Nicholas Lanier, painting by van Dyck, 1632, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Nicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere (baptised 10 September 1588 – buried 24 February 1666)[1] was an English composer and musician; the first to hold the title of Master of the King's Music from 1625 to 1666, an honour given to musicians of great distinction. He was the court musician, a composer and performer and Groom of the Chamber in the service of King Charles I and Charles II. He was also a singer, lutenist, scenographer and painter.
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settled in England in 1561. NicholasLanier was the son of Frances Galliardello and John Lanier, who was the son of NicholasLanier the Elder, court musician...
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including notably Alnwick Castle where Dobson's self-portrait with NicholasLanier and Charles Cotterell is displayed, at the Yale Center for British...
collection of Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua by Daniel Nys and NicholasLanier. Grynder acquired a suite of four paintings of the Labours of Hercules...
composer for his own private music in 1665, and with the death of NicholasLanier in 1666 he became the second person to hold the title Master of the...
members of the family. Lanier Family History Dedicated to Carol Middleton, Bassano and Lanier Genealogist Genealogy of Robert Lanier from Barbados Peter...
sculptures went via Sir Dudley Carleton to the Earl of Arundel. Along with NicholasLanier, he also acted as agent for Charles I when he acquired the Garganza...
September 8 – Marin Mersenne, French theologian (d. 1648) September 10 – NicholasLanier, English composer (d. 1666) September 13 – Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux...
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daughter (Lucreece Bassano) married NicholasLanier the Elder, grandfather of the artist-musician NicholasLanier. The historian A.L. Rowse in his correspondence...
Sir William Davenant, designs by Inigo Jones, and music by composer NicholasLanier. Performed by Queen Henrietta Maria and her ladies in waiting on Shrove...
1640 "Salmacida Spolia". She was also a patron of English composer NicholasLanier, and was responsible for Davenant being appointed the Poet Laureat...
members of the Whitehall Group – the Flemish art dealer Daniel Nys and NicholasLanier, Master of the King's Music. These culminated in 1627 with most of...
(1583–1625) Robert Johnson (1583–1633) Thomas Robinson (c. 1588 – post-1609) NicholasLanier (1588–1666) Richard Mico (1590–1661) John Jenkins (1592–1678) Henry...
2nd Earl of Westmorland, English politician (b. 1602) February 24 – NicholasLanier, English composer (b. 1588) February 26 – Armand de Bourbon, Prince...
Elena Grimaldi, Genoa, 1623 Anton Giulio Brignole-Sale, Genoa, c. 1627 NicholasLanier, 1628 The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph c. 1629–30 Rest on the...
Francesco Colombini [de] (1588–1671) Johann Andreas Herbst (1588–1666) NicholasLanier (1588–1666) Marin Mersenne (1588–1648) John Tomkins (1589–1638) Guilielmus...
Richard Jones (late 17th century–1744) Richard Justice (died 1757) NicholasLanier (1588–1666) Henry Lawes (1595–1662) William Lawes (1602–1645) Matthew...
Jacobean era masque written by Ben Jonson, with music composed by NicholasLanier. It was first performed on 3 August 1621, and was the biggest popular...
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Toni Lanier Mannix (born Camille Bernice Froomess; February 19, 1906 – September 2, 1983) was an American actress and dancer in early motion pictures filmed...
Saavedra, Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician (d. 1634) 1588 – NicholasLanier, English singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1666) 1624 – Thomas...
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