William Gardiner
Born: 15th March 1770, Leicester, UK
Died: 16th November 1853, Leicester, UK
Nationality: English
William Gardiner was an English composer who is best known for his hymns. He published two collections of his works: Sacred Melodies (1808) and Music and Friends (1838). Gardiner's promotion of Ludwig van Beethoven led to the first performances of Beethoven's music in England in 1794.
In his Music and Friends, Gardiner told the story of how the first work of Beethoven became known in Britain after arriving in a violin case of a priest fleeing the French Revolutionary army.
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