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Thomas Linley the elder (17 January 1733 – 19 November 1795) anali mnyamata wa ku England woyimba bass ndi muzi. Anayamba ntchito yake ya muziki pa zaka 11 mu Bath, akakhala maphunziro kwa organist Thomas Chilcot. Linley anachita mwambo mu 1752 ndipo anabadwa ana asanu ndi awiri, akuthandiza banja lake pogwira ntchito ngati mphunzitsi wa muziki. Pamene ana ake akukula, anakhazikitsa luso la muziki ndipo anatha kupeza ndalama zambiri kuchokera ku ma concert awo. Pamene Bath Assembly Rooms inayamba mu 1771, Linley anakhala director wa muziki ndipo anapitiriza kuthandiza ntchito za ana ake. Anatha kupita ku London ndi ndalama zambiri zomwe anapeza kuchokera ku ma concert awo. Kuphatikiza pa ana ake, Linley anaphunzitsa tenor Charles Dignum, wamkulu ndi wochita masewera Anna Maria Crouch, komanso wolemba Frances Sheridan. Anagwira ntchito limodzi ndi mwana wake Thomas Linley the younger mu kulemba opera yachikondi The Duenna, yokhala ndi libretto yolemba ndi mkazi wake Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Chithunzi ichi ndi oil-on-canvas chithunzi chomwe chinapangidwa pafupifupi mu 1770 ndi Thomas Gainsborough, chikuwonetsa Linley akHolding "Elegies for Three Voices". Chikugwira mu Dulwich Picture Gallery, London.Kujambula: Thomas Gainsborough