George Dubourg (1799 – 17 April 1882), was an English writer on the

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

and a songwriter. Dubourg was the grandson of violinist Matthew Dubourg. In 1836, George Dubourg published ''The Violin, being an Account of that leading Instrument and its most eminent Professors, &c.'', a work that was frequently reprinted. He was also a songwriter; his best known song was John Parry's "Wanted a Governess". During most of his life, Dubourg contributed articles to newspapers, especially in

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, England, where he lived for several years. Dubourg later settled in

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, where he died on 17 April 1882.

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* * 1799 births 1882 deaths 19th-century British writers English writers about music English male songwriters {{England-writer-stub