Cassell's biographical dictionary ...
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| Alcock, John (b. 1715 d. 1806) | organ, composer |
| Aldrich, Henry (b. 1648 d. 1710) | divine, scholar |
| Arne, Michael (b. 1740 d. 1786) | composer |
| Arne, Thomas Augustine (b. 1710 d. 1778) | composer, violin |
| Ashe, Andrew (b. 1759 d. 1838) | flute, composer |
| Aspull, George (b. 1813 d. 1832) | piano, composer |
| Attwood, Thomas (b. 1765 d. 1838) | composer, organ |
| Avison, Charles (b. 1710 d. 1770) | composer, conductor |
| Ayrton, Edmund (b. 1734 d. 1808) | organ, composer |
| Bach, Johann Christian (b. 1735 d. 1782) | composer, Musiker |
| Baines, Thomas (b. 1622 d. 1680) | physician, professor |
| Balfe, Michael William (b. 1808 a. 19th century |
composer, singer |
| Balmanno, Mary (a. 1855) | artist, poetess |
| Barnett, John (b. 1802 d. 1890) | singer, composer |
| Bartleman, James (b. 1769 d. 1821) | bassist |
| Bartolozzi, Lucia Elizabeth (b. 1797 d. 1856) | actress, vocals |
| Bates, Joah (b. 1740 d. 1799) | civil servant, organ |
| Batten, Adrian (b. -1599 d. 1637) | composer, singing man at Westminster |
| Becher, Alfred Julius (b. 1803 d. 1848) | critic, composer |
| Bennett, William Sterndale (b. 1816 d. 1875) | composer |
| Best, William Thomas (b. 1826 d. 1897) | organ |
| Bexfield, William Richard (b. 1824 d. 1853) | composer, organ |
| Billington, Elisabeth (b. 1769) | Musikerin, singer |
| Bishop, Henry Rowley (b. 1786 d. 1855) | composer |
| Blow, John (b. 1649 d. 1708) | child of the Chapel, composer |
| Boyce, William |
| Braham, John (b. 1774 d. 1856) | singer |
| Britton, Thomas (b. 1644 d. 1714) | music patron, amateur musician |
| Browne, Simon (b. 1680 d. 1732) | Pastor, author |
| Browning, Robert (b. 1812 d. 1889) | cast, poet |
| Bunting, Edward (b. 1773 d. 1843) | collector of Irish folk songs, organ |
| Burney, Charles (b. 1726 d. 1814) | composer, storiografo |
| Byrd, William (b. 1538 d. 1623) |
| Callcott, John Wall (b. 1766 d. 1821) | composer, theorist |
| Cambert, Robert (b. 1627 d. 1677) | composer, organ |
| Carey, Henry (b. 1689 d. 1743) | composer, dramatist |
| Carter, Thomas [Charles Thomas] (b. 1740 d. 1804) | composer |
| Cecil, Richard (b. 1748 d. 1810) | clergyman, musician |
| Chappell, William (b. 1809 d. 1888) | music publisher, musical |
| Child, William (b. 1606 d. 1697) | composer, organ |
| Clarke, Jeremiah (b. 1674 d. 1707) | composer, organ |
| Clarke, John (b. 1770 d. 1836) | organ, composer |
| Clementi, Muzio (b. 1752) | composer, compositeur |
| Cooke, Benjamin (b. 1734 d. 1793) | organ, composer |
| Cooke, Thomas Simpson (b. 1782 d. 1848) | singer, instrumentalist |
| Cramer, Johann Baptiste (b. 1771 d. 1858) | composer, piano |
| Croft, William (b. 1677 d. 1727) | musician |
| Dibdin, Charles (b. 1745 d. 1814) | composer, poet |
| Dowland, John (b. 1563 d. ?) | composer, lutenist |
| Draghi, Giovanni Battista (a. 1673-1707) | musician, compositore |
| Dragonetti, Domenico (b. 1763 d. 1846) | double bass, musicisti |
| Dunstable, John (b. 1390 d. 1453) | composer, musician |
| Elliotson, John (b. 1791 d. 1868) | physician, Mesaerist |
| Evelyn, John (b. 1620 d. 1706) | cast, civil servant |
| Farrant, Richard (a. 1564-1580) | composer |
| Fayolle, Francois (Joseph Marie) (b. 1774 d. 1852) | writer on music, poet |
| Ferrabasco, Alfonso (d. 1628) | lutenist, composer |
| Field, John (b. 1782 d. 1837) | composer, compositore |
| Geminiani, Francis (b. 1687 d. 1762) | musicisti |
| Giardini, Felice (b. 1716 d. 1796) | composer, violin |
| Gibbons, Christopher (b. 1615 d. 1676) | organ, composer |
| Gibbons, Orlando (b. 1583 d. 1625) | composer, organ |
| Giles, Nathaniel (b. 1558 d. 1634) | gentleman of the Chapel, organ |
| Goddard, Arabella (d. 1922) | piano, pianiste |
| Greene, Maurice (b. 1696 d. 1755) | organ, composer |
| Grove, George (b. 1820 d. 1900) | engineer, writer on music |
| Halle, Charles (b. 1819 d. 1895) | piano, composer |
