Charles Avison (1709 - 1770)      

                            

Concerto for strings in E-minor, second movement (quartett)

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Concerto for strings, nr 13 in D, third movement (quartett)

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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  (later Cathedral). 
He is best remembered for his 12 Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti and his Essay on Musical Expression,
the first music criticism published in English.