| 16556: | at Oxford and London, and adapted to keyed |
| 16557: | Instruments, London, 8 vols., n.d. ; Preludes |
| 16558: | for the Pianoforte, Compositions in various |
| 16559: | styles, to which are prefixed the rudiments of |
| 16560: | playing the instrument [1823]. |
| 16561: | |
| 16562: | Crotty, Leslie, baritone vocalist, born at |
| 16563: | Galway in 1853. Intended for a commercial |
| 16564: | life, he entered an office after leaving school, |
| 16565: | and was then for some years in a bank in |
| 16566: | Dublin. During this time he studied music |
| 16567: | under Alessandro Cellini, and frequently sang |
| 16568: | in concerts as an amateur. As such he also |
| 16569: | sang at times in opera for IMr. Carl Rosa, sang at times in opera for Mr. Carl Rosa, |
| 16570: | during the second visit of his company to |
| 16571: | Dublin (1875?). He then went to Florence, |
| 16572: | and studied under Mabellini. Returning to |
| 16573: | England, he joined, in 1877, the Carl Rosa |
| 16574: | Opera Company, in which he remained for a |
| 16575: | little over ten years, his repertory comprising |
| 16576: | the parts of Rigoletto, Henry Ashton (Lucia |
| 16577: | di Lammermoor), Count di Luna (II Trova- |
| 16578: | tore), Danny ]\Iann (F^ilyof Killarney), Esca- tore), Danny Mann (F^ilyof Killarney), Esca- |
| 16579: | millo (Carmen), and others. In 1889 he made |
| 16580: | his debut at Covent Garden, in Italian Opera, |
| 16581: | as the Count, in II Trovatore. In 1882 he |
| 16582: | married Miss Georgina Burns (q.v.), and |
| 16583: | about 1890 started a company for the produc- |
| 16584: | tion in English of Rossini's opera, " Cinder- |
| 16585: | ella," which successfully toured the provinces |
| 16586: | for some years. |
| 16587: | |
| 16588: | Crouch, Anna Maria 108-R-31 Crouch, Anna Maria, bom Phillips, Crouch, Anna Maria, born Phillips, |
| 16589: | soprano vocalist, born at London, April 20, |
| 16590: | 1763. She studied under T. Linley, to whom |
| 16591: | she was articled in 1779, and first appeared |
| 16592: | at Drury Lane Theatre in Arne's " Artax- |
| 16593: | erxes," 1780. Appeared in Ireland with |
| 16594: | great success, 1783. INIarried to Mr. Crouch, |
| 16595: | a lieutenant in the navy, 1785. Sang at |
| 16596: | oratorios at Drury Lane, 1787. Separated |
| 16597: | from Crouch, 1792. Resided afterwards with |
| 16598: | IMichael Kelly. Retired from the stage, 1800. Michael Kelly. Retired from the stage, 1800. |
| 16599: | She died at Brighton, October 2, 1805. |
| 16600: | |
| 16601: | " She had a remarkably sweet voice, and a |
| 16602: | naive, affecting style of singing ; this, added |
| 16603: | to extraordinary personal charms, made her |
| 16604: | a great favourite of the public for many 3 ears." |
| 16605: | A most laudatory poem on her is entitled |
| 16606: | " Euphrosyne, an Ode to Beauty: addressed |
| 16607: | to Mrs. Crouch, by Silvester Otway [other- |
| 16608: | wise John Oswald], London, 1788. See also |
| 16609: | " IMemoirs of Mrs. Crouch," by M. Young, " Memoirs of Mrs. Crouch," by M. Young, |
| 16610: | London, 2 vols., 1806, with portrait. |
| 16611: | |
| 16612: | Crouch, Frederick Nicholls 108-R-53 Crouch, Frederick Nicholls, composer, |
| 16613: | vocalist and violoncellist, born in Warren |
| 16614: | Street, Fitzroy Square, London, July 31, 1808. |
| 16615: | Son of P. W. Crouch, violoncellist (q-v.). At |
| 16616: | the age of nine he played in the band of the |
| 16617: | Royal Ooburg Theatre. Then he travelled in |
| 16618: | Yorksliire and Scotland, and was for two |
| 16619: | years, through necessity, a common seaman |
| 16620: | on coasting smacks plying between London |
| 16621: | and Leith. Through the interest of William |
| 16622: | Watts, then secretary of the Philharmonic |
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