Irish composer and musician William Vincent Wallace was born in County Waterford on this day in 1812. As a child, he learned to play several instruments, excelling at both violin and piano. At eighteen, he began teaching piano at the Ursuline Convent, where he fell in love with--and eventually married--one of his students. He moved his family to Australia, and in 1836 they … [Read more...] about March 11, 1812