Composer and organist at St Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal. Sponsored by the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) to study in Naples and in Vienna with Mozart. Died at home where the plaque is. Buried in St Paul's - near the organ.
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Thomas Attwood
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Thomas Attwood
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