Musical composer and violinist. Name sometimes rendered as Banister or Benester. Buried in the west cloister of the Abbey. His portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London. The information below was appended from a duplicate memorial by Find a Grave management. ∼English musical composer and violinist. He was first taught by his father, and excelled so proficiently that King Charles II sent him to France to further his musical studies in the field. He was appointed by Charles II to be the leader of his own band. In the timeframe of 1666-1667 he was dismissed by Charles II because of a statement he had made about French musicians being appointed to the royal band. The account is written in the diary of Samuel Pepy's, dated February 20, 1666:
"When we come to the Duke of York here...they talk also how the King's viallin, Bannister, is mad that the King hath a Frenchman come to be the chief of some part of the King's musique, at which the Duke of York made great mirth".
His most accredited arrangement is the music of 'Circe' by Dr. C. Davenant, and was performed in 1676 at the Duke of York's theater.
His son, John Banister the Younger, had been a student of his father and also became a violinist in the Royal band.
~Plantagenet Princess
"When we come to the Duke of York here...they talk also how the King's viallin, Bannister, is mad that the King hath a Frenchman come to be the chief of some part of the King's musique, at which the Duke of York made great mirth".
His most accredited arrangement is the music of 'Circe' by Dr. C. Davenant, and was performed in 1676 at the Duke of York's theater.
His son, John Banister the Younger, had been a student of his father and also became a violinist in the Royal band.
~Plantagenet Princess
Musical composer and violinist. Name sometimes rendered as Banister or Benester. Buried in the west cloister of the Abbey. His portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London. The information below was appended from a duplicate memorial by Find a Grave management. ∼English musical composer and violinist. He was first taught by his father, and excelled so proficiently that King Charles II sent him to France to further his musical studies in the field. He was appointed by Charles II to be the leader of his own band. In the timeframe of 1666-1667 he was dismissed by Charles II because of a statement he had made about French musicians being appointed to the royal band. The account is written in the diary of Samuel Pepy's, dated February 20, 1666:
"When we come to the Duke of York here...they talk also how the King's viallin, Bannister, is mad that the King hath a Frenchman come to be the chief of some part of the King's musique, at which the Duke of York made great mirth".
His most accredited arrangement is the music of 'Circe' by Dr. C. Davenant, and was performed in 1676 at the Duke of York's theater.
His son, John Banister the Younger, had been a student of his father and also became a violinist in the Royal band.
~Plantagenet Princess
"When we come to the Duke of York here...they talk also how the King's viallin, Bannister, is mad that the King hath a Frenchman come to be the chief of some part of the King's musique, at which the Duke of York made great mirth".
His most accredited arrangement is the music of 'Circe' by Dr. C. Davenant, and was performed in 1676 at the Duke of York's theater.
His son, John Banister the Younger, had been a student of his father and also became a violinist in the Royal band.
~Plantagenet Princess
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