| Hamilton, James (b. 1814 d. 1867) | minister, hymnist |
| Harrison, Anne (b. 1625 d. 1680) | lutenist, singer |
| Hayes, Catherine (b. 1825 d. 1861) | vocals |
| Heidegger, John James (b. 1659 d. 1749) | operatic manager |
| Helmore, Thomas (b. 1811 d. 1890) | teacher, choir trainer |
| Hill, Rowland (b. 1744 d. 1833) | preacher, hymnist |
| Hilton, John (b. 1599 d. 1657) | organ, composer |
| Hook, James (b. 1746 d. 1827) | organ, composer |
| Hope, Thomas (b. 1770 d. 1831) | Virtuoso, author |
| Hopkinson, Joseph (b. 1770 d. 1842) | lawyer, poet |
| Hullah, John (Pyke) (b. 1812 d. 1884) | composer, composer |
| Humfrey, Pelham (b. 1647 d. 1674) | lute, composer |
| Incledon, Charles Benjamin (b. 1763 d. 1826) | tenor |
| Jackson, William (b. 1730 d. 1803) |
| Jordan, Dorothea Bland (b. 1762 d. 1816) | actress, singer |
| Kelly, Michael (b. 1762 d. 1826) | cantante, tenor |
| Kent, James (b. 1700 d. 1776) | cathedral musician, composer |
| King, Charles (b. 1687 d. 1748) | cast, cathedral musician |
| Lanier, Nicholas (b. 1588 d. 1666) |
| Lawes, Henry (b. 1596 d. 1662) | composer, gentleman of the Chapel |
| Lawes, William (b. 1582 d. 1645) | composer, musician |
| Leveridge, Richard (b. -1671 d. 1758) | bass, vocals |
| Lind, Jenny (b. 1820 d. 1887) | sangerinde, sopran |
| Linley, Thomas (b. 1733 d. 1795) | composer, harpsichord |
| Linley, Thomas (b. 1756 d. 1778) | violin, composer |
| Linley, William (b. 1771 d. 1835) | composer, author |
| Locke, Matthew (b. -1622 d. 1677) | composer |
| Lover, Samuel (b. 1797 d. 1868) | poet-musician, writer |
| Macfarren, George Alexander (b. 1813 d. 1887) | composer |
| Mainzer, Joseph (b. 1801 d. 1851) | organ, music teacher |
| Malibran, Maria-Felicia Garcia (b. 1808 d. 1836 a. 19th century |
cantatrice, mezzo-soprano |
| Marbeck, John (d. 1585) | musician, theologian |
| Miller, Edward (b. 1731 d. 1807) | organ, historian |
| Morley, Thomas (b. 1557) | composer, editor |
| Mornington, Garret Colley Wesley (b. 1735 d. 1781) | composer |
| Nares, James (b. 1715 d. 1783) | composer |
| Novello, Clara (Anastasia) (b. 1818 d. 1908 a. 1830-1831) | soprano, prima donna |
| Novello, Vincent (b. 1781 d. 1861) | organ, conductor |
| Ouseley, Frederick Arthur Gore (b. 1825 d. 1889) | church musician, scholar |
| Parish, Eli (b. 1816 d. 1849) | harp, composer |
| Parry, John (b. 1810 d. 1879) | comic singer, piano |
| Patti, Adelina (Juana Maria) (b. 1843 d. 1919) | cantante de opera, interprete |
| Pinto, George Frederick (b. 1785 d. 1806) | composer, violin |
| Purcell, Henry (b. 1658 d. 1695) | composer |
| Ravenscroft, Thomas (b. 1582 d. 1635) | editor, vocals |
| Reeves, John Sims (b. 1818 d. 1882) | singer, Autobiographer |
| Richards, Brinley [Henry Brinley] (b. 1819 d. 1885) | piano, composer |
| Ries, Ferdinand (b. 1784 d. 1838 a. 19th century |
Komponist, musicisti |
| Rogers, Benjamin (b. 1614 d. 1698) | organ, composer |
| Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte Helen (b. 1821 d. 1885) | contralto, teacher |
| Shield, William (b. 1748 d. 1829) | theater composer |
| Simeon of Durham (a. 1130) | Precentor, historical compiler |
| Skinner, John (b. 1721 d. 1807) | lyricist, songwriter |
| Stanley, John (b. 1712 d. 1786) | composer, organ |
| Stevenson, John (Andrew) (b. 1761 d. 1833) | composer |
| Stirling, William (b. 1818 d. 1878) | historical water, Virtuoso |
| Storace, Nancy (b. 1765 d. 1817) | soprano, actress |
| Storace, Stephen John Seymour (b. 1763 d. 1796) |
| Sullivan, Arthur (Seymour) (b. 1842) | author, composer |
| Taglioni, Marie (b. 1804 d. 1884) | dancer, danseuse |
| Tallis, Thomas (b. 1505 d. 1585) | composer, gentleman of the Chapel |
| Tannahill, Robert (b. 1774 d. 1810) | poet, songwriter |
| Wallace, Vincent [William Vincent] (b. 1812 d. 1865) | composer |
| Watts, Isaac (b. 1674 d. 1748) | hymn writer, miscellaneous writer |
| Weber, Karl Maria (b. 1786 d. 1826) |
| Wesley, Charles (b. 1707 d. 1788) | divine, hymn writer |
| Young, Cecilia (b. 1711 d. 1789) | soprano |