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Charles Avison

1709 - 1770

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Charles Avison (; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Avison has received more than 100,598 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Charles Avison is the 1,122nd most popular composer (down from 1,063rd in 2019), the 3,345th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,125th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Composer.

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  • 17

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Charles Avison ranks 1,122 out of 1,451. Before him are Ján Cikker, York Bowen, Wacław of Szamotuły, Boris Papandopulo, William Lawes, and Jean Barraqué. After him are Morton Gould, Einar Englund, Michael Tippett, Roger Sessions, Walter Braunfels, and Henry Bishop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1709, Charles Avison ranks 25. Before him are John Cleland, Francesco Araja, Antonio Rinaldi, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Molla Vali Vidadi.  Among people deceased in 1770, Charles Avison ranks 17. Before him are Martin van Meytens, George Whitefield, James Stirling, Carl Gustaf Tessin, Francesco Araja, and Georg Dionysius Ehret. After him are Christopher Middleton, Mark Akenside, and Crispus Attucks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Avison ranks 3,345 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard de Bury (1287), Michael Wilding (1912), Capability Brown (1716), Francis Hauksbee (1660), Aneka (1947), and Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355). After him are William Bradford (1590), John Abbot (1751), Rupert Graves (1963), Andrew Planche (1727), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), and John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Charles Avison ranks 47. Before him are Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), Christopher Hogwood (1941), Hubert Parry (1848), Patrick Doyle (1953), York Bowen (1884), and William Lawes (1602). After him are Michael Tippett (1905), Henry Bishop (1786), Clint Mansell (1963), Thomas Morley (1557), Adolph Deutsch (1897), and Cyril Scott (1879).

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