Thomas Linley
English singer, violinist and composer (1756-1788) · Musicians
Thomas Linley the younger, also known as Thomas Linley, Junior or Tom Linley, was the eldest son of the composer Thomas Linley and his wife Mary Johnson. He was one of the most precocious composers and performers that have been known in England.
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Elizabeth (14 y. old) with Thomas (12) by Gainsborough, c. 1768
Mozart, at the keyboard, and Tom Linley, playing the violin, in Florence (c. 1770)
View of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, ca.1776
The New Rooms at Bath. Publish'd March 3d 1779 & sold by T. Malton in Poland Street, & J. Gandon No. 48 Broad Street, Carnaby Market. (James Gandon, 1779, The BL King's Topographical Collection, British Library shelfmark: Maps K.Top.37.26.a.3.)![A page from the manuscript of Tom Linley's The Cady of Bagdad, possibly in the composer's hand.[28]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Thomas_Linley_junior_-_The_Cady_of_Bagdad._%28BL_Add_MS_29297_f._17r%29.jpg/500px-Thomas_Linley_junior_-_The_Cady_of_Bagdad._%28BL_Add_MS_29297_f._17r%29.jpg)
A page from the manuscript of Tom Linley's The Cady of Bagdad, possibly in the composer's hand.[28]![A page from Tom Linley's The Song of Moses, in the hand of J. S. Gaudry.[32]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Thomas_Linley_junior_-_The_song_of_Moses._%28BL_R.M.21.h.9_f._115r%29.jpg/500px-Thomas_Linley_junior_-_The_song_of_Moses._%28BL_R.M.21.h.9_f._115r%29.jpg)
A page from Tom Linley's The Song of Moses, in the hand of J. S. Gaudry.[32]
Scene from The Duenna with John Quick as Isaac and Jane Green as the Duenna. (William Paulet Carey print from Thomas Rowlandson, 1784, The British Museum)About this person
A highly talented violinist, Tom Linley was also the most promising of all native English composers between Henry Purcell and Edward Elgar, combining prodigious talent with a delightful personality. He is sometimes referred to as the "English Mozart". His early promise was cut short when he drowned in a boating accident, aged just 22 years.
