Charles Avison

Charles Avison
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Short Name: Charles Avison
Full Name: Avison, Charles, 1709-1770
Birth Year: 1709
Death Year: 1770

Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, studied music in Italy, then served as organist of St. Nicholas' in Newcastle. He was respected both for his instrumental compositions and arrangements, and his writings on musical aesthetics. The hymn tunes attributed to him are adaptations.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Charles Avison (/ˈeɪvɪsən/; 16 February 1709 (baptised) – 9 or 10 May 1770) was an English composer during the Baroque and Classical periods. He was a church organist at St John The Baptist Church in Newcastle and at St. Nicholas's Church (later Newcastle Cathedral). He is most known for his 12 Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti and his Essay on Musical Expression, the first music criticism published in English. He composed in a transitional style that alternated between Baroque and Classical idioms.
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