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Charles Burney

1726 - 1814

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Charles Burney (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Burney is the 961st most popular composer (down from 864th in 2019), the 2,944th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,374th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Charles Burney ranks 961 out of 1,451. Before him are Chiquinha Gonzaga, Ralph Benatzky, Franco Donatoni, Robert Cambert, Roger Sessions, and Juventino Rosas. After him are Luis de Pablo, John Rutter, Tigran Mansurian, Tyagaraja, Francesco Provenzale, and Salomon Jadassohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Charles Burney ranks 16. Before him are Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Daniel Chodowiecki, Alexander Ypsilantis, Princess Louise of Denmark, Gabriel François Doyen, and Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Katsukawa Shunshō, Eggert Ólafsson, Jovan Rajić, Vasily Chichagov, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and Thomas Pennant. Among people deceased in 1814, Charles Burney ranks 26. Before him are Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, Georg Joseph Vogler, Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, Johan Tobias Sergel, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, and Évariste de Parny. After him are Jean Reynier, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Robert Treat Paine, August Wilhelm Iffland, Andrey Voronikhin, and Joseph Bramah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Burney ranks 2,945 out of 8,785. Before him are Max Horton (1883), Galyani Vadhana (1923), Lottie Dod (1871), Neil Young (1944), John Barnard (1946), and Mary Sidney (1561). After him are Ray Lankester (1847), Leslie Stephen (1832), John Rutter (1945), Georgette Heyer (1902), Tommy Flanagan (1965), and Eunice Gayson (1928).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Charles Burney ranks 42. Before him are Michael Tippett (1905), Rebecca Clarke (1886), John Tavener (1944), Frank Bridge (1879), Hubert Parry (1848), and Arnold Bax (1883). After him are John Rutter (1945), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Matthew Locke (1621), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), and Richard Addinsell (1904).

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