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Charles Burney

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Charles Burney 1726–1814, English music historian, composer, and organist. His General History of Music (1776–89; 2d ed. 1935) was one of the first important music histories in English. He wrote The Present State of Music in France and Italy (1771) and The Present State of Music in Germany (1773). They were published together as Dr. Burney's Musical Tours in Europe (1959). The work describes European society, life, and customs as well as music and important musicians. His daughter, Fanny Burney , compiled his memoirs (1832).

Bibliography: See biographies by P. A. Scholes (1848) and R. H. Lonsdale (1965).

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Burney, Charles (1757–1817), son of Dr Burney, a classical scholar. After his death the British Museum bought his library of over 13,000 volumes, which included the largest extant collection of early English newspapers.

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