Walter Cecil Macfarren

Walter Cecil Macfarren, b. London, 1826

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

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Born: August 28, 1826, Westminster, London, England.
Died: September 2, 1905, at home in St. Pancras, London, England.
Buried: St. Pancras Cemetery, East Finchley, London, England.

Brother of George Macfarren, Walter served as a chorister in Westminster Abbey (1836-41). He entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1842 and was a professor of piano there (1846-1903). He composed pieces for piano, voice and piano, and vocal ensemble, and for many years was a music critic for The Queen.

Sources:
Frost, p. 681

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/macfarren_wc.htm

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