- Black, Andrew
[E] Black, Andrew, baritone vocalist, born
in Glasgow, January 15, 1859. Was for some
time organist of the Anderston U. P. Church,
Glasgow, but developing a fine baritone voice,
he studied singing under A. Randegger, and
J. B. Welch ; afterwards receiving instruc-
tion from Domenico Scafati in Milan. From
1884 his singing attracted attention in Scot-
land ; but it was at the Crystal Palace Concert,[+] July 30, 1887, that he achieved his first great
success. He sang there twice during the fol-
lowing month, and from that time his advance
was rapid. He made a tour in America, and
sang in opera. His first appearance at a pro-
vincial Festival was at Leeds in 1892 ; and in
1894 he was selected for the title part in
"Elijah" at the Birmingham Festival, and
was engaged for the same at Gloucester in
1895, and at Norwich, 1896. He has sung at
all the most important concerts in the King-
dom. Since its opening, in 1893, he has been a
professor of singing at the Manchester Royal
College of Music. He is a painter of consider-
able ability, and his wife is an accomplished
pianist.entry id: 50-L-55
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