- Piercy, Henry Ralph
[E] Piercy, Henry Ralph, tenor vocalist,
born at Birmingham. Came into notice
locally about 1879. Went to London and
studied under J. B. Welch, and from 1882
attracted favourable notice. He sang at
the Bristol Festival, 1885 ; Wolverhampton
Festival, 1886 ; Birmingham, 1888, in Dvorak's
Stabat Mater, etc. ; and Leeds, 1889. He has
been heard at the principal concerts in the
United Kingdom, and has won an honourable
position among singers of the day. He is a
member of the Temple Church Choir.entry id: 320-L-48
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