William Young (died 23 April 1662) was an English viol player and composer of the Baroque era, who worked at the court of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria in Innsbruck.
By 1652 he was a chamber musician at the Innsbruck court, where "the Englishman", as he was called, was a highly regarded viol player and composer.
[2] In 1660 Ferdinand Charles granted permission for Young to visit England, but there are no traces of his reappearance there.
[3] He is not to be confused with William Young (died 1671), another musician, who played violin and flute at the court of Charles II of England from 1661.
[8] Young's 11 sonatas for two, three, and four parts and continuo, published in Innsbruck in 1653,[9] are known to have reached England.