George Alexander Macfarren
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir George Alexander Macfarren, G. A. MacFarren
British composer and musicologist (1813–1887)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Counterpoint, a Practical Course of Study
- Addresses and Lectures
- Counterpoint
- Musical History, With a Roll of the Names of Musicians and the Times and Places of Their Births and Deaths
- Rudiments of Harmony
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- Listeners
- 18
- Total plays
- 204
Tags
romantic period
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Sibling
- Walter Cecil Macfarren
- Occupation
- theorist
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Music
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Music
- Field of work
- musicology
- Genre
- classical music
- Image
- George Alexander Macfarren.jpg
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- P8168
- Go-Tsuchimikado
- medical condition
- blindness
- date of birth
- 1813-03-02
- date of death
- 1887-10-31
- Commons category
- George Alexander Macfarren
- writing language
- English language
- relative
- Emma Maria Macfarren
- Commons Creator page
- George Alexander Macfarren
- P12749
- instant messaging
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Works in European collections
31 objects attributed to George Alexander Macfarren, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana