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See also:BURNEY, See also:CHARLES (1726-1814) , See also:English musical historian, was See also:born at See also:Shrewsbury on the 12th of See also:April 1726. He received his earlier See also:education at the See also:free school of that See also:city, and was afterwards sent to the public school at See also:Chester. His first See also:music See also:master was See also:Edmund See also:Baker, organist of Chester See also:cathedral, and a See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil of Dr See also:John See also:Blow. Returning to Shrewsbury when about fifteen years old, he continued his musical studies for three years under his See also:half-See also:brother, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Burney, organist of St See also:Mary's See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, and was then sent to See also:London as a pupil of the celebrated Dr See also:Arne, with whom he remained three years. Burney wrote some music for See also:Thomson's See also:Alfred, which was produced at See also:Drury See also:Lane See also:theatre on the 3oth of See also:March 1745. In 1749 he was appointed organist of St Dionis-Backchurch, Fenchurch See also:Street, with a See also:salary of X30 a See also:year; and he was also engaged to take the See also:harpsichord in the " New Concerts " then recently established at the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's Arms, Cornhill. In that year he married See also:Miss See also:Esther Sleepe, who died in 1761; in 1769 he married Mrs See also:Stephen See also:- ALLEN, BOG OF
- ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
- ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
- ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
- ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
- ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
Allen of See also:Lynn. Being threatened with a pulmonary See also:affection he went in 1751 to Lynn in See also:Norfolk, where he was elected organist, with an See also:annual salary of £loo, and there he resided for the next nine years. During that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he began to entertain the See also:idea of See also:writing a See also:general See also:history of music. His See also:Ode for St See also:Cecilia's See also:Day was performed at See also:Ranelagh Gardens in 1759; and in 176o he re-turned to London in See also:good See also:health and with a See also:young See also:family; the eldest See also:child, a girl of eight years of See also:age, surprised the public by her attainments as a harpsichord player. The concertos for the harpsichord which Burney published soon after his return to London were regarded with much admiration. In 1766 he produced, at Drury Lane, a free English version and See also:adaptation of J. J. See also:Rousseau's operetta Le Devin du See also:village, under the See also:title of The Cunning See also:Man. The university of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford conferred upon him, on the 23rd of See also:June 1769, the degrees of See also:Bachelor and See also:Doctor of Music, on which occasion he presided at the performance of his exercise for these degrees. This consisted of an See also:anthem, with an See also:overture, solos, recitatives and choruses, accompanied by See also:instruments, besides a vocal anthem in eight parts, which was not performed. In 1769 he published An See also:Essay towards a History of Comets.
Amidst his various professional avocations, Burney never lost sight of his favourite object—his History of Music—and there-fore resolved to travel abroad for the purpose of See also:collecting materials that could not be found in See also:Great See also:Britain. Accordingly, he See also:left London in June 1770, furnished with numerous letters of introduction, and proceeded to See also:Paris, and thence to See also:Geneva, See also:Turin, See also:Milan, See also:Padua, See also:Venice, See also:Bologna, See also:Florence, See also:Rome and See also:Naples. The results of his observations he published in The See also:Present See also:State of Music in See also:France and See also:Italy (1771). Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson
thought so well of this See also:work that, alluding to his own See also:Journey to the Western Islands of See also:Scotland, he said, " I had that See also:clever See also:dog Bumey's Musical Tour in my See also:eye." In See also:July 1772 Burney again visited the See also:continent, to collect further materials, and, after his return to London, published his tour under the title of The Present State of Music in See also:Germany, the See also:Netherlands and See also:United Provinces (1773). In 1773 he was chosen a See also:fellow of the Royal Society. In 1776 appeared the first See also:volume (in 4to) of his See also:long-projected History of Music. In 1782 Burney published his second volume; and in 1789 the third and See also:fourth. Though severely criticized by See also:Forkel in Germany and by the See also:Spanish ex-Jesuit, Requeno, who, in hisItaliamwork Saggj sul Ristabilimento dell' Arte Armonica de' Greci e Romani Cantori (See also:Parma, 1798), attacks Burney's See also:account of the See also:ancient See also:Greek music, and calls him lo scompigliato Burney, the History of Music was generally recognized as possessing great merit. The least satisfactory volume is the fourth, the treatment of See also:Handel and See also:Bach being quite inadequate. Burney's first tour was translated into See also:German by Ebeling, and printed at See also:Hamburg in 1772; and his second tour, translated into German by See also:Bode, was published at Hamburg in 1773. A Dutch See also:translation of his second tour, with notes by J. W. Lustig, organist at See also:Groningen, was published there in 1786. The Dissertation on the Music of the Ancients, in the first volume of Burney's History, was translated into German by J. J. See also:Eschenburg, and printed at See also:Leipzig, 1781. Burney derived much aid from the first two. volumes of Padre See also:Martini's very learned Storia See also:delta Musica (Bologna, 1757-1770). One cannot but admire his persevering See also:industry, and his sacrifices of time, See also:money and See also:personal comfort, in collecting and preparing materials for his History, and few will be disposed to condemn severely errors and oversights in a work of such extent and difficulty.
