| 56974: | Gentleman of the Chapel Roj'al, St. James's. |
| 56975: | He has done much useful work as a concert |
| 56976: | singer, and also as a teacher. His wife was |
| 56977: | a contralto vocalist, and, as Miss Sabah |
| 56978: | Riley, was widely known in the North as a |
| 56979: | concert singer. She died at Brixton, July |
| 56980: | 12, 1894, at the early age of thirty-three. |
| 56981: | |
| 56982: | Sheppard, Elizabeth Sara 370-L-8 Sheppard, Elizabeth Sara, novelist, |
| 56983: | horn at Blackhoath, London, in 1830; died |
| 56984: | at Brixton, London, March 13, 1862. She |
| 56985: | wrote a number of novels, of which " Charles |
| 56986: | Auchester," 1853, 3 vols., and "Rumour," |
| 56987: | 1858, 3 vols., deal with music and musicians. |
| 56988: | The character of Seraphael in " Charles |
| 56989: | Auchester" is intended for INIendelssohn. |
| 56990: | |
| 56991: | Sheppard, Rev. Henry Fleetwood 370-L-16 Sheppard, Rev. Henry Fleetwood, |
| 56992: | clergyman and musician. Minor canon of |
| 56993: | Gloucester and Windsor ; sub-dean, Chapel |
| 56994: | Royal, Savoy, 1884. Composer of anthems, |
| 56995: | O Lord, the very heavens ; If the Lord Him- |
| 56996: | self ; and arranger of settings of Te Deum, |
| 56997: | Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis |
| 56998: | to ancient melodies, Gregorian Tones ; Series |
| 56999: | of Church Songs, 1884, 2 sets, etc. Collabora- |
| 57000: | tor with Rev. S. Baring-Gould {q.r.) in col- |
| 57001: | lecting and arranging " Songs and ballads of |
| 57002: | the West " [1891] ; "A Garland of Country |
| 57003: | Song," Methuen, 1895; English Minstrelsie, |
| 57004: | Edinburgh, Jack, 1895-96. |
| 57005: | |
| 57006: | Sheppard, or Shepherd, John 370-L-30 Sheppard, or Shepherd, John, organist |
| 57007: | and composer of the 16th century. He was |
| 57008: | a chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, |
| 57009: | and afterwards became instructor of choris- |
| 57010: | ters and organist of Magdalen College, Oxford, |
| 57011: | 1542-47. He graduated Mus. Doc, Oxford, |
| 57012: | in 1554. He composed, masses, motets, and |
| 57013: | other Church music, mostly preserved in |
| 57014: | MS. |
| 57015: | |
| 57016: | Sheringham, J. W 370-L-39 Sheringham, J. W., clergyman, and |
| 57017: | author of " Our Choir Festivals : can they |
| 57018: | be reformed without abolition?" Gloucester, |
| 57019: | 1874. |
| 57020: | |
| 57021: | Sherrington, Hellen 370-L-43 Sherrington, Hellen, Madame Lemmens |
| 57022: | Sherrington, soprano vocalist, horn at Pres- Sherrington, soprano vocalist, born at Pres- |
| 57023: | ton, Lancashire, October 4, 1834. The family |
| 57024: | migrated to Rotterdam in 1838. There the |
| 57025: | daughter studied under Verhulst; in 1852 |
| 57026: | entered the Brussels Conservatoire, taking |
| 57027: | first prize for singing and declamation. ]\Iade first prize for singing and declamation. Made |
| 57028: | her first appearance in London, April 7, 1856, |
| 57029: | at the Amateur Musical Society's Concert, |
| 57030: | Hanover Square Rooms. She soon obtained |
| 57031: | a leading position, and was heard at tiie |
| 57032: | Birmingham Festivals from 1861 ; the Three |
| 57033: | Choirs, Worcester, 1863-72. In 1880 she was |
| 57034: | nominated a professor of singing at the |
| 57035: | Brussels Conservatoire, but undertook a tour |
| 57036: | in the provinces, 1883-4. She made a special |
| 57037: | visit to London in 1889, to sing in Benoit's |
| 57038: | " Lucifer " at the Albert Hall, Ax^ril 3. In |
| 57039: | 1891 she resigned her professorship at Brussels, |
| 57040: | and accepted one at the R.A.M., London, the |
| 57041: | same year, which she still retains, and was |
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