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Benjamin Franklin Baker (July 10, 1811 – March 11, 1889) was an American educator and composer. ==Biography== Benjamin Franklin Baker was born on July 10, 1811 in Wenham, Massachusetts to John and Sally Baker. When he was 14 years old, his family moved to Salem, Massachusetts, where he began his musical studies.〔 In 1833 he began his professional music career while touring as a singer. After this he moved to Bangor, Maine for a time, making a living as a businessman, but moved to Boston in 1837. With his cousin Isaac Baker Woodbury, he began a series of teacher's conventions. Beginning in 1839, he spent the next 24 years in Boston in the capacity of music conductor for various churches there.〔 Baker succeeded Lowell Mason as music teacher in the Boston Public School system in 1841. That same year he married Sabra L. Heywood.〔 He became music director at the Federal Street Church in Boston, where he taught voice lessons. During this time period, he continued performing, often as featured soloist with the Handel and Haydn Society.〔 In 1851 he founded his own music school, where he directed the vocal classes and served as the principal. The school prospered until he retired in 1868.〔 By the late 1850s he was traveling to other parts of the United States as a conductor. Towards the end of his career in the 1870s, Baker was the editor of the ''Boston Music Journal.''〔 He died on March 11, 1889 in Boston without having any children.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benjamin Franklin Baker (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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