Introduction

Biography

William mar­ried twice, to Isa­bel­la Kel­ly and He­lene Stoe­pel.

He stu­died pi­ano and or­gan while young, and had his first pub­lic vio­lin per­form­ance in Dublin, Ire­land, in 1834. He played the vio­lin in the the­ater, and served as or­gan­ist in a num­ber of churches.

In 1835 he moved to Tas­man­ia, and found­ed a mu­sic aca­de­my in Syd­ney, Aus­tral­ia.

Works

Wallace com­posed songs, du­ets, pi­ano so­los, and op­eras, in­clud­ing Ma­ri­ta­na (1845) and Lur­line (1860).