Person    | Male  Born 15/5/1808  Died 22/10/1870

Michael William Balfe

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: Ireland

Musical composer. Born Dublin (in a street which is now named after him). Wrote English-language operas the most successful being 'The Bohemian Girl'. In 1864 moved from Seymour Street to Hertfordshire where he died.

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Michael William Balfe

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Michael Balfe

L.C.C. 1911 Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), musical composer, lived here.

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