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Balfe, Michael William

also:

 Balph, Michael William  birth name

composer, singer


born: 15 May 1808 Dublin, Ireland Source: 1  

born: - Pitt St., Dublin, Ireland Source: 2  
born: - Limerick, Ireland Source: 3  
born: - Limerick, Ireland Source: 4  
born: 15 May 1808 Limerick, Ireland Source: 5  
born: ------- 1808  

died: 1870  
died: 20 Oct 1870 Rowny Abbey, Hertfordshire / county, England Source: 1  
died: 30 Oct 1870 Source: 4  

active: 19th century Douai, France  
active: Rennes, France  
active: Baltimore, Maryland / state, USA  

The Music Sack has 96 items with information about Michael William Balfe:


 2001

Index

p. 243-264 In:
Klein, Axel
Irish classical recordings
A discography of Irish art music
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001, 264 p.

Number of People : 1,228


 1996

[Index of Names]

The above item is part of :
Bloom, Ken
American song
The complete musical theater companion: 1877-1995. Volume 2: T-Z and indexes
Second edition
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 2093 p.

Number of People : 24,881


 1994

Biddlecombe, George
English opera from 1834 to 1864 with particular reference to the works of Michael Balfe
New York: Garland, 1994, 351 p.

Number of People : 6


 1994

Index des Noms

p. 227-231 In:
Gosselin, Guy
L'age d'or de la vie musicale a Douai 1800-1850
Liege: Editones Mardaga, 1994, 236 ES p.

Number of People : 470


 1994

Law, J.K.
Recordings The Bohemian Girl, Michael William Balfe (Arline : Nova Thomas; Thaddeus : Patrick Power; Count Arnheim : Jonathan Summers; Devilshoof : John del Carlo; Queen of the Gypsies : Bernadette Cullen; Florestein : Timothy German; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Radio Telefis Eireann Philharmonic Choir; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (Argo, 2 CDs)
Opera Quarterly: 10:191-4 N3 1994
       biog notes

Number of People : 1


 1993

Martin, George
Verdi at the Golden Gate : opera and San Francisco in the gold rush years
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993, 321 p.

Number of People : 85


 1993

Walsh, Thomas Joseph
Opera in Dublin 1798-1820 : Frederick Jones and the Crow Street Theatre
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993, 294 p.

Number of People : 5


 1992

Recordings (Thomas, Cullen; Power, Summers, Del Carlo, German; Radio Telefis Eireann Philharmonic Choir, National Symph. of Ireland, Bonynge) (Argo, 2 CDs)
Opera News 57:44 Oct 1992
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1991

Addenda und Corrigenda zum Hauptwerk

p. 1133-1954 In:
Kutsch, Karl J.
Riemens, Leo
Grosses Sangerlexikon. Erganzungsband [I]
Bern: Francke, 1991, 2002 columns

Number of People : 4,103


 1991

Fox, I.
Dublin
Opera (England) 42:332 Mar 1991

Number of People : 1


 1991

Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991

Number of People : 8,916


 1989

Scott, Derek B.
The singing bourgeois : songs of the victorian drawing room and parlour
Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1989

Number of People : 43


 1988

Suppan, Wolfgang
Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens
3. Auflage des Lexikons des Blasmusikwesens
Herausgegeben in Verbindung mit dem Bund Deutscher Blasmusikverbande
Freiburg-Tiengen: Blasmusikverlag Schulz, 1988, 386 p.

Number of People : 2,925


 1988

Index

p. 427-439 In:
Mongredien, Jean
Moigne-Mussat, Marie-Claire le
Musique et societe a Rennes aux XVIIIe et XIXe siecles
Preface de Jean Mongredien
Geneve: Editions Minkoff, 1988, 446 p.

Number of People : 1,449


 1987

Indice Dei Nomi

p. 296-362 In:
Trezzini, Lamberto
Due secoli di vita musicale storia del teatro comunale di Bologna
Seconda edizione
A cura di Lamberto Trezzini
Nuova Alfa Editoriale, 1987, 362 p.

Number of People : 4,845


 1987

Taylor, P.
Opera & ballet in London
Musical Opinion 110:232 Aug 1987
       Note: John Lewis Partnership Music Society

Number of People : 1


 1987

Dean, Winton
The Siege of Rochelle
Musical Times, 128:395 Jul 1987
       Note: John Lewis Partnership Music Society

Number of People : 1


 1987

Jacobs, Arthur
The Siege of Rochelle : John Lewis Auditorium
Opera (England) 38:834-5 Jul 1987

Number of People : 1


 1987

Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Grosses Sangerlexikon
Bern: Francke, 1987, 3452 columns in two volumes p.

