Piffaro, The Renaissance Band

From early in his reign, Henry VIII strove to make London an important center of arts and culture. The king’s agents scoured Europe for artists and musicians to bring to his court, including the Bassanos, an Italian (and likely Jewish) family of wind players and instrument builders, “all excellent and esteemed above all others in this city” according to Henry VIII’s agent in Venice. The wind players of Piffaro explore the story of the Bassano fam...