A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Barnard, Charlotte

BARNARD, Charlotte Alington, known by her pseudonym of 'Claribel,' was born Dec. 23, 1830, and married Mr. C. C. Barnard in 1854. She received some instruction in the elements of composition from W. H. Holmes, and between 1858 and 1869 published some hundred ballads, most of which attained an extraordinary popularity of a transient kind. A volume of 'Thoughts, Verses, and Songs' was published, and another volume of poems was printed for private circulation. She died at Dover Jan. 30, 1869. (Dict. of National Biography.)

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