Macfarren

Macfarren is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

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 ...

(1824–95), English pianist and composer, sister-in-law of George Alexander Macfarren *

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 Cast ...

(1788–1843), English dramatist *

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 ...

(1813–87), English composer, son of George Macfarren *Natalia Macfarren (1827–1916), singer and writer, wife of

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 ...

(1826–1905), pianist and composer, brother of George Alexander Macfarren, and in whose name the Royal Academy of Music prize is awarded {{surname, Macfarren