Thomas Linley (the younger)


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Sheet music for Linley (the younger)



[details ←] Comrades in Arms choral
[details ←] Now Let Us Make the Welkin Ring choral
[details ←] Hark, the Birds Melodious Sing choral
[details ←] Let Me, Careless and Unthoughtful choral
[details ←] Rock of Ages

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Born: 5 May 1756 — Bath — England
Died: 5 August 1778 — Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire — England
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Thomas Linley the younger wrote violin sonatas, concertos and choral works. He is known as the English Mozart. Some of his compositions:

Life

He is the son of Thomas Linley the elder, and his brother in law was the playwright Richard Sheridan. Thomas Linley died in a boating accident at Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire (England).

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