In 1774 he had written A See also:Plan for a Music School. In 1779 he wrote for the Royal Society an account of the See also:infant See also:Crotch, whose remarkable musical See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent excited so much See also:attention at that time. In 1784 he published, with an See also:Italian title-See also:page, the music annually performed in the See also:pope's See also:chapel at Rome during See also:Passion See also:Week. In 1785 he published, for the benefit of the ,Musical Fund, an account of the first See also:commemoration of Handel in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey in the preceding year, with an excellent See also:life of Handel. In 1796 he published See also:Memoirs and Letters of See also:Metastasio. Towards the See also:close of his life Burney was paid £1000 for contributing to See also:Rees's Cyclopaedia all the musical articles not belonging to the See also:department of natural See also:philosophy and See also:mathematics. In 1783, through the See also:treasury See also:influence of his friend Edmund See also:Burke, he was appointed organist to the chapel of See also:Chelsea See also:Hospital, and he moved his See also:residence from St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin's Street, See also:Leicester Square, to live in the hospital for the See also:remainder of his life. He was made a member of the See also:Institute of France, and nominated a correspondent in the class of the See also:fine arts, in the year 181o. From 18o6 until his See also:death he enjoyed a See also:pension of £300 granted by See also:Fox. He died at Chelsea See also:College on the 12th of April 1814, and was interred in the burying-ground of the college. A tablet was erected to his memory in Westminster Abbey.
Burney's portrait was painted by See also:Reynolds, and his bust was cut by Nollekens in 18o5. He had a wide circle of acquaintance among the distinguished artists and See also:literary men of his day. At one time he thought of writing a life of his friend Dr See also:Samuel Johnson, but he retired before the See also:crowd of biographers who rushed into that See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field. His See also:character in private as well as. in public life appears to have been very amiable and exemplary. Dr Burney's eldest son, James, was a distinguished officer in the royal See also:navy, who died a See also:rear-See also:admiral in 1821; his second son was the Rev. Charles Burney, D.D. (1757-1817), a well-known classical See also:scholar, whose splendid collection of rare books and See also:MSS. was ultimately bought by the nation for the See also:British Museum; and his second daughter was Frances (Madame D'Arblay, q.v.).
The See also:Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay contain many See also:minute and interesting particulars of her See also:father's public and private life, and of his See also:friends and contemporaries. A life of Burney by Madame D'Arblay appeared in 1832.
Besides the operatic music above mentioned, Burney's knowncompositions consist of:-(1) Six Sonatas for the harpsichord; (2) Two Sonatas for the See also:harp or piano, with accompaniments for See also:violin and See also:violoncello; (3) Sonatas for two violins and a See also:bass: two sets; (4) Six Lessons for the harpsichord; (5) Six Duets for two German flutes; (6) Three Concertos for the harpsichord; (7) Six See also:concert pieces with an introduction and See also:fugue for the See also:organ; (8) Six Concertos for the violin, &c., in eight parts; (9) Two Sonatas for See also:pianoforte, violin and violoncello; (io) A See also:Cantata, &c.; (II) Anthems, &c.; (12) XII. Canzonetti a due voci in Canone, poesia dell' Abate Metastasio.
End of Article: BURNEY, CHARLES (1726-1814)
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