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George Alexander Macfarren (1813-1877) was born in London.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Cipriani Potter
and William Henry Holmes. Because of poor
eyesight he could not pursue a career as a performer
and concentrated upon composing. He
eventually became a professor at the Academy
and later its director. He was also a Professor of
Music at Cambridge University. His Piano
Quintet in g minor appeared in 1856. This is a
good work and of note is the fact the bassist is
given more to do than in Schubert’s Trout Quintet. At the time this
work came into existence, Mendelssohn was idolized in England
and served as the model for virtually every composer then working.
Macfarren was no exception to this.
(http://www.editionsilvertrust.com/pdfs/Guide-to-Piano-Quintets.pdf) |