English composer, musician, dramatist, novelist, singer and actor
For his son, the English dramatist, composer, writer and theatre proprietor, see Charles Dibdin (the younger).
Charles Dibdin, 1799, by Thomas Phillips (died 1845), oil on canvas
Charles Dibdin (before 4 March 1745 – 25 July 1814) was an English composer, musician, dramatist, novelist, singer and actor. With over 600 songs to his name, for many of which he wrote both the lyrics and the music and performed them himself, he was in his time the most prolific English singer-songwriter. He is best known as the composer of "Tom Bowling", one of his many sea songs, which often features at the Last Night of the Proms. He also wrote about 30 dramatic pieces, including the operas The Waterman (1774) and The Quaker (1775), and several novels, memoirs and histories. His works were admired by Haydn and Beethoven.
CharlesDibdin (before 4 March 1745 – 25 July 1814) was an English composer, musician, dramatist, novelist, singer and actor. With over 600 songs to his...
Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin (17 October 1768 [verification needed] – 15 January 1833), or Charles Pitt or CharlesDibdin the younger, as he was professionally...
People whose surname is or was Dibdin include: CharlesDibdin (1745–1814), British writer and musician CharlesDibdin the younger (1768–1833), English...
music was CharlesDibdin (1745–1814). He was partners with Astley and was also the one who financed the theatre used for the royal circus. Dibdin was a very...
Wells, where he played roles in several CharlesDibdin plays. Grimaldi made a big impression, especially in Dibdin's Easter 1800 pantomime, Peter Wilkins:...
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC (/ˈhɛzəltaɪn/; born 21 March 1933) is a British politician. Having begun his career as a property...
naval ratings. She got back to Dungeness but had sustained some damage. CharlesDibdin (Civil Service No. 2) (ON 762), a Beach-class lifeboat from Walmer,...
Pensioner in 1779, and was Sergeant (opposite CharlesDibdin as Countryman, and Mrs Wrighten as Wife) in Dibdin and Isaac Bickerstaffe's musical entertainment...
abandoning her for Juliet was seen as fickle and reckless. Critics such as CharlesDibdin argued that Rosaline had been included in the play in order to show...
musical artwork dedicated to Grimaldi and his employer at Sadler's Wells, CharlesDibdin. The former burial ground dates to the 18th century. A proprietary chapel...
associated with nautical themes, see The Adventures of Roderick Random and CharlesDibdin. The Book of Knots is most often attributed to Paul Rapsey Hodge or...
first competitor was equestrian Charles Hughes, who had previously worked with Astley. Together with CharlesDibdin, a famous author of pantomimes, Hughes...
a tied bag over one's shoulder, and using it as a striking weapon. CharlesDibdin the younger wrote a song entitled "The Twig of Shelaly", later reprinted...
(cf. "my goodness!") as can be seen in Poor Jack, a song from 1789 by CharlesDibdin. The opening of the phrase, 'shiver my..', also predates Jacob Faithful...
the main attraction is a curtain raiser. An example is The Padlock by CharlesDibdin, first performed in London in 1768. p24 "The Chambers Dictionary"Edinburgh...
survived the sinking of their vessel Albatross two days earlier. The CharlesDibdin (Civil Service No.2) (ON 552) was placed on service at North Deal in...
opened in London on 4 November 1782 by CharlesDibdin (who coined the term "circus"), aided by his partner Charles Hughes, an equestrian performer. In 1782...
telescopes) The Economy of The Eyes Part 2 : Telescopes The Sea Songs of CharlesDibdin, ed. Handley, Neil. "Telescopes (part 1)". www.college-optometrists...
after this." Long after Bickerstaffe's disappearance, his colleague CharlesDibdin was frequently accused of plagiarising his songs. Wikiquote has quotations...
in CharlesDibdin's 1800 pantomime, Peter Wilkins: or Harlequin in the Flying World at Sadler's Wells Theatre. For this elaborate production, Dibdin and...
successful sequel, Polly. Henry Fielding, Colley Cibber, Charles Coffey, Thomas Arne, CharlesDibdin, Arnold, Shield, Jackson of Exeter, Hook and many others...
built in 1796 by CharlesDibdin, and replaced eponymous former music rooms he had leased for performances, off the Strand. CharlesDibdin, a dramatist, musician...
be returned, which promise was never fulfilled": CharlesDibdin, The Professional Life of Mr Dibdin, written by himself, London, 1803, Vol. I, p. 187...
The Recruiting Serjeant is a burletta by composer CharlesDibdin and playwright Isaac Bickerstaff. It premièred on 20 July 1770 at Ranelagh Gardens, London...
aide to David for the remainder of his life. The playwright and actor CharlesDibdin writes that George, when on occasion discovering his brother's absence...
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