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Seguin, Arthur Edward Shelden

[E] Seguin, Arthur Edward Shelden, bass
singer, was born at London, April 7, 1809.
He was a pupil of the R.A.M., and in 1829,
he sang at a musical festival at Exeter ; and
in 1831, he appeared in opera in London.
Afterwards he sang chiefly in opera, and at
the Concert of Ancient Music (first appearance
there, March 28, 1832), till 1838, when he
went to the United States. He gave Rooke's
" Amilie " in New York, in October, 1838,
and travelled in the States with an operatic
company called after himself. He died at
New York, December 9, 1852. His wife, born
Ann Childe, was a soprano vocalist, and
appeared with her husband in all his principal
concerts and operatic productions. She died
at New York, in 1888. Elizabeth Seguin,
his sister (born London, 1815 ; died there,
1870), also a singer, was the mother of
Madame Parepa-Rosa ; and William Henry
Seguin (born 1814 ; died December 29, 1850),
was a well-known bass singer in London.

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