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    was the father of the writers Frances Burney and Sarah Burney, of the explorer James Burney, and of Charles Burney, a classicist and book donor to the British...
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  • Charles Allen Burney (1930-2024) was a British archaeologist known for his discovery of Urartian sites in Turkey in the 1950s and his excavations at Yanik...
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    Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright...
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    Charles Burney FRS (born Lynn Regis, now King's Lynn, Norfolk, 4 December 1757, died at Deptford, then in Kent, 28 December 1817) was an English classical...
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  • Charles Burney (1726–1814) was an English music historian. Charles Burney may also refer to: Charles Burney (Archdeacon of Colchester) (1786–1864), Anglican...
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    Harriet Burney (29 August 1772 – 8 February 1844) was an English novelist. She was the daughter of the musicologist and composer Charles Burney and half-sister...
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  • Charles Burney Young (7 July 1824 – 29 September 1904), generally referred to as C. B. Young, was a landholder, winemaker and politician in the early days...
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  • Burney may refer to: Burney, California, United States, an unincorporated town and census-designated place Burney, Indiana, United States, an unincorporated...
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    not known specifically. During the 18th century, the music historian Charles Burney was sent from pillar to post in search of places where the operation...
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  • Christianity portal Charles Parr Burney (1786–1864) was an Anglican archdeacon in the middle of the nineteenth century. The son of Charles Burney (schoolmaster)...
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  • Charles Fox Burney (4 November 1868 – 15 April 1925) was a biblical scholar at Oxford University, England. Charles was the son of Charles Burney, Paymaster...
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    and Old Dame Gill. A musical arrangement of the rhyme as a catch by Charles Burney was published in 1777, at a date earlier than any still existing copy...
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  • The Burney Collection consists of over 1,270 17th-18th century newspapers and other news materials, gathered by Charles Burney, most notable for the 18th-century...
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    the life and times of Charles Burney and his writings on music. In 1948 Percy Scholes published his biography The Great Dr Burney, 2 vol., and devoted...
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    by the acclamations of the audience" (to quote the music historian Charles Burney). This account, however, cannot be verified, since no surviving work...
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  • Charles Orson Burney Jr. (May 28, 1907 – October 1972) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was born on May 28, 1907, in Buffalo, New...
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  • Charles McBurney may refer to: Charles McBurney (archaeologist) (1914–1979), American archaeologist Charles McBurney (politician) (born 1957), member of...
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    multiple voices. Homophony as a term first appeared in English with Charles Burney in 1776, emphasizing the concord of harmonized melody. Homophony first...
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    at times her voice was criticized for a lack of polished technique. Charles Burney wrote of her singing that "by a natural pathos, and perfect conception...
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    1930. At the time, she was 11 years old. Venetia Burney was the daughter of Rev. Charles Fox Burney, Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture...
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    discipline and the individual skill of its players; the English traveler Charles Burney called it "an army of generals". Their performance style included new...
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  • human rights activist Cecil Burney (1858–1929), British admiral Charles Burney (disambiguation), several people Christopher Burney (1917–1980), British spy...
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    dedicated sonatas to her, including Johann Schobert, Luigi Boccherini, Charles Burney, Ernst Eichner, and Henri-Joseph Rigel. Her compositions number almost...
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    named the best violin composer of the 17th century by music historian Charles Burney. In the late 20th century Biber's music, especially the Mystery Sonatas...
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    Linda Jean Burney (born 25 April 1957) is an Australian politician, a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the member of Parliament (MP) for...
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    de l’art du chant (1840–47); nor was it used by the English authors Charles Burney (1726–1814) and Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808–1872), both of whom wrote...
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    seemed to me more grateful and pleasing, particularly, in subject. — Charles Burney, writing of the performance of the sixth Grand Concerto at the Handel...
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    Powell as Eltruda. The prologue was written by the author's brother Charles Burney. Despite its high-profile cast including three members of the Kemble...
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    rescued the imperiled music of the eighteenth century", His contemporary, Charles Burney, held that "he had certainly a great share of whim and caprice, but...
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    ..They leave me to myself; they see that I can do myself justice". Charles Burney viewed it as "a most admirable book—the best & most useful on political...
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