Curated category
English male classical composers
- Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney was born on the 18th of June 1942 at Walton Hospital in the Walton area of Liverpool. His mother Mary Patricia Mohin worked as a nurse and…
- Edward ElgarEdward Elgar was born on the 2nd of June 1857 in Lower Broadheath, a small village near Worcester. His father William Henry Elgar worked as a piano tuner and…
- William ByrdWilliam Byrd was born in London, likely around 1540. No birth record survives for the third surviving son of Thomas Byrd and his wife Margery.
- John Bull (composer)The year 1562 or 1563 marks the uncertain birth of John Bull, an English composer and organist whose origins remain a subject of historical debate.
- Thomas TallisNo record exists of Thomas Tallis's birth, family, or childhood. Historians estimate he was born between 1500 and 1520, near the end of Henry VII's reign.
- John DowlandJohn Dowland remains a figure shrouded in biographical uncertainty, with his birthplace contested between London and Dublin.
- Donald SwannDonald Ibrahim Swann entered the world on the 30th of September 1923 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. His father Herbert Alfredovich Swann was a Russian doctor…
- John TavernerNothing is known of John Taverner's activities before 1524. He appears to have come from the East Midlands, possibly being born in Tattershall, Lincolnshire.