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Thomas Linley

English singer, violinist and composer

Thomas Linley the younger (7 May 1756 – 5 August 1778), also known as Thomas Linley, Junior or Tom Linley, was the eldest son of the composer Thomas Linley and his wife Mary Johnson. He was one of the most precocious composers and performers that have been known in England. A highly talented violinist, Tom Linley was also the most promising of all native English composers between Henry Purcell and Edward Elgar, combining prodigious talent with a delightful personality. He is sometimes referred to as the "English Mozart". His early promise was cut short when he drowned in a boating accident, aged just 22 years.

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Works

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  • Music for The Tempest
  • Music for The Tempest: Arise! Ye Spirits of the Storm
  • Ode on the Spirits of Shakespeare
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: Minuetto
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 1 Chorus: "O guardian of that sacred land"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 10 Air: "Thy hand his youthful footsteps led"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 11 Air: "Some drive the clam'rous owl away"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 12 Solo & Chorus: "Some drive the clam'rous owl away"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 13 Recitative: "But oh! what sudden gloom"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 14 Quartet: "By the pale light"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 15 Recitative: See through the glimmering darkness"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 16 Chorus: "What howling whirlwinds"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 17 Recitative: "For whom, at yonder livid flame"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 18 Air: "Whither ye beldames"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 19 Quartet & Chorus: "The tempests cease"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 2 Recitative: "'Tis thine alone"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 20 Recitative: "No more the elves"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 21 Air: "Ariel, who sees thee now"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 22 Recitative: "No more shalt thou"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 23 Duet: "For who can wield"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 24 Chorus: "Yet, Fancy, one again"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 3 Air: "Come then, o Fancy"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 4 Recitative: "At Shakespeare's happy birth"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 5 Air: "And now is come"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 6 Chorus: "Be Shakespeare born"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 7 Recitative: "So spake the God"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 8 Air: "There in old Arden's inmost shade"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 9 Recitative: "And as before his purged eyes"
  • Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: Overture
  • Sonata in A major
  • Sonata in A major: I. [Allegro]
  • Sonata in A major: II. Adagio
  • Sonata in A major: III. Rondeau
  • The Duenna
  • The Duenna: Act I
  • The Duenna: Act II
  • The Duenna: Act II: No. 13. When the Maid Whom We Love
  • The Duenna: Act III
  • The Duenna: Overture
  • Violin Concerto in F major
  • Violin Concerto in F major: I. Moderato
  • Violin Concerto in F major: II. Adagio
  • Violin Concerto in F major: III. Rondeau: Moderato