Charles Rousseau Burney (1747-1819)
- Sonata (II) for the harpsichord, Op.2
World Premiere Recording
Performers: Sibelius + Harpsichord samples (edited by Pau NG)
Further info: Charles Rousseau Burney (1747-1819) - Sonata I, Op.II
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English composer and music teacher. The youngest son of Richard Burney
of London and Barbone Lodge, Worcester, he was nephew, pupil and
son-in-law of Charles Burney (1726-1814). Later, he worked as a keyboard
teacher, occasional composer and musician. He was documented as
harpsichordist at the Worcester Festival in 1767. He had married on 20
September 1770 his cousin Esther (Hetty) Burney (1749-1832) with who
performed duets on two harpsichords (On November 12, 1775, the couple
performed a duet by Johann Gottfried Müthel published in 1771). As a
composer, he published few works; air with variations for the pianoforte
(London, c.1796), Four sonatas for the harpsichord or pianoforte with
an accompanyment for a Violin and a Duett for two performers on one
instrument (London, n.d.) and Two Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Piano
Forte and a Duet for two performers on one instrument (London, n.d.).
Acquaintance of the painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), he
corresponded him with an accuratted portrait. His brother was the artist
Edward Francis Burney (1760-1848) and among his daughters, the musician
Cecilia Burney (1789-1821).
