Robert Birchall

Robert Birchall (c. 1750 – 19 December 1819) was an English music seller, publisher, and instrument dealer.

Biography Scholars had originally placed his birthdate to be c. 1760, but Birchall's age in a 1772 deposition is given as "22 years or thereabouts". Born in London, he may have been apprenticed by 1771 to William Randall, the cousin and one of the successors of printer John Walsh. From 1789 onward, Birchall continued alone in publishing works, operating out of his address at Bond Street. In addition to Beethoven's works, Birchall printed various glees, country dance books, and Italian vocal works. He also published works by George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach, including the first English edition of the Well-Tempered Clavier in 1810 edited by Samuel Wesley and Charles Frederick Horn. After Birchall's death, his employee Christopher Lonsdale took over the firm.