Number of People : 6,910


 1986

Sablosky, Irving
What they heard : music in America, 1852-1881: From the pages of Dwight's Journal of Music
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1986

Number of People : 109


 1986

Grove, George / Sir
British opera in retrospect. A project to encourage the performance of British operas
Sponsored and organised by the British Music Society for European music year, 1985
Opera Project Management Committee, 1986, 149 p.

Number of People : 184


 1985

Londieux, Jean-Marie
Music for saxophone
Vol. II: general repertoire of music and educational literature for the saxophone
Cherry Hill: Roncorp Publications, 1985

Number of People : 2,020


 1984

Hoogerwerf, Frank William
Confederate sheet-music imprints
Brooklyn, NY: Institute for Studies of American Music, c1984, 158 p.
      (Series: I.S.A.M. Monographs; 21)

Number of People : 76


 1983

Pitou, Spire
The Paris Opera.
An encyclopedia of operas, ballets, composers, and performers; growth and grandeur, 1815-1914
New York: Greenwood Press, 1983

Number of People : 309


 1982

Index

p. 313-343 In:
Keefer, Lubov Breit
Baltimore's music
The haven of the American composer
Baltimore: 1982, 343 p.

Number of People : 3,293


 1982

Janta, Aleksander
A history of nineteenth century American-Polish music.
With annotated bibliography and illustrations
New York: Kosciuszko Foundation, 1982

Number of People : 203


 1982

Boas, Robert
Hereford The "Irish Ring"?
Opera (England) 33:1134-5 Nov 1982
       Note: three Victorian operas in concert performances

Number of People : 1


 1981

Traubner, Richard
Two operattas 1843-1943
American Record Guide 44:57-8 Jan 1981
       Note: recordings

Number of People : 1


 1980 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
London: Macmillan, 1980

Number of People : 20,506


 1980

Turner, J.R.
Nineteenth-century autograph music manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library.
A check list
19th Century Music 4:55 N1 1980

Number of People : 1


 1980

Leach, Gerald
British composer profiles.
A biographical dictionary and chronology of past British composers 1800-1979
Maidenhead: British Music Society, 1980

Number of People : 390


 1979

Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984

Number of People : 16,262


 1977 Source: 3

Stieger, Franz
Opernlexikon
Teil II: Komponisten
Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1977

Number of People : 9,633


 1975

Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.

Number of People : 10,962


 1971

Londeix, J.M.
125 ans de musique pour saxophone
Paris: Leduc, 1971

Number of People : 1,295


 1970

Honneger, Marc
Dictionnaire de la musique
Publie sous la direction de Marc Honneger
Paris: Bordas, 1970-76

Number of People : 6,183


 1967

Best, C.W.
Mr. and Mrs C.W. Best collection of autographs in the Mary M. Vial Music Library of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
Oberlin, Ohio: Oberlin College Library, 1967, 55 p.

Number of People : 106


 1966

Hogan, Ita Margaret
Anglo-Irish music : 1780-1830
Cork, Ireland: Cork University Press, 1966, 246 p.

Number of People : 9

More Details : (11 Sections)


 1965

Zenei lexikon
Budapest: Zenemukiado Vallalat, 1965

Number of People : 4,351


 1962

Wunderlich, Charles Edward
A history and bibliography of early American musical periodicals, 1782-1852
By Charles Edward Wunderlich
1962, 783 p.
       Note: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Michigan

Number of People : 1,087


 1954

Pena, Joaquin
Angles, Higinio
Querol Gavalda, Miguel
Diccionario de la musica labor
Iniciado por Joaquin Pena
Continuado por Higinio Angles
Con la colaboracion de Miguel Querol y otros distinguidos musicologos espanoles y extranjeros
Barcelona: Editorial Labor, 1954, 2V, 2318P.

Number of People : 7,942


 1951

McSpadden, J. Walker
Operas and musical comedies
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1951

Number of People : 140


 1951

Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sundstrom, Einar
Sohlman's musiklexikon : nordiskt och allmant upplagsverk for tonkonst, musikliv och dans
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl Allan Moberg [och] Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, [1951-]

Number of People : 8,662


 1950

Cook, Kenneth John
The bandsman everything within
London: Hinrichsen, 1950

Number of People : 256

More Details : (1 Section)


 1944

Famous old-time ballads and songs which should never die

p. 366 In:
Marks, Edward B.
They all had glamour : From the Swedish nightingale to the naked lady
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1944

Number of People : 86


 1941

Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
Prepared by the District of Columbia Historical Records Survey Division of Community Service Programs Works project Administration
Washington, DC: 1941, 439 p.

