The British Musical Biography

[E] Pringle, Lempriere, bass vocalist, born
at Hobart, Tasmania, 1SG9. At the age of
18 he came to England, and was admitted a
student at the R.C.M. He sang in the
operatic performance given in July, 1889,
and later in that year went to Frankfort and
studied singing under Stockhausen, and har-
mony and counterpoint under Humperdinck.
Returning to England in 1891, he was en-
gaged by the directors of the Carl Rosa
Company, and made his first appearance in
the following autumn tour. His success was
such that on the death of Aynsley Cook, in
Febr-uary, 189-4, he was called upon to under-
take the most important parts filled by that
artist. His repertory is large, and embraces
such widely different assumptions as that of
Ofts/)rtr in " Der Frieschutz " and the Land-
grave in " Tannhauser." Mr. Pringle is
understood to be a clever composer, but he
has not yet jDublished anything.

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