The British Musical Biography

[E] Synyer, Henry, violinist and conductor,
born at Nottingham, June 7, 1818 ; died at
King's Heath, near Birmingham, Jvdy 17,
1892. He went to Birmingham as a young
man, and as the junior in the firm of Harvey
and Synyer ; was well-known in the INIidlands
as an entrepreneur. For thirty years he was
a member of the Birmingham Festival or-
chestra, and for a long period was bandmaster
of the 1st Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers. In
conjunction with Alfred W. Gilmer, Henry
Synyer formed a military band which had a
high reputation, and was in great request in
many parts of the country.

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