Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger

Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger (c. 1575 – March 1628) was an English composer and viol player of Italian descent.

Ferrabosco the younger was left under the guardianship of Gomer van Awsterwyke, a member of Queen Elizabeth I's court.

After the Union of the Crowns he became the private music tutor of Prince Henry and a groom of privy chamber, with a salary of £50.

[1] Ferrabosco was paid for "making the songs" for Anne of Denmark's masque, The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses, performed in January 1604.

[4] In January 1612 Ferrabosco the younger married Ellen (died 1638) (daughter of Nicholas Lanier (c. 1523–1612) and his second wife Lucretia).