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Sang In London In 1842: REEVES, John Sims, English tenor singer: b. Woolwich, Kent, Eng., Sept. 26, 1818; d. Worthing, Sussex, Eng., Oct. 25, 1900. He studied music and, in 1832, became organist in the church of North Cray, Kent, and made his first appearance as a singer in 1839 on the Newcastle stage. He first sang in London in 1842, and having studied in Paris and Milan made his first appearance at the La Scala Theatre of the latter city as Egardo in Donizetti's opera, Lucia di Lammermoor.
RAVENSCROFT, Thomas, English con poser and editor: b. P1590; d. P1633. Little aboi Ravenscroft's life and career can be documentei He sang in the choir of St. Paul's Cathedra London; was awarded a baccalaureate in musi at Cambridge University in 1607; directed th music at Christ's Hospital, London, from 161 to 1622; published several notable collections o rounds, catches, glees, and psalms, and wrot a theoretical treatise on mensurable music.
RACHEL, ra-sheT (real name £LISA FELIX), French actress: b. Mumpf, Aargau Switzerland, March 24, 1820 or Feb. 28, 1821 ; d. Le Cannet, Provence, France, Jan. 3, 1858. Her father, an Alsatian Jew, was an impoverished peddler who wandered about Europe in his trade and at some time before 1831 established his family at Lyon, where the eldest children, Sophie (later known as Sarah) and filisa (later Rachel), sang and begged in the streets and local cafes. Subsequently the family moved to Paris, where the girls sang on the boulevards. |
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