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See also: English tenor vocalist, was See also: born in See also: London on the 7th of See also: March 1845, his
See also: father, See also: Richard Lloyd, being See also: vicar choralist at See also: Westminster Abbey
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From 1852 to 186o he sang in the abbey choir, and was thoroughly trained in See also: music, eventually becoming See also: solo tenor at the See also: Chapel Royal
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He began singing at concerts in 1867, and in 1871 appeared at the See also: Gloucester Musical Festival
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His See also: fine evenly-produced See also: voice and pure See also: style at once brought him into See also: notice, and he gradually took the place of See also: Sims See also: Reeves as the leading English tenor of the See also: day, his. singing of classical music, and especially of See also: Handel, being particularly admired
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At the Handel Festivals after 1888 he was the See also: principal tenor, and even in the vast auditorium at the Crystal Palace he triumphed over acoustic difficulties
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In 1888, 1890 and 1892 he paid successful visits to the See also: United States; but by degrees he appeared less frequently in public, and in 1900 he formally retired from the platform
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