# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicholas-lanier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:29:36.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicholas-lanier"
name: "Nicholas Lanier"
slug: "nicholas-lanier"
description: "Nicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere was an English composer and musician; the first to hold the title of Master of the King's Music from 1625 to 1666, an honour given to musicians of great distinction. He was the court musician, a composer and performer and Groom of the Chamber in the service of King Charles I and Charles II. He was also a singer, lutenist, scenographer and painter."
tagline: "English composer, singer, lutenist and painter (1588-1666)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anton_van_Dyck_-_Nicolas_Lanier_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1588-09-10"
deathDate: "1666"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.24
  momentum:             3.715012722646311
  historical:           9.886070666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2484495"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "نيتشولاس لانير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lanier"
    title: "Nicholas Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lanier"
    title: "Nicholas Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lanier"
    title: "Nicholas Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lanier"
    title: "Nicholas Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lanier"
    title: "Nicholas Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lanier"
    title: "Nicholas Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lanier"
    title: "Nicholas Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lanier"
    title: "Nicholas Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Lanier"
    title: "Nicholas Lanier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/22330beb-7311-4bbf-9b60-7153b8f504bb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711411"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump