Stephan Carl Philipp Barbandt (1716after 1775), known as Charles Barbandt in England, was a German musician and a minor composer. He was baptised on 30 April 1716 in

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

and died in London sometime after 1775. He was the eldest child of court musician Bartholomäus Barbandt (1687-1764). Carl Barbrandt was employed as the organist at the Bavarian Embassy Chapel in London from 1764. He was one of the first

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players in England and also played the

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, the

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

and the

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. His 1766 collection ''Sacred Hymns, Anthems and Versicles'' was the first Catholic music published in England since

William Byrd William Byrd (; 4 July 1623) was an English Renaissance composer. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native country and on the Continental Europe, Continent. He i ...

's ''Gradualia''. He is best known as the man who recognised

Samuel Webbe Samuel Webbe (1740 – 25 May 1816) was an English composer. Life Born in Menorca in 1740, Webbe was brought up in London. His father died when he was still an infant, and his mother returned to London where she raised Webbe in difficult ...

's talent and who provided him with his musical education.
Vincent Novello (1781-1861)
' by Fiona M. Palmer, Page 42, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, London 2006 He composed six sonatas op.1, six sonatas for the harpsichord op.5 and six symphonies op.6.

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