BAYLIS, Lilian Mary
(1874–1937)> VIOLINIST · PHILANTHROPIST · TEACHER · THEATRE MANAGER · COMPOSER
BAYLIS, Lilian Mary English violinist, philanthropist, teacher, theatre manager and composer. London, May 9, 1874; London, November 25, 1937. She studied the violin at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, under John Tiplady Carrodus, to whom she attributed her love of opera. She made her first appearance in London as a child prodigy. At the age of sixteen she went with her parents to South Africa. Besides performing and teaching, she founded a ladies’ orchestra in…