Anthony Bassano was a 16th century Italian

Italy

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 musician.

Bassano, born in Bassano del Grappa, Italy, was one of six sons of Jeronimo Bassano

Jeronimo Bassano

Jeronimo Bassano was an Italian musician who is noteworthy for having been head of a family of musicians — Anthony Bassano, Jacomo, Alvise, Jasper, John and Baptista — who moved from Venice to England and the household of Henry VIII to serve the court...

 (Anthony, Jacomo, Alvise, Jasper, John and Baptista) who moved from Venice to England to the household of Henry VIII

Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

 to serve the court, probably in 1540. Of his ten children, the five sons (Mark Anthony, Arthur, Edward, Andrea and Jeronimo) all served as musicians to the court of Henry VIII, and a daughter (Lucreece Bassano) married Nicholas Lanier the Elder

Nicholas Lanier the Elder

Nicholas Lanier the Elder was a French musician who played the flute and the cornett.He was born in Rouen, France, and died in England. He served as a court musician to King Henry II of France in France . During the Protestant persecutions in France, the Lanier family fled as Huguenots to England...

, grandfather of the artist-musician Nicholas Lanier

Nicholas Lanier

Nicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere was an English composer, singer, lutenist and painter....

.

Anthony was recorded as a foreigner, formerly Queen Elizabeth's

Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

 musician, resident in the London parish of St Olave

St Olave Hart Street

St Olave Hart Street is a Church of England church in the City of London, located on the corner of Hart Street and Seething Lane near Fenchurch Street railway station....

 and All Hallows Staining

All Hallows Staining

All Hallows Staining was a Church of England church located at the junction of Fenchurch Avenue and Billiter Street in the north-eastern corner of Langbourn ward in the City of London, close to Fenchurch Street railway station. All that remains of the church is the tower, built around 1320 AD as...

, in 1607. He was married with five children, all born in England.

External links

• Article on Alvise