Charles Burney
Charles Burney 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Shrewsbury
- Educated at
- Shrewsbury School
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Now, as discord is allowable, and even necessarily opposed to concord, why may not noise, or a seeming jargon, be opposed to fixed sounds and harmonical proportion? Some of the discords in modern musi…"
"He certainly over-heated himself at Venice by walking at a season when it is said that only Dogs and Englishmen are seen out of doors at noon, all else lie down in the middle of the day."
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Timeline
1726
Born
Birth1814
Died
Death
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