# Nicholas Staggins

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English composer

**Nicholas Staggins** (died 13 June 1700[1]) was an [English](/source/England) [composer](/source/Composer).

Staggins first studied music under his father. He was made [Master of the King's Music](/source/Master_of_the_King's_Music) by [Charles II](/source/Charles_II_of_England) in 1674. In 1682, he was granted a musical doctorate by [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University), and from 1684 until his death was Professor of Music at Cambridge.[2] Following his death on the night of 12–13 June 1700, he was succeeded by [John Eccles](/source/John_Eccles_(composer)).

From the few fragments of his compositions that survive, his musical ability is generally regarded to have been slender. His most significant work was his music for [John Crowne](/source/John_Crowne)'s [masque](/source/Masque) *Calisto, or The Chaste Nymph*. His other works include [odes](/source/Ode) for the birthdays of [William III](/source/William_III_of_England) (in at least 1693, 1694 and 1696). He also wrote [incidental music](/source/Incidental_music) for [John Dryden](/source/John_Dryden)'s *Conquest of Granada* and *Marriage à la Mode*, [George Etheridge](/source/George_Etheridge)'s *The Man of Mode*, [Nathaniel Lee](/source/Nathaniel_Lee)'s *Gloriana*, and [Thomas Shadwell](/source/Thomas_Shadwell)'s *[Epsom Wells](/source/Epsom_Wells)*.

In [Tom Brown](/source/Tom_Brown_(satirist))'s *Letters from the Dead to the Living*, Staggins is described as "bandy legged and contemptuously regarded". Following his death he was buried in Woollon on 16 June 1700 at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Highfill, Philip H.; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward A. (1973). ["Staggins, Nicholas"](https://books.google.com/books?id=Gql3JbSYeG4C&q=nicholas+staggins+1700&pg=PA233). *A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 14, S. Siddons to Thynne*. SIU Press. p. 233. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780809315260](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780809315260).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Staggins, Nicholas (STGS682N)"](https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=STGS682N&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50). *A Cambridge Alumni Database*. University of Cambridge. Slightly different dates are given in *A Biographical Dictionary of English Court Musicians, 1485–1714.*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Luttrell, Narcissus (1857). *A Brief Relation of State Affairs*. At the University Press.[*[page needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources)*]

## External links

- [Song from *Marriage à la Mode*](https://books.google.com/books?id=i1rfws6iFgoC&dq=nicholas%20staggins&pg=PA107)

Court offices Preceded by Louis Grabu Master of the King's Music 1674–1700 Succeeded by John Eccles

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