomyris, Queen of Scythia (opera) Nicholas Rowe – The Royal Convert NahumTate – Injur'd Love (an adaptation of Webster's The White Devil) Samuel Cobb...
The True Chronicle Historie of King Leir Text (1605), anonymous http://JackLynch.net/Texts/tatelear.html – The History of King Lear (1681) by NahumTate...
Duke and No Duke by NahumTate (1684) Juliana in The Disappointment by Thomas Southerne (1684) Girtred in Cuckold's Haven by NahumTate (1685) Nell in The...
Monarchs William III and Mary II Preceded by John Dryden Succeeded by NahumTate Personal details Born c. 1642 Weeting or Lynford, Norfolk, England Died...
Queen Mary II of England. The text of the ode is often attributed to NahumTate, who was poet laureate at the time. As a court composer, Purcell was given...
Others took more creative liberty in sanitising the Bard's works: In 1681, NahumTate as Poet Laureate rewrote the tragedy of King Lear with a happy ending...
La Diane de Fontainebleau Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas (libretto by NahumTate, first performed in London) Poul Christian Schindler – Der vereinigte...
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