Christabel Baxendale
English violinist and composer
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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]
Born
28 December 1886
Florence Christabel Baxendale
28 December 1886
Limerick, Ireland[1]
Died1977 (aged 90–91)
Bournemouth, England
OccupationsComposer, Violinist
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 (aged 90–91) Bournemouth, England |
| Occupations | Composer, Violinist |
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
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
