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John Farmer (16 August 1835 – 17 July 1901), was a composer, music teacher and organist from Nottingham. ==Life== His father, also John (1812–1894) was a butcher and his mother, Mary, a milliner. The eldest of four children, John Farmer was recognised as a child prodigy, playing violin, piano and harp. His uncle Henry Farmer (1819–1891), was also a conductor, composer, violinist and organist in Nottingham.〔http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/mellorsarticles/lenton4.htm〕 He owned a successful music-warehouse and nurtured his nephew's musical talent.〔http://www.stsepulchres.org.uk/burials/farmer_john.html, accessed 3 May 2014〕 Between 1849 and 1852, John Farmer studied piano at the Leipzig Conservatory with Ignaz Moscheles , after which he studied for a year in Coburg under Andreas Spaeth,〔http://www.naxos.com/person/Andreas_Spath/24338.htm, accessed May 3, 2014.〕 a composer, organist and clarinetist.〔Grove Music Online entry, accessed 3 May 2014〕 Farmer returned to England to briefly work in his parents' millinery business, then travelled to Switzerland in 1853, marrying Mary Elizabeth Stahel (1840–1914) in 1859, the daughter of a Zurich schoolteacher, with whom he eventually had 7 children. His daughter Mary was married to the classicist John Burnet. 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「John Farmer (1835–1901)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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