List of Famous people with last name Avison

Charles Avison

First Name Charles
Last Name Avison
Born on January 31, 1709
Died on May 10, 1770 (aged 61)

Charles Avison was an English composer during the Baroque and Classical periods. He was a church organist at St John The Baptist Church in Newcastle and at St. Nicholas's Church. He is most known for his 12 Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti and his Essay on Musical Expression, the first music criticism published in English. He composed in a transitional style that alternated between Baroque and Classical idioms.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.014693975448608s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.0099871158599854s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.0099599361419678s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0052590370178223s
router_page: 1x 0.0042121410369873s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0035719871520996s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0025589466094971s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0025179386138916s
headline: 2x 0.0017538070678711s
qids: 2x 0.00062990188598633s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00029206275939941s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00018501281738281s
head-facts: 1x 0.0001680850982666s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.5974044799805E-5s
related: 1x 1.9073486328125E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 0s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-06-26 10:18:06)  -----