Number of People : 10,576


 1940

Upton, George Putnam
The standard opera guide
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1940

Number of People : 59


 1940

Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Fourth edition revised and enlarged
New York: G. Schirmer, 1940

Number of People : 6,835


 1938

Hilb, Emil
The Metropolitan book of the opera
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938

Number of People : 97


 1937

Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti
Milan: Sonzogno, 1937, 2V p.

Number of People : 11,317


 1936

Frank, Paul
Altmann, Wilhelm
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon : fur Musiker und Freunde der Musik
Begrundet von Paul Frank
Neu bearbeitet und erganzt von Wilhelm Altmann
Regensburg: Gustave Bosse, 1936, 730 p.

Number of People : 17,230


 1935

McSpadden, J. Walker
Opera synopses
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1935

Number of People : 80


 1934

Damrosch, Walter
Kinscella, Hazel Gertrude
Mason, Daniel Gregory
Music on the air
By Hazel Gertrude Kinscella
Foreword by Dr. Walter Damrosch
Introduction by Dr. Daniel Gregory Mason
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1934, 436 p.

Number of People : 97

More Details : (1 Section)


 1927

Index

p. 343-353 In:
Grattan Flood, W.H.
A history of Irish music
Fourth edition
By Wm. H. Grattan Flood Mus.D. National university of Ireland, K.S.G.; Author of "early tudor composers," etc, etc.
Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Waterford: Browne and Nolan, 1927

Number of People : 391


 1927

Norlind, Tobias
Allmant musiklexikon
Stockholm: Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1927-28, 2V p.

Number of People : 4,739


 1924

Bekker, Leander Jan de
Black's dictionary of music & musicians ... from earliest times to 1924 ...
London: 1924

Number of People : 1,435


 1921

Isaacson, Charles David
Face to face with great musicians : second group
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1921

Number of People : 30


 1919

Remy, Alfred
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Third edition
Revised and enlarged by Alfred Remy, M.A.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1919, 1094 p.

Number of People : 7,067


 1915

Straeten, Edmund Sebastian Joseph van der
History of the violoncello, the viol da gamba
Their precursors and collateral instruments.
With biographies of all the most eminent players of every country
London: William Reeves, 1915

Number of People : 1,669


 1912

Finck, Henry Theophilus
University musical encyclopedia
Great composer. A series of biographical studies. Volume II, by many eminent editors, experts, and ...
By many eminent editors, experts, and special contributors
New York: Unviersity Society, 1912, 679 p.

Number of People : 21


 1911

Baltzell, Winton J.
Baltzell's dictionary of musicians ...
Boston, MA: 1911

Number of People : 748


 1904

Adams, W.D.
A dictionary of the drama ... from the earliest times to the present ...
London: 1904

Number of People : 133


 1900

Baker, Theodore
Biographical dictionary of musicians
Compiled and edited by Theodore Baker, Ph.D.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1900, 653 p.

Number of People : 5,682

More Details : (1 Section)


 1900

Grove, George / Sir
A dictionary of music and musicians
London: MacMillan, 1900

Number of People : 443


 1897

Stratton, Stephen Samuel
Brown, James D.
British musical biography.
A dictionary of musical artists, authors and composers born in Britain and its colonies.
By James D. Brown and Stephen S. Stratton
Birmingham: S.S. Stratton, 1897, 462 p.

Number of People : 4,164


 1896

Phipson, Thomas Lamb / Dr.
Famous violinists and fine violins
London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1896

Number of People : 16


 1896

Baptie, David
Sketches of the English glee composers, historical, biographical and critical
(from about 1735-1866)
London: William Reeves, 1896, 235 p.

Number of People : 243


 1894

Rosenberg, Alfons
You have Heard of Them, by Q
New York: Redfleld, 1894. vi, 8-353 p.
       portrait.

Number of People : 6


 1892

Boase, Frederic
Modern English biography ...
Truro: 1892-1921, 6 vols.

Number of People : 934


 1892

Lawrence, J.T.
A dictionary of musical biography ...
London: 1892

Number of People : 87


 1890

Spark, William
Musical Memories. New, revised edition
London: W. Reeves, n.d. [c1890], xiv, 366 p.
       16 illus.

