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Lanier was married to Lucretia Bassano, daughter of Anthony Bassano, originally of Bassano del Grappa near Venice. The Bassano family were also very accomplished musicians, and over time various members played for Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and James I. Nicholas and Lucretia had 10 children, and one son, Clement Lanier, was Gentleman of the King's Privy Chamber.

—because it refers to his grandfather, Nicholas Lanier the Elder (so entitled perhaps for lack of a better name: "Nicholas Lanier (musician)" would refer to both, and "Nicholas Lanier (c. 1630-1618)" is awkward). I was originally going to write an article about him, but now I'm not sure. Nicholas the Elder was the patriarch of the Lanier family of musicians and held various court appointments, etc...but is he notable enough for an article? Ardric47 04:58, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just took out that he was born in France, that was also this Nicholas's grandfather. I put in where he was baptised to give a sense of where he was from (presumably somwhere near Greenwich).

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Nicholas Lanier (baptised 10 September 1588 – buried 24 February 1666) was an English composer and musician; the first to hold the title of Master of the King's Music, in the service of Charles I and Charles II. He was one of the first composers to introduce monody and recitative to England.

After this oil-on-canvas portrait was painted by the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck in Antwerp, Lanier convinced the king to bring van Dyck to England, where he became the leading court painter. The portrait displays an attitude of studied carelessness, often termed sprezzatura, defined as "a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it". The painting now hangs in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Painting credit: Anthony van Dyck

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