Francis Edward Bache was an English
musician and
composer, born on
September 14,
1833 at
Birmingham. He studied
violin under Alfred Mellon and composition under
William Sterndale Bennett[?], continuing his musical education at
Leipzig in
1853. He also played the
organ and composed for
piano. Considering the early age at which he died, his compositions are fairly numerous, and the best, a trio for piano and strings, is still held in high esteem. Two operettas, a piano concerto and a number of published pianoforte pieces and songs do little more than show how great was his promise. He died at Birmingham of consumption on
August 24,
1858. His younger brother,
Walter Bache[?] (1842-1888), was a successful
pianist.
A memoir of the two brothers, by Constance Bache, appeared in 1901 under the title
Brother Musicians.