Batchellor, a Quak­er, wrote child­ren’s songs and mu­sical in­struct­ion books. Schooled in Bright­on, he em­i­grat­ed to Amer­i­ca in 1877. Arriving in Boston, Massachusetts, in October of that year, he made his way to the New Eng­land Con­serv­a­tory and the Or­a­tory at Bos­ton University, where he met Eben Tourjée. Batch­el­lor spent much of his ca­reer pro­mot­ing the Tonic Sol-fa sing­ing meth­od, though the move­ment ul­ti­mat­ely failed to es­tab­lish itself. By 1920, Batch­el­lor was a widow­er, liv­ing with his daugh­ter Mar­i­on and her fam­i­ly in Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land. By 1930, they had moved to Wash­ing­ton, DC. His works in­clude:

• The Bou­quet of Song, 1883
• The Ton­ic Sol-fa Mu­sic Course for Schools, with Thom­as Charm­bu­ry (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: S. R. Win­chell & Com­pa­ny, 1884-6)
• Musical Kin­der­gar­ten Meth­od, with Charles W. Lan­don, 1909

• Reynolds, p. 247
• Southcott

1. Batchellor