Charles Rousseau Burney (1747-1819) - Sonata I, Op.II

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Composer: Charles Rousseau Burney (1747-1819)
Work: Sonata I, Op.II (World Premiere Recording)
Performers: Sibelius + Harpsichord samples (edited by Pau NG)

Drawing: Benjamin Thompson (1753-1814) - Harpsichord Recital at Count Rumford's, Concord, New Hampshire (c.1800)
Image in high resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2keC7f2
Painting: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) - Charles Rousseau Burney (1747-1819) (c.1780)
Image in high resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2keFWe5

Further info: https://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/2/27/IMSLP642679-PMLP1030585-cr_burney_g.84.-2.-_Two_Sonatas_for_the_Harpsichord_or_Piano_Forte-_and_a_Duet_op2.pdf
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Charles Rousseau Burney
(1747 - London?, 23 September 1819)

English composer and music teacher. The youngest son of Richard Burney of London and Barbone Lodge, Worcester, he was nephew, pupil and son-in-law of Charles Burney (1726-1814). Later, he worked as a keyboard teacher, occasional composer and musician. He was documented as harpsichordist at the Worcester Festival in 1767. He had married on 20 September 1770 his cousin Esther (Hetty) Burney (1749-1832) with who performed duets on two harpsichords (On November 12, 1775, the couple performed a duet by Johann Gottfried Müthel published in 1771). As a composer, he published few works; air with variations for the pianoforte (London, c.1796), Four sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte with an accompanyment for a Violin and a Duett for two performers on one instrument (London, n.d.) and Two Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte and a Duet for two performers on one instrument (London, n.d.). Acquaintance of the painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), he corresponded him with an accuratted portrait. His brother was the artist Edward Francis Burney (1760-1848) and among his daughters, the musician Cecilia Burney (1789-1821). #ClassicalMusic