Charles Avison

But for a short period in London studying with Francesco Geminiani, Charles Avison lived his whole life in the North East, teaching, giving concerts and working as choirmaster in the Parish Church of St Nicholas in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He wrote several concertos, and his tuneful music earned him a reputation as the foremost English-born composer of his day.

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