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Born March 30, 1719 • London • England
Died May 21, 1789 (aged 70) • London • England
Notable Works “General History of the Science and Practice of Music”
Subjects Of Study music
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Friedrich Chrysander
German music historian and critic
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François-Joseph Fétis
scholar and composer
Mattheson, detail of an engraving by J.J. Haid after a painting by J.S. Wahl
Johann Mattheson
German musician and writer
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Johann Nikolaus Forkel
German musicologist and writer
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Sidney Colvin
English scholar
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Pete Quaife
British musician
British prime minister Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
British author, philosopher, and statesman
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
British writer
Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music.
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Purcell, Henry
Henry Purcell
English composer
Lily Allen poses in a pale yellow lace gown with red lipstick at The Fashion Awards 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Lily Allen
English singer-songwriter and actress
Andrew Lloyd Webber wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, standing in front of a blurred crowd at the Golden Globe Awards.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
English composer and theatrical producer
William Byrd
William Byrd
English composer
Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Southey
English author
Davy Jones of The Monkees, wearing a striped sweater and necklace, smiles while standing against a brick wall in London, 1968.
Davy Jones
British singer and actor
Gone too soon
Amy Winehouse
English singer-songwriter
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Simon Rattle
British conductor
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Anastasia Robinson
English singer