- Marriott, Annie Augusta
[E] Marriott, Annie Augusta, soprano
vocalist, born at Nottingham, May 26, 1859.
Studied under J. B. Welch at the National
Training School for Music, Kensington. In
1880 she sang at the Saturday Popular Con-
certs, January 17 ; in Haydn's " Creation,"
Sacred Harmonic, April 16 ; Promenade
Concerts, Covent Garden, August 4, etc. She
was engaged for the Worcester Festival, 1881 ;
and Leeds, 1883. A proof of her good musiciaia-
ship was given at Birmingham, November 26,
1885, when at a moment's notice she sang
the soprano solos in "The Spectre's Bride,"
without a rehearsal, and without having ever
heard the work. She sang at the Handel
Festival, 1885 ; and at Buckingham Palace,
before the Queen, in Stanford's "Jubilee
Ode," May 11, 1887. She married, July 20,
1882, Percy Palmer, a tenor vocalist. He
was born at Flaxton, Yorks, December 17,
1861. Studied under James Broughton,
Leeds ; and J. B. Welch on going to London.
He was just entering upon a career of pro-
mise, when he died August 10, 1893.entry id: 271-L-30
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