| LC control no. | n 82225780 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Linley, Thomas, 1733-1795 |
| Variant(s) | Lidley, Thomas, 1733-1795 Liddel, Thomas, 1733-1795 |
| Birth date | 17330117 |
| Death date | 17951119 |
| Place of birth | Great Badminton (England) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Music |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Harpsichordists Conductors (Music) Voice teachers |
| Found in | O tuneful voice [SR] p1991: insert (Thomas Linley the elder (1733-1795)) New Grove (under Linley: Thomas Linley; b. Jan. 17, 1733, Badminton, Gloucs., d. Nov. 19, 1795, London; composer, harpsichordist, concert director and singing teacher) Die Schöpfung, 2010: title frame (Text nach Milton's "Verlornem Paradies" von Lidley) booklet (adaptation by Lidley) Wikipedia, Feb. 18, 2010 The Creation (Haydn): The story of the libretto (The libretto was probably passed on to impressario by Thomas Linley Sr., 1733-1795, a Drury Lane oratorio concert director. Linley (sometimes called Lidley or Liddel) himself could have written this original English libretto, but scholarship by Edward Olleson, A. Peter Brown and H. C. Robbins Landon, tells us that the original writer remains anonymous) Early music world website, Feb. 18, 2010 Haydn Oratorios: The Creation & The Seasons: Who Wrote the Libretto of The Creation? (Haydn's early biographer G. A. Griesinger ... claims that the author was an Englishman by the name of Lidley, taken by modern scholars to be a corruption of the name of Thomas Linley the elder (1733-95), the English composer and entrepreneur) |
 |  |  |
View this record in: MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
