6034. RB to George Alexander Macfarren
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 32, 303.
[London]
[Postmark: 20 March 1868]
Envelope only.
Address: G. A. Macfarren Esq. [1] / 7. Hamilton Terrace, / N.W.
Publication: None traced.
Source: Transcript in editors’ file.
1. George Alexander Macfarren (1813–87), composer, son of George Macfarren (1788–1843) and his wife, Elizabeth (née Jackson, 1792–1871). Of poor eyesight from a young age, Macfarren became “virtually blind” about 1860 (ODNB). In 1875 he was elected Professor of Music at Cambridge.
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