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Britton, Thomas

music patron, amateur musician, coalman, musician


born: 14 Jan 1644 Rushden, Northamptonshire / county, England Source: 1  

born: 1651 Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire / county, England Source: 2  
born: circa 1651 Source: 3  
born: 1651 Source: 4  
born: ---- Northamptonshire / county, England Source: 5  
born: 1657 Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire / county, England Source: 6  

died: 27 Sep 1714 London, England Source: 1  
died: ------------ Clerkenwell, London, England Source: 2  
died: - London, England Source: 3  
died: - London, England Source: 4  
died: 1714 London, England Source: 5  
died: 1714 Source: 6  

The Music Sack has 36 items with information about Thomas Britton:


 1982

Kassler, Jamie Croy
Thomas Britton : musician and magician?
Musicology. 7 (1982), S. 67-72.
       Mit 2 Taf.

Number of People : 1


 1980 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
London: Macmillan, 1980

Number of People : 20,506


 1979

Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984

Number of People : 16,262


 1974

Aulich, Bruno
Sie alle liebten die Musik
Munchen: Heimeran Verlag, 1974

Number of People : 9


 1965

Zenei lexikon
Budapest: Zenemukiado Vallalat, 1965

Number of People : 4,351


 1959

Eitner, Robert
Biographisch-bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten
Christlicher Zeitrechnung bis Mitte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts
Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlaganstalt, 1959

Number of People : 26,838


 1937

Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti
Milan: Sonzogno, 1937, 2V p.

Number of People : 11,317


 1924

Bekker, Leander Jan de
Black's dictionary of music & musicians ... from earliest times to 1924 ...
London: 1924

Number of People : 1,435


 1922

Pincherle, Marc
Les violonistes compositeurs et virtuoses
Paris: Henri Laurens, Editeur, 1922
      (Series: Les Musiciens Celebres)

Number of People : 50


 1915

Straeten, Edmund Sebastian Joseph van der
History of the violoncello, the viol da gamba
Their precursors and collateral instruments.
With biographies of all the most eminent players of every country
London: William Reeves, 1915

Number of People : 1,669


 1911

Baltzell, Winton J.
Baltzell's dictionary of musicians ...
Boston, MA: 1911

Number of People : 748


 1900

Grove, George / Sir
A dictionary of music and musicians
London: MacMillan, 1900

Number of People : 443


 1897 Source: 2

Stratton, Stephen Samuel
Brown, James D.
British musical biography.
A dictionary of musical artists, authors and composers born in Britain and its colonies.
By James D. Brown and Stephen S. Stratton
Birmingham: S.S. Stratton, 1897, 462 p.

Number of People : 4,164


 1887

Baptie, David
A handbook of musical biography ...
2nd ed.
London: 1887

Number of People : 1,274


 1886 Source: 4

Brown, James Duff
Biographical dictionary of musicians.
With a bibliography of English writings on music
Paisley, Scotland: A. Gardner, 1886, 637 p.

Number of People : 4,300


 1883 Source: 3

Baptie, David
A handbook of musical biography
London: W. Morley, 1883, 256 p.

Number of People : 3,177


 1880

Huet, Felix
Etude sur les differentes ecoles de violon depuis Corelli jusqu'a Baillot
Precedee d'un examen sur l'art de jouer des instruments a archet au XVII siecle
Par Felix Huet; violoniste, eleve de M.E. Sauzay, maitre de chapelle et organiste a Notre-Dame de Chalons, Membre de la societe d'agriculture, commerce, sciences et arts de la Marne
Chalons-sur-Marne: Imp. F. Thouille, rue D'Orfueil, 1880

Number of People : 61


 1879

Grove, George / Sir
Dictionary of music and musicians ...
London: 1879-99, 4 vols. Note
       Note: Of various editions

Number of People : 999


 1875

Russell, W.C.
Representative actors ...
London: [1875]

Number of People : 31


 1875 Source: 6

Fetis, Francois-Joseph
Biographie universelle des musiciens : et bibliographie generale de la musique.
Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1875-83

Number of People : 5,657


 1867

Cassell's biographical dictionary ...
London: [1867-69]

Number of People : 134


 1857

Waller, J.F.
The imperial dictionary of universal biography ...
London: 1857-63, 16 vols.

Number of People : 180


 1853

Rose, H.J.
A new general biographical dictionary ...
London: 1853, 12 vols.

Number of People : 133


 1847

Mounder, S.
The biographical treasury.
A dictionary of universal biography ...
6th edition
London: 1847

Number of People : 20


 1841

Gorton, J.
A general biographical dictionary ...
New ed.
London: 1841, 3 vols.

Number of People : 124


 1836

A'Beckett, W. / Sir
A universal biography : ... scriptural, classical & mythological memoirs ... with accounts of ... living characters ...
London: 1836, 3 vols.

Number of People : 89


 1834

Bingley, William
Musical biography : or, memoirs of the lives and writings of the most eminent musical composers and writers, who have flourished in the different countries of Europe during the last three centuries
London: R. Bentley, 1834, 395 p.

Number of People : 463


 1834

Bingley, William
Musical biography : or Memoirs of ... musical composers & writers ... of Europe during the last three centuries ...
2nd ed.
London: 1834, 2 vols.

Number of People : 198


 1831

Davenport, R.A.
A dictionary of biography : comprising ... characters of all ages, nations and professions ...
London: 1831

Number of People : 37


 1830

Wilson, G.H.
Wonderful characters : comprising memoirs and anecdotes of the most remarkable persons of every age and nation ...
London: 1830, 3 vols.

Number of People : 4


 1827

A dictionary of musicians ...
2nd ed.
London: 1827, 2 vols.

Number of People : 810


 1825 Source: 5

Sainsbury, John S.
A dictionary of musicians. From the earliest ages to the present time. Comprising the most important biographical contents of the works of Gerber, Choron, and Fayolle Count Orloff, Dr. Burney, Sir John Hawkins, &c, &c, together with upwards of a hundred original memoirs of the most eminent living musicians
Edited by John S. Sainsbury
Printed for Sainsbury and Co., 1825, 2V p.

Number of People : 724


 1821

Watkins, J.
The universal biographical dictionary ...
New ed.
London: 1821

Number of People : 58


 1819

Caulfield, J.
Portraits, memoirs and characters of remarkable persons from ... 1688 to the end of the reign of George II ...
London: 1819-20, 4 vols.

Number of People : 7


 1812

Chalmers, A.
The general biographical dictionary ...
New ed.
London: 1812-17, 32 vols.

Number of People : 65


 1799

Aikin, J.
General biography ...
London: 1799-1815, 10 vols

Number of People : 24

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