Thomas Haigh

Thomas Haigh, was an English violinist, pianist, and composer.

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Thomas Haigh, an English pianist, violinist, and composer, was born in London around 1769. He received instruction in composition from Joseph Haydn during the elder master’s time in England, specifically in 1791 and 1792, a fact noted across several reference works including the Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1886) and Grove’s Dictionary (1906). Haigh subsequently moved to Manchester in 1793, residing there until 1801, when he returned to London. He was a prolific composer for the piano, with his works including numerous sonatas for piano and violin, sonatas for piano four hands, and pieces for piano and flute. The Biographie universelle des musiciens (1883) records that Haigh dedicated some of his sonatas to Haydn and others to Clementi and Madame Abrams. He was also known for his arrangements of Haydn’s symphonies and music by other composers, which were “very numerous,” according to A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1879). Haigh died in London in April 1808.