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English composer, viola player and song collector

Person · Open Library

Born
1748
Died
1829
Works
86

Top works

  • Sprigs of laurel
  • The farmer: a musical farce
  • The songs in the opera of Nina
  • Songs, duets, choruses, &c: in The mysteries of the castle: a dramatic tale, in three acts
  • Songs in The Highland reel. A comic opera. In three acts

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1748
Active to
1829

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
372
Total plays
1,907

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William Shield (5 March 1748 – 25 January 1829) was an English composer, violinist and violist who was born in Swalwell near Gateshead, the son of William Shield and his wife, Mary, née Cash. Life and musical career Shield was first taught music by his father but, after both he and his mother died while Shield was still a child, he was apprenticed to a ship-builder in South Shields, continuing however to study music with Charles Avison in Newcastle upon Tyne. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 61,665x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 43,963x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 39,032x

  4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,752x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,539x

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date of birth
1748-03-05
date of death
1829-01-25
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William Shield
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William Shield
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to William Shield, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Available in 6 languages

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