Christabel Baxendale
Christabel Baxendale | |
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 Ten-year old Christabel Baxendale (left) and her older sister Kathleen, taken in 1896. | |
| Born | Florence Christabel Baxendale 28 December 1886 Limerick, Ireland[1] |
| Died | 1977 Bournemouth, England |
| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Violinist |
Florence Christabel Baxendale (28 December 1886 – 1977) was an English violinist and composer "of considerable talent".[2][3] She was active in the early 1900s until at least 1921 and gave concerts in the London area, sometimes with her older sister, Kathleen Baxendale, who was a soprano opera singer.[4][5][6]
Baxendale was born 28 December 1886. In 1939, she was a music teacher in Uckfield, Sussex.[7]
Baxendale died in 1977 in Bournemouth, aged 90.[8]
Works[edit]
Baxendale composed mostly popular songs. Selected works include:
- That Merry, Merry May (setting of a poem by Gerald Massey)
- Plaintive Melody for violin or viola and piano (1951)
- Two little Eyes of blue
- You Came To Me
References[edit]
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ The Musical times and singing-class circular. JSTOR (Organization). 1911.
- ^ "London Concerts". The Musical Times. 58 (887): 33–35. 1917. ISSN 0027-4666. JSTOR 909503.
- ^ The musical times. JSTOR. 1917.
- ^ "Music in the Provinces". The Musical Times. 52 (818): 257–265. 1911. ISSN 0027-4666. JSTOR 906246.
- ^ Kalisch, Alfred (1921). "London Concerts". The Musical Times. 62 (935): 27–30. ISSN 0027-4666. JSTOR 909157.
- ^ "1939 England and Wales Register". Ancestry. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007". Ancestry. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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