The British Musical Biography

[E] Shepley, Daniel Sutton, bass vocalist,
born at Macclesfield, 1853. As a boy he had
no singing voice, but played several instru-
ments. In 1866 his parents removed to
Halifax, and he was apprenticed to a firm of
engineers. His voice developing, he took
lessons from Mr. W. R. Eckersley, of Halifax,
and soon became a popular oratorio singer
in the North. Later on he studied under
Dr. Varley Roberts, Alfred Blume, and the
late J. B. Welch. In 1879 came an offer to
join the Carl Rosa Opera Company ; but a
vacancy occurring in the choir of Lincoln
Cathedral at the same time, Mr. Shepley, by
the advice of friends, chose the latter, and
obtained the post. A year later he was
promoted to St. George's Chapel, Windsor,
taking up his duties January, 1881. While
there he was a member of Her Majesty's
private choir. In 1887 he was appointed a

[+] Gentleman of the Chapel Roj'al, St. James's.
He has done much useful work as a concert
singer, and also as a teacher. His wife was
a contralto vocalist, and, as Miss Sabah
Riley, was widely known in the North as a
concert singer. She died at Brixton, July
12, 1894, at the early age of thirty-three.

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