Anthony HOLBORNE. “5 Pieces“ (x2) - PER GADE’s INTERNATIONAL BRASS QUINTET. JAPAN 1982

Anthony HOLBORNE (c. 1545 - 1602). “5 Pieces“ from the collecion “Pavans, Galliards, Almains and other short Airs“ - PER GADE’s INTERNATIONAL BRASS QUINTET. JAPAN 1982 Holborne was one of the most obscure composers of the English Elizabethan period. He was a courtier to Queen Elizabeth I (his contemporary, the composer John Dowland, refer to him as “the most famous and perfect artist, Anthony Holborne, gentleman user to the sacred Elizabeth, the late Queen of England“). Holborne was a lutenist and minor po