Artist Info: John Bartlett

John Bartlet, also John Bartlett, (fl. 1606-1610) was an English Renaissance composer. He was employed as a musician by Sir Edward Seymour, Earl Hertford (1539–1621), and accompanied him on a diplomatic visit to Brussels in 1605. In Bartlet's only publication he describes himself as a "Gentleman and Practitioner in this art," claiming a connection to a coat of arms.

Bartlet's only publication was A Booke of Ayres with a Triplicitie of Musicke, published in 1606. [read more...]