Christabel Baxendale Explained

Christabel Baxendale
Birth Name:	Florence Christabel Baxendale
Birth Date:	28 December 1886
Birth Place:	Limerick, Ireland^[1]
Death Date:	1977
Death Place:	Bournemouth, England
Nationality:	Great Britain
Occupation:	Composer, Violinist

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]}

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

Notes and References

1. 1911 England Census
2. Book: The Musical times and singing-class circular. JSTOR (Organization). 1911.
3. 1917. London Concerts. The Musical Times. 58. 887. 33–35. 909503. 0027-4666.
4. Book: The musical times. JSTOR. 1917.
5. 1911. Music in the Provinces. The Musical Times. 52. 818. 257–265. 906246. 0027-4666.
6. Kalisch. Alfred. 1921. London Concerts. The Musical Times. 62. 935. 27–30. 909157. 0027-4666.
7. Web site: 1939 England and Wales Register . Ancestry . 8 May 2023.
8. Web site: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 . Ancestry . 8 May 2023.