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Nicholas Lanier
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English composer, singer, lutenist and painter (1588-1666)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1588
- Active to
- 1666
Discography
- Hero & Leander1999
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- Listeners
- 649
- Total plays
- 2,214
Tags
United Kingdomearly musicEnglish Baroquebaroqueearly baroque
Nicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere (1588–1666) was an English composer, singer, lutenist, and painter. Lanier was baptised at Greenwich on the10th September 1588; he was the son of John Lanier, who was the son of Nicholas Lanier the Elder. He was first taught by his father, John, who played the sackbut. In 1613 he composed a masque for the marriage of the Earl of Somerset jointly with Giovanni Coperario and others. He also wrote music and made sets for Ben Jonson's The Masque of Augurs and Love
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicholas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Greenwich
- Position held
- Master of the King's Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- lute
- Image
- Anton van Dyck - Nicolas Lanier - Google Art Project.jpg
- Work location
- Italy
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- date of birth
- 1588-09-10
- date of death
- 1666-01-00
- Commons category
- Nicholas Lanier
- date of baptism
- 1588-09-10
- place of burial
- St Alfege Church, Greenwich
- P8168
- Marek Motyka
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