Introduction

Biography

Batchellor, a Quak­er, wrote child­ren’s songs and mu­sic­al in­struct­ion books. Schooled in Brigh­ton, he emi­grat­ed to Am­er­ica in 1877.

Arriving in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, in Oc­to­ber that year, he made his way to the New Eng­land Con­ser­va­to­ry and the Ora­to­ry at Bos­ton Uni­ver­si­ty, where he met Eb­en Tour­jée.

Batchellor spent much of his ca­reer pro­mot­ing the Ton­ic Sol-fa sing­ing method, though the move­ment ul­ti­mate­ly failed to es­tab­lish it­self.

By 1920, Bat­chel­lor was a widow­er, liv­ing with his daught­er Ma­ri­on and her fa­mi­ly in Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land. By 1930, they had moved to Wash­ing­ton, DC.

Works

• The Bou­quet of Song, 1883
• The To­nic Sol-fa Mu­sic Course for Schools, with Tho­mas Charm­bu­ry (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: S. R. Win­chell, 1884–86)
• Musical Kin­der­gar­ten Me­thod, with Charles W. Lan­don, 1909