Sir George Alexander Macfarren

(1813-1887)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Macfarren, George Alexander, Sir, 1813-1887 NRA: Macfarren Sir George Alexander (1813-1887) Knight Musical Composer DNB: Macfarren, Sir George Alexander (1813-1887), composer LBT ID: GeMacfa1887 VIAF ID: 61813110 LOC ID: n82227321	B/BAP: 1813-03-02 DIED: 1887-10-31
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English composer who studied at the Royal Academy of Music where he later taught; he was the son of the impresario son of George Macfarren (1788-1843) and brother of the composer Walter Cecil Macfarren (1826-1905).
REFERENCES TO Sir George Alexander Macfarren: Leigh Hunt to Mary Cowden Clarke, 8 January 1855 in Recollections of Writers (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878) Found 1: ¶ 1 Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877, Recollections of Writers (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878) Leigh Hunt