Edward Johnson (fl. 1572–1601) was an English composer. Johnson's compositions were highly regarded in his time, but few of them survive.
Johnson was born about 1549.[1] He composed pieces for members of the Elizabethan aristocracy, and had a long association with the Kitson family, who had houses in London andHengrave, Suffolk.Sir Thomas Kitson (1540-1603) and his wifeElizabeth Kitson also employed the composerJohn Wilbye from the 1590s.
Johnson obtained aMus. Bac. degree in 1594 fromCaius College,Cambridge. He appears in documentary records relating to the beginning of the seventeenth century. With John Wilbye he corrected the proofs of Dowland´sSecond Book of Songs, which was published in London in 1600. He was also mentioned in connection with arrangements for the funeral of his patron Sir Thomas Kitson, an event which took place in Hengrave in 1603. It is not known what happened to him subsequently.[2]
Perhaps his best-known work is "Eliza Is the Fairest Queen" (a tribute to Elizabeth I). Other works include:
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