Thomas Clayton
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- Bachelors Composition University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
- Doctorate Composition Juilliard School
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Thomas Clayton was an English violinist and composer, and a member of The King's Musick at the court of William III. His is said to be the first to acclimatise legitimate opera in England. Life His father was William Clayton. He studied in Italy, from about 1702 to about 1704, bringing with him a considerable quantity of Italian songs which he had collected abroad. These he set to an adaptation by Peter Anthony Motteux of a drama by Stonzani, which had been performed at Bologna in 1677, and at Venice in 1678.
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