Ellen Bach arrived in New Zealand with her engineer husband Richard in 1862. They lived in various locations and after his death she settled in Gisborne where she earned her living as a music teacher, also performing in a number of amateur concerts.
In 1883 she wrote and, possibly at her own expense, published a short piano waltz, Southern Pacific (1883), which was widely distributed throughout New Zealand.
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