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William Alexander Barrett

Short Name: William Alexander Barrett
Full Name: Barrett, William Alexander, 1836-1891
Birth Year: 1836
Death Year: 1891

William Alexander Barrett was born in Hackney. At the age of 12 he sang in the choir of St Paul's Cathedral. He studied for a Bachelor of Music degree at Oxford. He returned to London and St Paul's as Vicar-Choral. He was also a music critic on the Morning Post and edited other publications. In later life he collected English folk music.

Dianne Shapiro, from "William Alexander Barrett- A Neglected Pioneer by Ruairidh Greig (www.tradsong.org/Barrett_Greig.pdf) accessed 12/24/2017


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