| 39574: | to study in ]\Iilan, under Sangiovanni, Lani- to study in Milan, under Sangiovanni, Lani- |
| 39575: | perti, and others. On his return to England |
| 39576: | he sang much in opera. He was the original |
| 39577: | Don J use in " Carmen," when ]\Iiss Emily Don J use in " Carmen," when Miss Emily |
| 39578: | Soldene produced the work in 1879, in English. |
| 39579: | He also sang at Her Majesty's, and elsewhere, |
| 39580: | with the Carl Rosa Company, 1879-90. A |
| 39581: | few years later he started, with his wife, |
| 39582: | recitals of " Scottish Song and Story," which |
| 39583: | met with great success in the United King- |
| 39584: | dom, Canada, and the United States. In |
| 39585: | 1896 he was on tour with his own opera com- |
| 39586: | pany, and produced Dr. Greig's opera, " Holy- |
| 39587: | rood," at Glasgow, in October of that year. |
| 39588: | |
| 39589: | Lyon, Thomas, organist and composer, |
| 39590: | who was a relative of Bernard Gates. He |
| 39591: | was organist of St. George's Church, Ratcliffe |
| 39592: | Highway, London, for more than 50 years. |
| 39593: | Died at London, in January, 1837, from the |
| 39594: | first known epidemic of virulent influenza. |
| 39595: | He composed " Six canzonets, and a glee for |
| 39596: | 4 %oices," London [1795]. |
| 39597: | |
| 39598: | Samuel Thomas Lyon, probabl}- a relative |
| 39599: | of the above, composed some pianoforte music, |
| 39600: | about 1808-1815. |
| 39601: | |
| 39602: | Lysons, Rev. Daniel 257-L-26 Lysons, Rev. Daniel, clergyman and |
| 39603: | writer, was born about 17G0 ; died January 3, |
| 39604: | 1834. Author of ■' History of the origin and 1834. Author of ' History of the origin and |
| 39605: | progress of the meeting of the Three Choirs |
| 39606: | of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford," |
| 39607: | Gloucester, 1819. Second edition continued |
| 39608: | bj' John Amott [see that name] , London, |
| 39609: | n.d. [18G4] ; continued to 1894 by C. Lee |
| 39610: | Williams (q.v.),a,nd H. Goodwin Chance, M.A., |
| 39611: | Gloucester, Chance and Bland, 1895. |
| 39612: | |
| 39613: | Maas, Joseph, tenor vocalist, born at |
| 39614: | Dartford, Kent, Januarj' 30, 1847. Of Dutch |
| 39615: | descent, his father, Joseph Maas, died Novem- |
| 39616: | ber 6, 1888, being also a singer. Chorister in |
| 39617: | Rochester Cathedral from 1856, studying un- |
| 39618: | der J. L. Hopkins and later under Madame |
| 39619: | Bodda-Pyne. When his voice broke he be- |
| 39620: | came a clerk at Chatham dockyard. In 1869 |
| 39621: | he went to Milan, and studied under San- |
| 39622: | giovanni. Made his debut at St. James's |
| 39623: | Hall, February 9, 1871, at one of Henry |
| 39624: | Leslie's concerts; sang in " Babil and Bijou" |
| 39625: | at Covent Garden, September, 1872. He then |
| 39626: | went to America and joined the Kellogg Opera |
| 39627: | Company. Joined the Carl Rosa Company in |
| 39628: | 1878, remaining with it some years, and ap- |
| 39629: | pearing in a variety of parts. First sang in |
| 39630: | Italian Opera at Her IMajesty's, IMay 15, 1880, Italian Opera at Her Majesty's, May 15, 1880, |
| 39631: | in "Faust " ; and took the part of Lohengrin |
| 39632: | at Covent Garden, June 7, 1883. In the con- |
| 39633: | cert room he speedily became popular ; and |
| 39634: | was engaged at the Birmingham Festivals, |
| 39635: | 1879 (]\lessiah), to 1885 ; Gloucester and Leeds, |
| 39636: | 1880, etc. His last public appe ranee was at |
| 39637: | Nottio'jham, December 31, 1885, and he died |
| 39638: | in London, January 16, 1886. He was buried |
| 39639: | at West Hampstead Cemetery. A monument |
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