Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870
Variant names
Irish (Republic of Ireland)
English,
German
Biographical notes:
Irish composer and singer.
British composer.
Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially The Bohemian Girl. (Wikipedia contributors, "Michael William Balfe," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_William_Balfe&oldid=1100078344 (accessed September 9, 2022).
M. W. (Michael William) Balfe was an Irish composer, singer, and conductor. Balfe began his musical career as a violinist, then pursuing an operatic singing career while he began to compose. Over more than 40 years, Balfe composed at least 29 operas, almost 250 songs, several cantatas, and other works. He directed Italian Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre for seven years. (Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Collection of manuscript music scores by M. W. Balfe, circa 1826-1830 (MS Thr 2232): Guide)
Links to collections
Collection of manuscript music scores by M. W. Balfe
Houghton Library
'Les quatre fils Aymon'. Violin 2 parts, 1851
British Library
'Les quatre fils Aymon'. Voice parts, 1851
British Library
'Les quatre fils Aymon'. Voice parts, 1851
British Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Autograph letter signed : 154 Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris, to Arthur Sullivan, 1869 Oct. 20.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Die vier Haimonskinder : komische Oper in 3 Aufzügen nach dem franzosischen der Herrn Leuven u. Brunswick / von J. Ritter von Seyfried ; Music von Balfe.
Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
Weiland, Francis. Melodies from the opera The Bohemian girl arranged for 2 guitars / by F[rancis] W[eiland].
University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Though fortune darkly o'er me frowns ; or My heart shall still hope on / m W. Balfe.
Libraries Australia
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. The light of other days is faded : autograph manuscript, 13 June 1837.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Cavatine a Falstaff / v. Balfe.
Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 29 November 1844, to [Franz Lachner], 1844 Nov. 29.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Michael William Balfe: 'Les quatre fils Aymon', 1844-1851
British Library
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson),. Music and literary manuscripts in the Frederick R. Koch collection, 1640-1983.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
'Les quatre fils Aymon'. Double bass parts, 1851
British Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Satanella : recit[ative] et aria.
Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson),. Music and literary manuscripts in the Frederick R. Koch collection, 1640-1983.
Yale University Library
'Les quatre fils Aymon'. Cello parts, 1851
British Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. The enchantress [collection] : a grand opera in three acts / written by Henri St. Georges and Alfred Bunn ; composed by M.W. Balfe.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. [Letter] 1856 July 1 [to] Grunesian? / M.W. Balfe.
Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. The rose of Castille [collection] : opera in three acts / written by A. Harris and E. Falconer ; music by M. W. Balfe.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], to [William Duncan Davison], 1870 Feb. 23.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Adams & Cary. Trade catalogs of music, [1859?]-1927.
University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
Balfe, Bellini and Bianchi, fragments, 1797-1848
British Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Die Zigeuner [microform] : Oper in 3 Acten / musick von Balfe.
Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. When other lips [music] : for male voices / arranged by Alfred Hill.
Libraries Australia
Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907. Scrapbook of sheet music, 1859-1876.
George Washington University
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. The Bohemian girl [collection] : an opera in three acts / by Michael William Balfe ; the libretto by Alfred Bunn.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. The heart bow'd down [microform] / M.W. Balfe.
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 28 June 1862, to Miss Dixon, 1862 June 28.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Henry, Sarah P.,. Sarah P. Henry collection of instrumental and vocal compositions, ca. 1900.
Maine Historical Society Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. The bohemian girl : full score / music by M.W. Balfe.
New York Public Library System, NYPL
Michael William Balfe: Excerpts from operas
British Library
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Incidental music for Coriolanus [manuscript], 1890s?
Folger Shakespeare Library
'Les quatre fils Aymon'. Violin 2 parts, 1851
British Library
Halle, R. L. Paraphrase [on] Killarney [microform] / R.L. Halle.
