“What delight or sweetness soever these my simple travels may bring to such generous spirits as bear affection to this quality was inspired me by no other power than the influence of your favour.”
About John Bartlet
c. 1585–c. 1620
In the twilight years of the Elizabethan era, as the golden age of English poetry shimmered into the Jacobean dawn, a quiet but gifted composer emerged whose voice—though faint in the historical record—resonates with a rare and haunting beauty. John Bartlet, active roughly between 1585 and 1620, remains one of the…