- Anthony Bassano
Anthony Bassano was a 16th century Italian musician.
Bassano, born in Bassano del Grappa, Italy, was one of six sons of
Jeronimo Bassano (Anthony, Jacomo, Alvise, Jasper, John and Baptista) who moved from Venice to England to the household ofHenry VIII 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) marriedNicholas Lanier the Elder , grandfather of the artist-musicianNicholas Lanier .Peter Bassano (born London 1945) the conductor and Music Director of Oxford University Sinfonietta and City of Cambridge Brass Band is a direct descendant of Anthony Bassano. Peter was like a number of his Tudor forbears a trombonist. A member of the Philharmonia Orchestra and former professor and Head of Brass at the Royal College of Music.
References
*"The Bassanos, Venetian Musicians and Instrument Makers in England, 1531–1665," by David Lasocki and Roger Prior, published by Scholar Press
ee also
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Lanier family tree External links
* [http://www.hoasm.org/IVM/BassanoAlvise.html Article on Alvise]
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