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Also known as Nicholas Laniere, Nicholas Lannier

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

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649
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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

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Instance of
human
Given name
Nicholas
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Greenwich
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
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Nicholas Lanier
date of baptism
1588-09-10
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