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
'Les quatre fils Aymon'. Violin 1 parts, 1851
British Library
Betjemann, Gilbert H., 1840-1921. Property and scene plots prepared by G.H. Betjemann [manuscript], ca. 1875-ca. 1900.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Die vier Haimonskinder [collection] : komische Oper in 3 Acten / nach dem französichen der Leuven u. Brunswick von J. Kupelwiser ; Musik von M.W. Balfe.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
Her Majesty's Theatre (London, England). Contract : with Enrico Piatti, cellist, signed by Michael William Balfe for Benjamin Lumley, 1848 Feb. 15, "to the close of season."
Harvard University, Harvard Theater Collection, Harvard College Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., London?], to [Benjamin] Webster, 1852 Aug. 15.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1809-1870. Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 31 May 1868, to Charles W. Schofield in Rochdale, England, 1868 May 31.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Clipped signature : n.p., [n.d.].
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg, 6 March 1860, to Mr. [Edward Tyrrell] Smith, 1860 Mar. 6.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856. Rare libretto collection. Roll 1, 1-40, Adam - Blech [microform] / Lila Acheson Wallace Library, Juilliard School.
University of Virginia. Library
'Les quatre fils Aymon'. Violin 1 parts, 1851
British Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Muleteer's song / Balfe.
Libraries Australia
'Les quatre fils Aymon'. Viola parts, 1851
British Library
MILLAR BEQUEST. Vols. XC, XCI. Autograph collection, 1689-1937
British Library
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Cantata / MWBal[fe.] [manuscript].
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Visiting card, dated : [n.p., n.d.], [n.d.].
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870. Poem by M.W. Balfe [manuscript], [1836].
Folger Shakespeare Library
'Les quatre fils Aymon'. Voice parts, 1851
British Library
Collection of manuscript music scores by M. W. Balfe
Houghton Library
Collection of music-related autographs, 1796-1874.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Edison Sheet Music Collection, 1830-1958, (bulk 1890-1940)
Library of Congress. Music Division
John Lawrence Toole autograph collection, 1750-1903 and undated.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Le Hay, John, 1854-1926. Autograph letter signed, dated : [London] Dec. 1 1897, to Joseph Bennett, 1897 Dec. 1.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Bohemian girl costume designs, n.d.
New York Public Library System, NYPL
Grisi, Giulia, 1811-1869,. Autograph letter signed from Giulia Grisi to Giovanni Tadolini [manuscript], [1838?].
Folger Shakespeare Library
The Henry Gilbert Papers, 1821-1980 (inclusive)
Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
Theatre-Royal (Dublin, Ireland). Playbills, 1836-1843.
University of Florida
43377. MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper and vellum; ff. 129. Folio., 1000-1904
British Library
Dickinson Family. Dickinson family library. 1810-1943.
Houghton Library
'THE SLEEPING QUEEN': Opera in two Acts, in score, by Michael William Balfe; 1865. Autograph. Paper; ff. 284. Folio., 1865
British Library
Correspondence and other papers of Arthur Sullivan, W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, and related persons, 1834-1979.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress, circa 1000-circa 1990
Library of Congress. Music Division
Matthison, Arthur, 1826-1883. Autograph letter signed : [London, n.d., 1874?], to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, [n.d., 1874?].
Pierpont Morgan Library.
General Collection manuscript music miscellany, [ca. 1600-ongoing]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Michael William Balfe collection, [19--?-ongoing].
Museum of Performance & Design
J. B. Cramer. Autograph letter signed by Henry Farnie, dated : [London], 5 November 1864, to Alfred Tennyson, 1864 Nov. 5.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Mapleson, James Henry, 1830-1901. Autograph letters signed (6), dated and undated : [London] and Glasgow [n.d.], and [n.p., London?], 1 November 1870, to [Joseph] Bennett, n.d. and 1870 Nov. 1.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Hanover royal music archive, 1651-1951, 1770-1870
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Bunn, Alfred, 1796?-1860. Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 15 August 1846, to Mr. F. Seymour, 1846 Aug. 15.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Wesley Bequest, 18th century-19th century
British Library: Music Collections
Balfe, Lina, 1808-1888. Autograph letters signed (6) : [London, and n.p.], 1876-1883 [and n.d.], to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1876-1883, 1876 May 17, and n.d.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Albi Rosenthal collection of letters between composers and music publishers, 1704-1966.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Memorial Library of Music collection
Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Frederick R. Koch collection, 1640-1983
Yale University Library
Frederick R. Koch collection, 1640-1983
Yale University Library
The Libretto Collection, 1850-1940
Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
Kenney, Charles Lamb, 1821-1881. Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 23 December 1873, to [Joseph] Bennett, 1873 Dec. 23.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Grisi, Giulia, 1811-1869. Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris, 22 February 1839], to Mr. [Manfredo?] Maggioni in London, 1839 Feb. 22.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
SKETCH-BOOKS of compositions by Michael William Balfe; 1838-1857. Four volumes. Paper. They are:-, 1838-1857
British Library
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, to J[ulius] Benedict, 1843 June 11.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Tom Taylor Collection, c. 1950s - 1980s
V & A Department of Theatre and Performance
The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968
The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Frederick R. Koch collection, 1640-1983
Yale University Library
Related names in SNAC
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Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871.
