Sir George Alexander Macfarren (2 March 1813 – 31 October 1887) was an English composer and musicologist. George Alexander Macfarren was born in London...
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of George Alexander Macfarren George Macfarren (1788–1843), English dramatist George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887), English composer, son of George Macfarren...
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George Macfarren (1788–1843) was a playwright and the father of composer George Alexander Macfarren. He was born in London 5 September 1788. He was the...
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Barnby [pupils] William Sterndale Bennett [pupils] George Alexander Macfarren [pupils] Alexander Mackenzie [pupils] this teacher's teachers Luchesi (1741–1801)...
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pianist and contralto. She married one of her instructors, composer George Alexander Macfarren, on 27 September 1844. They had a daughter. Her operatic debut...
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Bright's Variations on an Original Theme of Sir G. A. Macfarren, named for George Alexander Macfarren, their teacher's brother. Her compositions include...
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rédemption (1882) George William Torrance – The Revelation (1882, Melbourne) Joseph Barnby – Rebekah (1883) George Alexander Macfarren – King David (1883...
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(1859–1924) Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912) Edward MacDowell (1860–1908) George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887) Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909) Désiré Magnus (1828–1884)...
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was born in London, and in 1846 married John Macfarren, brother of composer George Alexander Macfarren. She toured in the United States of America between...
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Parish Alvars (1808–1849) Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876) George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887) William Christian Sellé (1813–1898) Henry Smart (1813–1879)...
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Thomas Attwood Walmisley 1856 William Sterndale Bennett 1875 George Alexander Macfarren 1887 Charles Villiers Stanford 1924 Charles Wood 1926–1941 Edward...
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Wood. Macfarren was born in London in 1826, youngest son of the dramatist George Macfarren, and brother of the musician Sir George Alexander Macfarren. In...
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and took lessons privately from William Sterndale Bennett and George Alexander Macfarren, publishing her first song in 1857. In November 1867, the year...
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with F.W. Davenport and George Alexander Macfarren. In 1887 she performed at a memorial concert for George Alexander Macfarren, principal of the RAM from...
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he entered the Royal Academy of Music where he studied under George Alexander Macfarren. He was organist at a number of London churches, including St...
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Released 2012. Label: Resonus George Alexander Macfarren: Robin Hood – Nicky Spence (tenor), Kay Jordan (soprano), George Hulbert (baritone), Louis Hurst...
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José Maceda (1917–2004) Teo Macero (1925–2008) George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887) Walter Cecil Macfarren (1826–1905) Manuel Machado (c. 1590 – 1646)...
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(King's) Walter Leigh (Christ's) Raymond Leppard (Trinity) Sir George Alexander Macfarren (unknown) Joanna MacGregor (New Hall) Andrew Manze (Clare) Richard...
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(1811–1896) French composer noted for the operas Mignon and Hamlet. George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887) English composer noted for the operas Robin Hood and...
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thus set the example for others like Henry Smart, George Alexander Macfarren and Walter Macfarren and very many more who followed where he led. From...
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the Royal Academy of Music, under Henry Brinley Richards and George Alexander Macfarren. In 1868 he became organist at Banbury's Wesleyan Chapel. Several...
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William Cusins, Henry Gadsby, Ferdinand Hiller, George Alexander Macfarren, and Isidor Seiss. Arthur Alexander [pupils] Granville Bantock [pupils] Hubert Bath...
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of which only the G minor one was published in her lifetime. George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887): Six string quartets. Jakob Rosenhain (1813–1894):...
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career in music, studying under George Alexander Macfarren. In 1873 he married Macfarren's daughter Clarina Thalia Macfarren (23 Mar 1848-10 Jul 1934). They...
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Ghent) Jacques Offenbach – Die Rheinnixen (The Rhine Fairies) George Alexander Macfarren – Helvellyn, (opera in 4 acts, libretto by John Oxenford, premiered...
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October 18 – Matteo Salvi, opera composer (born 1816) October 31 – George Alexander Macfarren, composer (born 1813) November 2 – Jenny Lind, singer, "the Swedish...
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There have been at least two settings by notable composers: George Alexander Macfarren, "The Old Familiar Faces", for voice and piano (c. 1865). Jan...
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Quixote. 1846 An Adventure of Don Quixote, a musical drama by Sir George Alexander Macfarren premiered at Drury Lane Theatre. 1861 Don Quijote, a zarzuela...
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counterpoint with Francis William Davenport and occasionally with George Alexander Macfarren and Ebenezer Prout. It is not clear what she did in the intervening...
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