noted as a failure as well as a success. An unnamed critic wrote in The London Stage that "The music may be good, but the piece is trifling and childish". In 1786 he collaborated with John Burgoyne on the successful Richard Coeur de lion. Death and legacy Linley died suddenly on 19 November 1795 at his home, 11 Southampton Street in Westminster. He was survived by his wife, but most of his children had predeceased him at a young age. References Notes Citations Bibliography External links 1733 births 1795 deaths 18th-century composers 18th-century male musicians English composers People from Badminton, Gloucestershire People from Wells, Somerset Thomas