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Charles Burney by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1781

Charles Burney FRS (7 April 1726 – 12 April 1814) was an English music historian, composer and musician. He was the father of the writers Frances Burney and Sarah Burney, of the explorer James Burney, and of Charles Burney, a classicist and book donor to the British Museum. He was a close friend and supporter of Joseph Haydn and other composers.

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Charles Burney

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was the father of the writers Frances Burney and Sarah Burney, of the explorer James Burney, and of Charles Burney, a classicist and book donor to the British...

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Frances Burney

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Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright...

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Charles Burney Young

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Charles Burney Young (7 July 1824 – 29 September 1904), generally referred to as C. B. Young, was a landholder, winemaker and politician in the early days...

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Sarah Burney

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Harriet Burney (29 August 1772 – 8 February 1844) was an English novelist. She was the daughter of the musicologist and composer Charles Burney and half-sister...

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Charles Fox Burney

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Charles Fox Burney (4 November 1868 – 15 April 1925) was biblical scholar at Oxford University, England. Charles was the son of Charles Burney, Paymaster...

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Castrato

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not known specifically. During the 18th century, the music historian Charles Burney was sent from pillar to post in search of places where the operation...

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Jack and Jill

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and Old Dame Gill. A musical arrangement of the rhyme as a catch by Charles Burney was published in 1777, at a date earlier than any still existing copy...

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Charles McBurney

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Charles McBurney may refer to: Charles McBurney (archaeologist) (1914–1979), American archaeologist Charles McBurney (politician) (born 1957), member of...

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Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy

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dedicated sonatas to her, including Johann Schobert, Luigi Boccherini, Charles Burney, Ernst Eichner, and Henri-Joseph Rigel. Her compositions number almost...

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Linda Burney

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Linda Jean Burney (born 25 April 1957) is an Australian politician who is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives,...

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Mannheim school

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discipline and the individual skill of its players; the English traveler Charles Burney called it "an army of generals". Their performance style included new...

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Poland Street

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Charles Burney, whose other children, also living there, included writer Sarah Burney, explorer James Burney, and classicist Charles Burney. Charles Thomas...

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Homophony

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multiple voices. Homophony as a term first appeared in English with Charles Burney in 1776, emphasizing the concord of harmonized melody. Homophony first...

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Burney

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Burney may refer to: Burney, California, United States, an unincorporated town and census-designated place Burney, Indiana, United States, an unincorporated...

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Edwy and Elgiva

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Powell as Eltruda. The prologue was written by the author's brother Charles Burney. Despite its high-profile cast including three members of the Kemble...

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Venetia Burney

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1930. At the time, she was 11 years old. Venetia Burney was the daughter of Rev. Charles Fox Burney, Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture...

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Coloratura

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de l’art du chant (1840–47); nor was it used by the English authors Charles Burney (1726–1814) and Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808–1872), both of whom wrote...

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Farinelli

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by the acclamations of the audience" (to quote the music historian Charles Burney). This account, however, cannot be verified, since no surviving work...

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Samuel Johnson

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gout, and his remaining friends, including novelist Fanny Burney (the daughter of Charles Burney), came to keep him company. He was confined to his room...

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James Burney

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scholar Charles Burney and his wife Esther Sleepe (c. 1725–1762). His notable siblings included the correspondent Susanna Phillips, scholar Charles Burney, novelist...

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

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named the best violin composer of the 17th century by music historian Charles Burney. In the late 20th century Biber's music, especially the Mystery Sonatas...

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