Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Beale, Thomas Willert
BEALE, Thomas Willert, born in London in 1831, is the author of several hundreds of musical compositions, duets, quartets, and songs. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1863. He is engaged in general literature, fiction, and criticism, and has contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine, Once a Week, and other periodicals under the nom de guerre "Walter Maynard." Mr. Beale is the author of a book called "The Enterprising Impresario," containing personal reminiscences of Grisi, Mario, Viardot, Meyerbeer, Rossini, and Lablache.