Boyce, William, 1711-1779

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Name (Hebrew)
בויס, ויליאם, 1711-1779
Name (Latin)
Boyce, William, 1711-1779
Date of birth
1711-09-11
Date of death
1779-02-07
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Music
Occupation
Composers
Editors
Organists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 59348653
Wikidata: Q313152
Library of congress: n 81022393
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Wikipedia description:

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.

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