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Jan 01, 1712 London Died on 06 Oct 1789 (aged 77)
English soprano
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About Cecilia Young
- Cecilia Young (also Cecilia Arne) (January 1712 – 6 October 1789) was one of the greatest English sopranos of the eighteenth century, the wife of composer Thomas Arne, and the mother of composer Michael Arne.
- According to music historian Charles Burney, she had "a good natural voice and a fine shake [and] had been so well taught, that her style of singing was infinitely superior to that of any other English woman of her time".
- She was part of a well-known English family of musicians that included several professional singers and organists.
- Young enjoyed a large amount of success through her close association with George Frideric Handel.
- She appeared in several of his oratorios and operas including the premieres of Ariodante (1735), Alcina (1735), Alexander's Feast (1736) and Saul (1739).
