George Arthur Barker

George Arthur Barker (15 April 1812 – 2 March 1876) was an English song composer and tenor singer.

Born in London, he became well-known as an opera singer and recitalist, both in England and Scotland. He was also a prolific songwriter, his best known songs including "The Irish Emigrant" (1846), "Scottish Blue Bells" (1846), and "White Squall" (1847). Many of his songs were issued in the ten-volume Song Albums, published from 1853, and his Songs of the Army and Navy (1855).[1][2]

Barker died in Aylestone, Leicestershire, in 1876.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Samuel Stratton, British Musical Biography, 1897, p.26
  2. 1 2 Gammond, Peter (1991). The Oxford Companion to Popular Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 40. ISBN 0-19-311323-6.
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