Benjamin Barrow (1849 - 19??) was born in March 1849 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, (now London borough of Islington) to Benjamin L. Barrow (1819 - 1???) and Margaretta Barrow (1827 - 1905). His father, Benjamin L. Barrow, was a watchmaker, a profession for which Clerkenwell was especially famous.

Benjamin Barrow was a professor of music and director of music at the Borough Theatre, in Stratford, East London. He was also a prolific composer and arranger, with many popular titles to his credit:

Compositions and Arrangements by Benjamin Barrow Gloria in excelsis (Dona nobis pacem - Quoniam - Benedictus - Kyrie Eleison), (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), for Violin and Pianoforte by B. Barrow, London, 1873

"He's Coming Home at Last" (song, first line: "My boy will soon be here"), London, 1874

Marche, (Richard Wagner), arranged for Violin & Pianoforte by B. Barrow, London, 1874

"The Wedding March", (Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) for Violin & Pianoforte by B. Barrow, London, 1874

Cujus Animam (Gioacchino Rossini), arranged for Violin and Pianoforte by B. Barrow, London, 1874

Selection (Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) for the Violin and Pianoforte by B. Barrow, London, 1882

"Imprudence", Galop, P. F. and Cornet, Shepherd & Kilner, London, 1882

Menuetto (Joseph Haydn) arranged for Violin and Pianoforte by B. Barrow, Shepherd & Kilner, London, 1882

Barrow's Service in F, etc., Boosey & Co. London, 1884 [Possibly a different Ben Barrow, Associate of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO), organist at Hinckley Parish Church]

Gavotte in E minor, (Hugh Clendon), arranged for Violin and Pianoforte by E. Barrow, J. B. Cramer & Co, London, 1885

Three Serenades (Gounod, Schubert, Taubert) arranged for violin and pianoforte, with second violin and violoncello ad lib. by B. Barrow, 1889

"The Wonderful Pill", Comic Song, words by O. Allen, C. Sheard, London, 1889

La Stéphanie, Alphons W. Czibulka, Gavotte, arranged for the Violin and Pianoforte by B. Barrow, St. Cecilia Music Publishing Co, London, 1898

Gavotte in G for the Pianoforte, Beal & Co, London, 1899

Stage works for which Benjamin Barrow composed music "Man Misunderstanding Miss, Misses", (see broadside at right), Vaudville, Music by Benjamin Barrow, opening at the Olympic Theatre, London, November 5, 1894

On Shannon?s Shore, author Fred Cooke, In January 1895 "booking into 1897quot;, many performances around England; apparently written pre-1895

Against the tide, author F.A. Scudamore, Borough Theatre Stratford, September 29, 1897,still playing at Metropole Theatre Snow Hill, Birmingham in 1906. F. A. Scudamore was the grandfather of Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, the famous actor.

Robinson Crusoe, pantomime, Stratford, January 1898

The Bell Ringer or The Spirit of the Chimes, a romantic and domestic drama, authors Arthur Shirley and Sutton Vane, February 26, 1898

The Ladder of Life or Gordons to the front, a military domestic drama, 1898; also performed Adelaide, 1903

The Leap for Life, A romance of the Klondyke, authors Sutton Vane and Charles E Callahan, June 25, 1898

Honour Thy Father, C.A. Clarke and H.R. Silva, September 12, 1898; also performed Theatre Royal, Leeds, 1909

East Lynne, author Herbert Shelley, Olympic Theatre, London, December 26, 1898

The Iron Maiden, drama in 4 acts. authors Mat Wilkinson and W.H. Hallatt, January 21, 1899

If life is worth living, drama in 4 acts, author F.A. Scudamore, February 4, 1899

Dick Whittington, pantomime, Stratford, music composed and arranged by Oscar Barratt and Ben Barrow, December 2, 1899

Aladdin, pantomime, Stratford, music arranged by Ben Barrow, December 25, 1900

"The Babes in the Wood", Grand Christmas Pantomime by "I am query", music by Oscar Barrett and Ben Barrow, produced under the direction of Fred Fredericks at Borough Theatre Opera House, Stratford, E., December 26, 1901.