Michael William Balfe
Subtitle: His Life and His English Operas (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain) (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain) (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780754605584
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Composers & musicians; Opera; c 1800 to c 1900; Biography & Autobiography; Balfe, M. W; Operas; Biography / Autobiography; Composers & Musicians - General; Biography/Autobiography; Composers; General; 1808-1870.; Ireland; (Michael William),; 1808-1870; Balfe, M. W.; Biography
First sentence: Michael William Balfe (1808-70) was by far the most successful composer of English opera in the mid-nineteenth century.