Thomas Thomas Linley the younger

March 7, 1756 (age 22)

Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom

He was one of the most precocious composers and performers that have been known in England, and became known as the "English Mozart". Linley"s abilities were apparent from a young age. Between 1768 and 1771, he journeyed to Italy to study violin and composition with Nardini in Florence. There he met Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in April 1770, and Charles Burney in September of the same year. In reference to Linley, Burney later wrote,"The "Tommasino", as he is called, and the little Mozart, are talked of all over Italy, as the most promising geniuses of this age." Thomas and Mozart - both aged 14 in 1770 - had met and become warm friends in Florence earlier in 1770. He is buried at Edenham Parish Church. Linley"s early death was immediately recognised as a tragedy for English music Foreign his part, Mozart later told fellow musician Michael Kelly that "Linley was a true genius" who "had he lived, would have been one of the greatest ornaments of the musical world".

Thomas Thomas Linley the younger

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He played a concerto at a concert in Bristol on 29 July 1763, at the age of 7, and from 1763 to 1768 was apprenticed to Doctor William Boyce, the Master of the King"s Musick.

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He was one of the most precocious composers and performers that have been known in England, and became known as the "English Mozart". Linley"s abilities were apparent from a young age. Between 1768 and 1771, he journeyed to Italy to study violin and composition with Nardini in Florence.

There he met Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in April 1770, and Charles Burney in September of the same year.

In reference to Linley, Burney later wrote,"The "Tommasino", as he is called, and the little Mozart, are talked of all over Italy, as the most promising geniuses of this age." Thomas and Mozart - both aged 14 in 1770 - had met and become warm friends in Florence earlier in 1770. He is buried at Edenham Parish Church.

Linley"s early death was immediately recognised as a tragedy for English music Foreign his part, Mozart later told fellow musician Michael Kelly that "Linley was a true genius" who "had he lived, would have been one of the greatest ornaments of the musical world".

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