Composer
Charles Dibdin
British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor (1745–1814)
1745–1814
13 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1745
- Died
- 1814
- Birthplace
- Southampton
- Place of death
- London
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Classical
Biography
Charles Dibdin (before 4 March 1745 – 25 July 1814) was an English composer, musician, dramatist, novelist, singer and actor. With over 600 songs to his name, for many of which he wrote both the lyrics and the music and performed them himself, he was in his time the most prolific English singer-songwriter. He is best known as the composer of "Tom Bowling",
one of his many sea songs, which often features at the Last Night of the Proms. He also wrote about 30 dramatic pieces, including the operas The Waterman (1774) and The Quaker (1775), and several novels, memoirs and histories.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter; playwright; composer; writer; stage actor; music dealer; music publisher; opera singer; actor
- Education
- Winchester College
- Instruments played
- voice
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 22406778
- ISNI
- 0000000081016418
- GND ID
- 118863959
- Library of Congress ID
- n83020562
- MusicBrainz ID
- d86be77c-532a-47bf-bfb3-5228d2bfc842
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Flute, Guitar, Keyboard, Organ
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Barbaree | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Standing in the Need of Prayer | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Wondrous Love | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Swallows In Summer/Tom Bowling | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Bells of Aberdovey | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Deep River | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Boll Weevil | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Blow The Candles Out | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Never Said A Mumblin' Word (He Never Said A Mumblin' Word) | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Country Dance | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Blow High, Blow Low | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Tom Bowling | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 22406778. Portrait: Thomas Phillips (died 1845), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.