Stephen Bartle - BiographyStephen Bartle (1877-1936 - Durham,England) was a professional concertinist by his early twenties. Billed as ‘Steve Bartle, Edeophone and English Concertina Soloist’, he performed at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh and other venues, mainly in Scotland and the north of England. By 1911, his act included his wife Estella (born 1878) and daughter, also named Estella (born 1899, stage name Essie), on concertinas. Starting in 1912, they were billed as The Royal Bartle Trio. Toward the end of the decade, daughter Barbara Mary (born 1908, stage name Babs) was old enough to join the act, which became ‘The Royal Bartle Quartette, with Gold Concertinas’, highlighting the Bartle sisters’ special Lachenal Edeophones with gold fretwork. By 1924, Bartle had returned to solo performances,while Barbara (using the stage name Barbara Bartell) developed her own career playing both concertina and musical glasses and doing male-impersonation pantomime. Many late 20th century discographies - usually written with the involvement of the late Frank Andrews - suggested that Bartle was pseudonym for Alexander Prince but concertina researchers today agree this was not the case. Prince played a concertina system known as the Maccann Duet, whilst Bartle played English system concertina. Links Discography at concertinas.org.uk MP3s of Bartle at concertinas.org.uk « Back to Discography Edit This Biography : Biography Credits
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