The British Musical Biography

[E] Bond, Jessie, vocalist and actress, born
in Liverpool, daughter of John Bond, piano-
forte mechanician of that city. Appeared at
Hope Hall as a pianist at the age of eight,
and was educated as a pianist at the R.A.M.
But developing a contralto voice she took to
singing, and became a pupil of Manuel Garcia.
She sang at the Crystal Palace, at RiviSre's
Concerts, and in the provinces. She was the
original Hebe in " H.M.S. Pinafore"; and
since then has filled a round of characters in
the Gilbert and Sullivan operas at the Savoy
Theatre.

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