Jeronimo Bassano was an Italian musician in the Republic of Venice who is notable as the patriarch of a family of musicians: five of his sons, Anthony, Alvise, Jasper, John (Giovanni), and Baptista Bassano, moved from Venice to England to serve in the court of King Henry VIII. They performed as a recorder consort.
The passage describes Jeronimo Bassano, an Italian musician from Venice, and his five sons who became musicians and served in the court of King Henry VIII in England. The family was known for playing recorders together.