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4 unusual facts about Thomas Linley the elder


Ann Cargill

She then ran off to Bath with her husband for the summer, returning for the breeches role of Patie in Allan Ramsay's The Gentle Shepherd and the female role of Marinetta in Richard Tickell and Thomas Linley's Carnival of Venice.

Ozias Thurston Linley

Ozias Thurston Linley (1765–1831) was one of 7 musical siblings born to the composer Thomas Linley the elder and his wife Mary Johnson.

Thomas Linley the elder

Thomas Linley (17 January 1733 – 19 November 1795), English musician, was born in Badminton, Gloucestershire, and studied music in Bath, where he settled as a singing-master and conductor of the concerts.

In 1786 he collaborated with John Burgoyne on the successful Richard Coeur de lion.


Maria Linley

She was trained as a singer by her father Thomas Linley the elder (one of 7 musical siblings born to him and his wife Mary Johnson) and performed in the Drury Lane oratorios and in concerts until her early death.


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