When his voice broke in 1666 he had three years out of the choir , but returned in 1669 and sang as a countertenor in the Chapel Royal for another 71 years until his death . He became a member of the King 's Private Musick . In 1669 , however , he rejoined the Chapel Royal as a countertenor , and upon the death ( 1672 ) of Henry Cooke ( who had earlier cared for Turner in the year between his voice breaking and his appointment at Lincoln ) became a member of the King 's Private Musick .