The British Musical Biography

[E] Tapley, Joseph, tenor vocalist, was a.
scholar of the National Training School,
South Kensington, to 1882. Sang at Mr.
De Jong's concerts, Manchester, 1888 ; toured
in the "Old Guard," and other comic opera
companies, 1887 ; and sang in comic opera
for three years in Australia, his Rev. Henry
Sandford, in " The Vicar of Bray," being a
pronounced success. He appeared in a round
of characters in the Gilbert- Sullivan operas.
Returned to England in 1896.

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