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Giles Farnaby

English composer
Person Human Q1343764

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
1563
Date of death
November 24, 1640
Place of birth
London, Truro[7]
Place of death
City of London
Country of citizenship
England[10]
Occupation
composer, Virginalist
Educated at
Christ Church[11]
Child
Richard Farnaby[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Riemann's Music Dictionary[17][18]
Family name
Farnaby[14]
Given name
Giles[15]
Instrument
harpsichord[16]
Movement
Baroque music[13]
Place of burial
St Giles-without-Cripplegate[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Giles Farnaby de Farnaby ja ジャイルズ・ファーナビー ru Жиль Фарнеби ru Фарнеби, Жиль
🔖 Identifiers · 58
ISNI
0000000391082488
VIAF cluster ID
284854406
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79147994
GND ID
124265952
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
138938013
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01373446
CONOR.BG ID
46414949
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1001572
Classical Archives composer ID
2503
DAHR artist ID
102638
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
124265952
Discogs artist ID
617116
Show all 58 identifiers +46
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Giles-Farnaby
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
giles-farnaby
Europeana entity
agent/base/156995
FAST ID
1818048
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_124265952
Find a Grave memorial ID
21144008
Freebase ID
/m/07n9bs
GTAA ID
257265
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
10604
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Giles_Farnaby
Harper's tag
giles-farnaby
Hymnary author ID
Farnaby_Giles
IMSLP ID
Category:Farnaby,_Giles
IdRef ID
121717518
J9U entity ID
987007282707205171
KANTO ID
000185346
KBR person ID
14095798
Liber Liber author ID
f/giles-farnaby
Libris-URI
sq47c1vb4g63fwk
LiederNet composer ID
28060
MuseScore artist ID
7650
MusicBrainz artist ID
5a59cfb0-45e4-4fa8-8604-2682aad19356
Musicalics composer ID
79563
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000237297
NL CR AUT ID
jn20000601525
NUKAT ID
n97026128
National Library of Latvia ID
000047048
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810536321705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1504348
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
096417226
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3899994
Open Library ID
OL5288740A
OpenMLOL author ID
52102
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
9172
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095810935
RISM ID
people/30011317
SBN author ID
LO1V180458
SELIBR ID
316390
SNAC ARK ID
w6cc3wj3
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
45252
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10004138
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
3244
Treccani ID
giles-farnaby
WikiTree person ID
Farnaby-5
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrWwTGDYkkGfch4hyd4v3
Yale LUX ID
person/e23dde93-845b-4c70-9f6e-c5f913165e47

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
composer, Virginalist
Place of birth 2
London, Truro
Country of citizenship 1
England
Educated at 1
Christ Church
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
harpsichord
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:parent 1
Richard Farnaby
Movement 1
Baroque music
Place of burial 1
St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Place of death 1
City of London
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Giles Farnaby was born on January 1, 1563[1], in London[2]. He died on November 24, 1640[3], in City of London[4]. He worked as a composer[5] and Virginalist[6].

FAQs

Where was Giles Farnaby born?

Giles Farnaby was born in London[2].

Where did Giles Farnaby die?

Giles Farnaby passed away in City of London[4].

What did Giles Farnaby do for work?

Giles Farnaby worked as a composer[5] and Virginalist[6].

Where did Giles Farnaby go to school?

Giles Farnaby was educated at Christ Church[11].

Related Entities

England London Truro

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "source for place of birth, source for place of death from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot…"
  2. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → giles-farnaby
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: giles-farnaby, Matched to giles farnaby (#289930658) in Harper's ta…"
  3. 19w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    RISM ID → people/30011317
    "Created claim: RISM ID: people/30011317, batch #259822"
  4. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Instrument → harpsichord
    Place of birth → London, Truro
    Educated at → Christ Church
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