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B. F. Baker

Short Name: B. F. Baker
Full Name: Baker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1889
Birth Year: 1811
Death Year: 1889

B. F. Baker, born at Wenham, Mass., July 10, 1811; held many conventions; was six years Vice-President of the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston; a teacher in the public schools; principal of the Boston Music School; a composer of much music, and editor of a large number of church music, school instruction, glee, and other music books.

A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876


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