Editing William Boyce (composer) (section)

{{Short description|English composer and organist (18th. c.)}}
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[[Image:William Boyce by John Russell 1776.jpg|thumb|William Boyce by [[John Russell (English painter)|John Russell]], 1776]]
'''William Boyce''' (baptised 11 September 1711 – 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. Like [[Beethoven]] later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. He knew [[Handel]], [[Thomas Arne|Arne]], [[Christoph Willibald Gluck|Gluck]], [[Johann Christian Bach|J.C. Bach]], [[Carl Friedrich Abel|Abel]], and a very young [[Mozart]], all of whom respected his work.