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]
Died	1977 Bournemouth, England
Nationality	Great 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.