Baker, Benjamin Franklin
Born: Jul 10, 1811 AD
Died: 1889 AD, at 77 years of age.
Nationality:
American
Categories:
Composers
1811 - Born in Wenham, Massachusetts, on July 10th. American composer and music educator.
1831 - He studied music, and began to teach.
1839 - He was musical director in Dr. Channing's Church in Boston.
1841 - He inaugurated a series of successful musical conventions.
1842 - He was superintendent of musical instruction in the grammar schools, and met 8,000 pupils a week.
1857 - He introduced music into the public schools of Lowell and Lawrence, became editor of the Boston "Musical Journal," and, from its foundation, was principal of the Boston music school.
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