Macfarren
Macfarren is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–95), English pianist and composer, sister-in-law of George Alexander Macfarren *George Macfarren (1788–1843), English dramatist *George Alexander Macfarren (1813–87), English composer, son of George Macfarren *Natalia Macfarren (1827–1916), singer and writer, wife of George Alexander Macfarren *Walter Cecil Macfarren Walter Cecil Macfarren (28 August 1826 – 20 September 1905) was an English pianist, composer and conductor, and a teacher at the Royal Academy of Music. Life He was born in London in 1826, youngest son of the dramatist George Macfarren, and br ...

George Alexander Macfarren
Sir George Alexander Macfarren (2 March 181331 October 1887) was an English composer and musicologist. Life George Alexander Macfarren was born in London on 2 March 1813 to George Macfarren, a dancing-master, dramatic author and journalist, who later became the editor of the ''Musical World'', and Elizabeth Macfarren, ''née'' Jackson.Brown (2004). At the age of seven, Macfarren was sent to Dr. Nicholas's school in Ealing, where his father was dancing-master; the school numbered among its alumni John Henry, Cardinal Newman and Thomas Henry Huxley.Banister (1891), 10. His health was poor, however, and his eyesight weak, so much so that he was given a large-type edition of the Bible and had to use a powerful magnifying-glass for all other reading. He was withdrawn from the school in 1823 to undergo a course of eye treatment. The treatment was unsuccessful, and his eyesight progressively worsened until he became totally blind in 1860. However, his blindness had little effect on h ...
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George Macfarren
George Macfarren (1788–1843) was a playwright and the father of composer George Alexander Macfarren. Life He was born in London 5 September 1788. He was the son of George Macfarren. He was educated chiefly at Archbishop Tenison's school in Castle Street, Leicester Square, and while there he wrote a tragedy which was privately played by his school-fellows, with the support of Edmund Kean, then a boy of their own age. Macfarren was also something of a musician, and according to his son, Sir G. Macfarren, "he could sustain either of the parts in a violin quartet," and "had he not met with a fashionable teacher of dancing, named Bishop, who offered to make him a gentleman instead of a fiddler, he would have adopted music as his profession". He was the first teacher of James Oury the violinist, and while still under twenty years of age he opened a dancing academy of his own. In 1816, he visited Paris, where he had lessons in dancing from the best teachers. His natural bent was, ...
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Emma Maria Macfarren
Emma Maria Macfarren (née ''Emma Marie Bennett'') (19 June 1824 – 9 November 1895) was an English pianist and composer who used the pseudonym Jules Brissac. She was born in London, and in 1846 married John Macfarren, brother of composer George Alexander Macfarren Sir George Alexander Macfarren (2 March 181331 October 1887) was an English composer and musicologist. Life George Alexander Macfarren was born in London on 2 March 1813 to George Macfarren, a dancing-master, dramatic author and journalist, wh .... She toured in the United States of America between 1862 and 1873 with her "Mornings at the Piano" lecture series and published a number of original songs and transcriptions. She died in London. Works Macfarren was known for popular piano works. Selected works for piano under the pseudonym Jules Brissac include: *''Cerisette'' (1854), morceau de salon *''Léonie'' (1854), nocturne *''Paulina'', Op. 19 (1855), nocturne *''Corinne'', Op. 22 (1855), nocturne *''La vie et ...
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