Daniel Farrant’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro English composer
Was Musician 
Composer 
Violist 
Musical instrument maker 
From United Kingdom 
Type Music 
Gender male
Birth 1 January 1575
Death 1651
(aged 76 years)

Daniel Farrant (1575–1651) was an English composer, viol player and instrument maker. He invented types of citterns, the poliphant and the stump, along with the early lyra viol. He is also credited with the invention of the early viola d’amore. The particulars of the stump are not known.

Recordings

  • Pavan, for lyra viol (John Merro lyra viol book) (4:31) on Short Tales For A Viol: English Music Of The 17th Century Vittorio Ghielmi
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