Mark Anthony Galliardello, probably né Alberti (died 15 June 1585), was a viol player and member of the English Tudor court consort of instruments.
As a conscientious churchwarden who compiled unusually detailed records, he is an important source for scholars of late Tudor church history.
[3] The Venetian dominions were at the time the centre of the manufacture of string instruments, and consorts of viols originated there, becoming established in the rest of Europe in succeeding decades.
[5] In 1539 the French ambassador to the court of Henry VIII of England recorded, "The king … now gives himself up to amusement, going to play every night upon the Thames, with harps, chanters and all kinds of music and pastime.
[1] A month before Caesar's birth, Galliardello was granted letters of denization as a royal servant, giving him many of the rights of English nationals.