Introduction

Biography

George was the bro­ther of Wal­ter Mac­far­ren.

He was a prin­ci­pal of the Roy­al Aca­de­my of Mu­sic; pro­fess­or at Cam­bridge Uni­ver­si­ty; con­duct­or at Co­vent Gar­den, Lon­don; pro­gram note writ­er for the Phil­har­mo­nic So­ci­ety; and ed­it­or of Han­del and Pur­cell.

He went blind in 1860, and was knight­ed in 1883.

Works

Macfarren wrote 18 op­eras, 13 ora­to­rios and can­ta­tas, 9 sym­pho­nies, and 162 songs.