Anthony Holborne

Anthony Antony Holborne Holburne (c. 1545 – 29 November 1602) was a composer of music for lute, cittern, and instrumental consort during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Life An “Anthony Holburne” entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1562, and it is possible that this person is the same as the composer. A Londoner of the same name was admitted to the Inner Temple Court in 1565, and again this may have been the same person. It is certain, however, that the composer was the brother of William Holborne and that he married Elisabeth Marten on 14 June 1584. On the title page of both his books, he claims to be in the service of Queen Elizabeth. He died of a “cold” in November 1602. He was held in the highest regard as a composer by his contemporaries. John Dowland dedicated the first song I saw my lady weepe in his Second Booke to Holborne. His patron was the Countess of Pembroke, Mary Sidney. In the 1590s, he entered the service of Sir Robert Cecil, the 1st Earl of Salisbury. His brother was William Holborne. Six of William’s madrigals were included in the Cittarn Schoole. Music His first known book was the Cittarn Schoole of 1597, consisting of compositions for the cittern. The prefac