Crotch, William, 1775-1847

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Name (Latin)
Crotch, William, 1775-1847
Date of birth
1775-07-05
Date of death
1847-12-29
Place of birth
Norwich (England)
Place of death
Taunton (England)
Associated country
Great Britain
England
Occupation
Composers
Organists
Music theorists
Painters
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 29799884
Wikidata: Q718709
Library of congress: n 84042581
Sources of Information
  • Grove Music online, 17 Mar. 2011(William Crotch, English composer, organist, theorist and painter; born 5 July 1775 in Norwich, died 29 Dec. 1847 in Taunton)
  • His One symphony, 1984:CIP (William Crotch; b. 1775; d. 1847)
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Wikipedia description:

William Crotch (5 July 1775 – 29 December 1847) was an English composer and organist. According to the British musicologist Nicholas Temperley, Crotch was "a child prodigy without parallel in the history of music", and was certainly the most distinguished English musician in his day.

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