Number of People : 6


 1888

Champlin, J.D.
Cyclopedia of music and musicians ...
New York: 1888-90, 3 vols.

Number of People : 596


 1887

Baptie, David
A handbook of musical biography ...
2nd ed.
London: 1887

Number of People : 1,274


 1887

Sanders, Lloyd C.
Celebrities of the Century being a Dictionary of Men and Women of the Nineteenth Century ...
London; Paris; Melbourne: 1887, Vol. 1-2.

Number of People : 61


 1887

Biographies des musiciens celebres a l'usage des institutions de tous genres
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1887?

Number of People : 51


 1886 Source: 2

Brown, James Duff
Biographical dictionary of musicians.
With a bibliography of English writings on music
Paisley, Scotland: A. Gardner, 1886, 637 p.

Number of People : 4,300


 1885

Ward, T.H.
Men of the reign.
A biographical dictionary of eminent persons ... who have died during the reign of Queen Victoria ...
London: 1885

Number of People : 87


 1883

Baptie, David
A handbook of musical biography
London: W. Morley, 1883, 256 p.

Number of People : 3,177


 1881

Flamant, Alexander
Das Reich der Tone : Bildnisse und Schilderungen berumter Kunstler und Kunsterlinnen.
Dresden: Wilhelm Streit Verlagshandlung, 1881 [1st edition 1880]. unpaginated.

Number of People : 33


 1879

Grove, George / Sir
Dictionary of music and musicians ...
London: 1879-99, 4 vols. Note
       Note: Of various editions

Number of People : 999


 1878

Clement, Felix
Les musiciens celebres depuis le seizieme siecle jusqu'a nos jours.
Paris: Librairies Hachette, 1878

Number of People : 107


 1878

Belcher, John
Ella, / Professor
Musical sketches : abroard and at home
Third edition
By Professor Ella...
Revised and edited by John Belcher ...
London: William Reeves, 1878, 440 p.

Number of People : 39


 1878

Webb, A.J.
A compendium of Irish biography comprising sketches of distinguished Irishmen ...
Dublin: 1878

Number of People : 18


 1876

Urbino, Levina Buoncore
Biographical sketches of eminent composers : arranged in chronological order
By L.B. Urbino
Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1876, 379 p.

Number of People : 95


 1875 Source: 5

Fetis, Francois-Joseph
Biographie universelle des musiciens : et bibliographie generale de la musique.
Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1875-83

Number of People : 5,657


 1875

Tytler, Sarah
Musical composers and their works
London: Dalby, Isbister, 1875

Number of People : 60


 1873

Chouquet, Gustave
Histoire de la musique dramatique en France depuis ses origines jusqu'a nos jours
Paris: Librairie Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Gie, 1873

Number of People : 158


 1872

Cox, John Edmund
Musical recollections of the last half-century. In two volumes
Vol. I
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872, 345 p.

Number of People : 95


 1872

Cox, John Edmund
Musical recollections of the last half-century. In two volumes
Vol. II
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872, 370 p.

Number of People : 96


 1867

Cassell's biographical dictionary ...
London: [1867-69]

Number of People : 134


 1866

Crozat, F.
Revue de la musique dramatique en France, contenant un essai abrege de l'histoire de l'opera; des notices; par ordre alphabetique, de tous les operas ... qui ont ete representes en France ... et enfin des notices ... des compositeurs dont les oeuvres ont ete representes en France, avec la liste de tous leurs ouvrages
Par F. Crozat; ancien avocat; membre de plusieurs Societes philharmoniques.
Grenoble: Imprimerie de Prudhomme, 1866, 477 p.

Number of People : 102


 1860

Regli, Francesco
Dizionario biografico de' piu celebri poeti ed artisti melodrammatici, tragici e comici, maestri, concertisti ... ecc
Torino: Dalmazzo, 1860, 592 p.

Number of People : 685

More Details : (1 Section)


 1857

Waller, J.F.
The imperial dictionary of universal biography ...
London: 1857-63, 16 vols.

Number of People : 180


 1856

Men of the time. Biographical sketches of eminent living characters ... also ... of celebrated women of the time ...
London: 1856

Number of People : 13


 1856

Knight, C.
Biography ...
London: 1856-72, 7 vols.
      (Series: The English Cyclopaedia; Division III)

Number of People : 87


 1827

A dictionary of musicians ...
2nd ed.
London: 1827, 2 vols.

Number of People : 810


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