Christabel Baxendale

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]

Christabel Baxendale
Ten-year old Christabel Baxendale (left) and her older sister Kathleen, taken in 1896.
Born
Florence Christabel Baxendale

28 December 1886
Limerick, Ireland[1]
Died1977
Bournemouth, England
NationalityGreat Britain
Occupation(s)Composer, Violinist

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

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


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