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Balfe, Lina, 1808-1888.
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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
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Betjemann, Gilbert H., 1840-1921.
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Brunswick, Léon.
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Bulmer, Kenneth, 1921-
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Bunn, Alfred, 1796?-1860.
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Bunn, Alfred, 1796?-1860.
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Cunnington, William P.
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Davison, William Duncan,
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Dixon, Miss,
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Falconer, Edmund, 1814-1879.
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Gabrielson, Frank.
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Gilbert, Henry F. B. (Henry Franklin Belknap), 1868-1928
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Grisi, Giulia, 1811-1869,
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Grisi, Giulia, 1811-1869.
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Halle, R. L.
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Harris, A. (Augustus), 1825-1873.
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Henry, Sarah P.,
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Hill, Alfred, 1869-1960.
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J. B. Cramer.
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Keating, George T., b. 1892
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Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854
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Kenney, Charles Lamb, 1821-1881.
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Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson),
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Kupelwieser, Joseph.
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Lachner, Franz, 1803-1890,
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Le Hay, John, 1854-1926.
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Leuven, Adolphe de, 1800-1884.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
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Mapleson, James Henry, 1830-1901.
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Matthison, Arthur, 1826-1883.
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Moldenhauer, Hans.
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Rosenthal, Albi, 1914-
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Saint-Georges, Henri, 1801?-1875.
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Schofield, Charles W.,
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Schumer, Harry G.
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Seyfried, J. Ritter von.
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Smith, Edward Tyrrell, 1804-1877,
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Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900,
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Taylor, Tom., 1817-1880
correspondedWith
Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906
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Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882,
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Weiland, Francis.
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Williams.
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Zimmermann, Agnes,
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Bunn, Alfred, 1796?-1860.
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Dickinson family, collector.
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Australian Broadcasting commission.
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Garrick Club (London, England)
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Her Majesty's Theatre (London, England)
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Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library)
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Sousa Archives for Band Research.
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Sousa Preservation Project.
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Symphony Australia.
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Theatre-Royal (Dublin, Ireland)
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Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Subjects:
- Band music, Arranged
- Cantatas
- Chamber orchestra music
- Choruses (Men's voices, 4 parts)
- Music
- Operas
- Operas
- Operas
- Opera
- Prompt-book
- Songs
- Songs (Low voice) with band
- Songs with piano
- Operas
- Operas
Occupations:
- Singers
- Composers
Places:
- L, IE
- ENG, GB
- Mexico, Central America (as recorded)
- Easingwold, North Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Almondbury, Yorkshire (as recorded)
Variant Names
Balfe, Michael William, 1808-1870
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1809-1870
Balfe, Michael William
Balfe, Guglielmo, 1808-1870
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870
Balfe, Michael William, 1808-1870
Balfe, M. W. 1808-1870,
Balfe, M. W. 1808-1870.
Balfe, Michael W. 1808-1870
Balfe, Michael William, 1808-1870, Irish composer and singer
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1809-1870.
Balfe, M. W.
Balfe, M. W. 1808-1870 (Michael William),
Balfe, M. W.
Balieff, M. 1808-1870
Barret, William A. 1808-1870
Balfe, M. W. 1808-1870
