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William Boyce
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1711
- Died
- 1779
- Works
- 47
Top works
- Solomon
- Trio sonata no. 2 in F
- Two anthems for the Georgian court
- Anthems and a short service
- Festival and other anthems
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1711
- Active to
- 1779
Discography
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- Listeners
- 48,607
- Total plays
- 317,172
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William Boyce (September 11, 1711 – February 7, 1779) is widely regarded as one of the most important English-born composers of the 18th century. Born in London, Boyce was a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral before studying music with Maurice Greene after his voice broke. His first professional appointment came in 1734 when he got a job as an organist at the Oxford Chapel. He went on to take a number of similar posts before being appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1755 and becoming organist
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,655x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,955x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,031x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,752x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,537x
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to William Boyce, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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William Boyce by John Russell, 1776 William Boyce (baptised 11 September 1711 – 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. Like Beethoven later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. He knew Handel, Arne, Gluck, J. C. Bach, Abel, and a very young Mozart, all of whom respected his work.
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