Joseph Antonio Emidy [SEP] date of death
Joseph Antonio Emidy
Joseph Antonio Emidy (1775 – 23 April 1835) was a Guinea-born musician who was enslaved in early life, before becoming a notable and celebrated violinist and composer in Cornwall, South-West England.
Life.
Born in Guinea, Emidy was sold into slavery as a child to Portuguese traders who took him to Brazil and later to Portugal. In Portugal, he became a virtuoso violinist in the Lisbon Opera. He was press-ganged by British Admiral Sir Edward Pellew during the Napoleonic
- "date unknown" – Abu Khalil Qabbani, Syrian dramatist and composer (d. 1902)
Deaths.
- February 19 – Amzi Chapin, cabinetmaker, singing-school teacher and shapenote composer
- April 23 – Joseph Antonio Emidy, violinist and composer (b. 1775)
- April 25 – François Tourte, bowmaker (b. 1747)
- May 9 – Sebastian Mayer, operatic bass (b. 1773)
- August 3 – Wenzel Müller, composer (b. 1767)
- August 10 – Claus