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William Boyce

1711 - 1779

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William Boyce (baptised 11 September 1711 – 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. Like Beethoven later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. He knew Handel, Arne, Gluck, J.C. Bach, Abel, and a very young Mozart, all of whom respected his work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Boyce is the 569th most popular composer (up from 666th in 2019), the 1,808th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,847th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Boyce ranks 569 out of 1,451. Before him are Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Hans Krása, Johannes Ciconia, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Max Richter, and Joseph Szigeti. After him are Alexandre Desplat, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Per Nørgård, Aloysia Weber, Alexandre Tansman, and Dora Pejačević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1711, William Boyce ranks 14. Before him are Barbara of Portugal, Ablai Khan, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, and Georg Wilhelm Richmann. After him are Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Thomas Wright, and Ignaz Holzbauer. Among people deceased in 1779, William Boyce ranks 10. Before him are Emperor Go-Momozono, Thomas Chippendale, Karim Khan Zand, John Kay, Casimir Pulaski, and David Garrick. After him are Tommaso Traetta, Louis de Jaucourt, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, Alessandro Albani, Pehr Kalm, and Claude Bourgelat.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Boyce ranks 1,808 out of 8,785. Before him are Claire Bloom (1931), Hudson Taylor (1832), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Francis Baily (1774), Catherine Eddowes (1842), and John Bowring (1792). After him are George MacDonald (1824), Kate Sheppard (1848), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Samuel Bellamy (1689), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), and Terry Cooper (1944).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Boyce ranks 24. Before him are Thomas Arne (1710), Neville Marriner (1924), Orlando Gibbons (1583), David Rose (1910), Frederick Delius (1862), and Albert Ketèlbey (1875). After him are Pasquale Anfossi (1727), John Bull (1562), John Taverner (1490), Malcolm Arnold (1921), Arthur Sullivan (1842), and Jeremiah Clarke (1674).

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