Name George Barker | Role Composer | |
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).
Barker died in Aylestone, Leicestershire, in 1876.
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