John Coprario

[1] From 1622 he served and may have taught the Prince of Wales, for whom he continued to work upon his accession as Charles I.

His longtime patron was Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, for whom, according to Thomas Fuller's The History of the Worthies of England (1662), he taught William Lawes.

[2] Among Coprario's works are fantasias, suites, and other works for viols and violins, and two collections of songs, Funeral Teares (1606) and Songs of Mourning: Bewailing the Untimely Death of Prince Henry (1613).

Coprario wrote songs for The Somerset Masque performed on 26 December 1613.

[3] Ninety-six fantasias for three up to six voices, most of them in two Oxford and Royal College of Music collections, were known to exist by Coprario (as of 1946).