The British Musical Biography

[E] Welsh, Thomas, bass vocalist, teacher
and composer, born at Wells, Somersetshire,
1770. He was a chorister in Wells Cathedral,
and also studied under J. B. Cramer and
Baumgarten. First appeared in oj^era in Att-
wood's "Prisoner," 1792. Engaged by Linley
to sing in oratorio at Haymarket Theatre,
London, 1796. Gentleman of Chapel Royal.
Celebrated as a vocal teacher in London, and
numbered among his pupils John Sinclair,
Charles Horn, Miss Stephens, and Miss Mary
Anne Wilson who became his second wife.
He died at Brighton, January 31, 1848.

[W] Works. — Music to "The Green Eyed Mon-
ster"; Twenty years ago, 1810; Kamschatka,
and other dramatic pieces. Sonatas for pf.
[1819] . Part-song^-, glees, and duets : Hark,
'tis the whistling wmd; Come, jovial friends;
Fairy feast ; Hence, away ! ye sirens ; Merry-
gipsies ; Shed not your sweets. Songs : Harry
Bluff, etc. Vocal Instructor, or the art of
singing exemplified in fifteen lessons leading
to forty progressive exercises, London [1825] .

[+] His wife, born Mary Anne Wilson, was a
native of London, born in 1802. She studied
under her husband and first appeared as
Maiidane in Arne's "Artaxerxes" at Drury
Lane, January 18, 1821. She sang in many
important concerts in her day as a soprano,
and died in 1867.

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