The Resume

(March 7, 1659-November 21, 1695)
Wrote 'Dido and Aeneas (1689),' 'The Tempest (1690),' 'King Arthur (1691),' 'The Fairy Queen (1691),' 'Te Deum and Jubilate (1694)' and 'The Indian Queen (1695)'

Why he might be annoying:

He lost his job as a boy soprano when his voice changed.
When he was an organist at the Chapel-Royal, he snuck people into the organ loft for cash.
When administrators found out, he lost his salary.

Why he might not be annoying:

He died at age 36.
Some believe he was poisoned.
Others believe he died from a chill he caught when his wife locked him out of the house overnight.
He was one of the greatest English composers who ever lived.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 4040)
• BBC Radio 4’s Saddest Classical Works [2004] (Ranked: 2)
• I Attended Westminster
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 36)
• I Died Under Mysterious Circumstances
• I'm Buried at Westminster Abbey
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Powdered Wig Wearers
• Profiles 11001-11250 (Ranked: 11011)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 26 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 72 Votes: 51.39% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 337 Votes: 71.22% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 51.43% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 65.96% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 110 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 54.33% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 171 Votes: 57.31% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 195 Votes: 49.74% Annoying