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Cecilia Young
English soprano · Musicians · Lived 1712 to 1789 · aged 77
Cecilia Young was one of the greatest English sopranos of the eighteenth century, the wife of composer Thomas Arne, and the mother of composer Michael Arne.
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George Frideric Handel, a close friend of Cecilia and her husband Thomas Arne
Thomas Augustine Arne![Musician and dramatist Charles Dibdin was a friend and colleague of Thomas and Cecilia Arne. He said, "Mrs Arne was deliciously captivating. She knew nothing in singing or in nature but sweetness and simplicity."[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Charles_Dibdin_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg/1280px-Charles_Dibdin_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg)
Musician and dramatist Charles Dibdin was a friend and colleague of Thomas and Cecilia Arne. He said, "Mrs Arne was deliciously captivating. She knew nothing in singing or in nature but sweetness and simplicity."[2]About this person
According to the music historian Charles Burney, she had "a good natural voice and a fine shake [and] had been so well taught, that her style of singing was infinitely superior to that of any other English woman of her time". She was part of a well-known English family of musicians that included several professional singers and organists. Young enjoyed a large amount of success through her close association with George Frideric Handel. She appeared in several of his oratorios and operas including the premieres of Ariodante (1735), Alcina (1735), Alexander's Feast (1736) and Saul (1739).
