Abell, John (b. 1653, d. in or after 1716), singer and composer, was born in Aberdeenshire and was admitted as a 'gentleman of his majesty's chapel extraordinary' on 1 May 1679, about which time he is listed among the musicians of the king's private music, as singer, lutenist, and violinist. ...
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Abell, John (b. 1653, d. in or after 1716), singer and composer
W. B. Squire
revised by Nicholas Salwey
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Albani [married name Gye], Dame Emma [née Marie Louise Cécile Emma Lajeunesse] (1847–1930), singer
John Rosselli
Albani [married name Gye], Dame Emma [née Marie Louise Cécile Emma Lajeunesse] (1847–1930), singer, was born on 1 November 1847 at Chambly, Quebec, Canada, one of three surviving children of Joseph Lajeunesse, organist, and his wife, Mélina Mignault (d. 1856)...
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Albani, Dame Emma (1847–1930)
Maker: Walery
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Dame Emma Albani (1847–1930) by Walery, pubd 1889 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Allan, (Maria Caterina) Rosalbina Caradori- [Carradori-] (1800–1865), singer
W. B. Squire
revised by John Rosselli
Allan, (Maria Caterina) Rosalbina Caradori- [Carradori-] (1800–1865), singer, was born in Milan. Her father, Baron de Munck, was an Alsatian and a colonel in the French army. Her mother, whose maiden name, Carradori, she adopted (and always so spelt in Italy), came from ...
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Allan, (Maria Caterina) Rosalbina Caradori- (1800–1865)
Maker: John Hayter
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(Maria Caterina) Rosalbina Caradori- Allan (1800–1865) by John Hayter, pubd 1827 [as Cresea in Medea in Corinto by Simone Mayr] © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Arne, Michael (1740/41–1786), musical performer and composer
See Arne family
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See Arne family
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Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710–1778)
Maker: William Humphrey
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Thomas Augustine Arne (1710–1778) by William Humphrey, pubd 1778 (after Robert Dunkarton, c. 1770) © Copyright The British Museum
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Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710–1778), composer and musical performer
David J. Golby
Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710–1778), composer and musical performer, was born in King Street, Covent Garden, London, on 12 March 1710, the son of Thomas Arne (bap. 1682, d. 1736) [see under Arne family], upholsterer and undertaker, and his second wife, Anne, ...
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Balfe, Victoire [Victoria] [married namesVictoire Crampton; Victoire Fernández de Velasco, duchess of Frías in the Spanish nobility] (1837–1871), singer
G. C. Boase
revised by John Rosselli
Balfe, Victoire [Victoria] [married namesVictoire Crampton; Victoire Fernández de Velasco, duchess of Frías in the Spanish nobility] (1837–1871), singer, the second daughter of the composer Michael William Balfe (1808–1870) and his wife, the singer Lina Roser, was born in the rue de la Victoire, Paris...
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Barreto, Don Marino [real name José Bernabé Marino Barreto y Casanova] (1907–1995), pianist and singer
Val Wilmer
Barreto, Don Marino [real name José Bernabé Marino Barreto y Casanova] (1907–1995), pianist and singer, was born on 11 June 1907 in Havana, Cuba, the eldest among the three sons of José Marino Barreto y Lopez, a doctor, dental surgeon, and politician, and his wife, whose maiden name was ...
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Bowlly, Albert Alick [Al] (1899–1941), singer
Derek B. Scott
Bowlly, Albert Alick [Al] (1899–1941), singer, was born on 7 January 1899 in Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa, the fourth of the ten children of Alick Pauli (1867–1927), a general dealer, and his Lebanese wife, Miriam (Mary) Ayoub-NeeJame (1874–1949). The couple married in ...
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Bowlly, Albert Alick (1899–1941)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Albert Alick Bowlly (1899–1941) by unknown photographer, c. 1933 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Chevalier, Albert Onésime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis (1861–1923), comedian and actor
Simon Featherstone
Chevalier, Albert Onésime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis (1861–1923), comedian and actor, was born on 21 March 1861 at 21 St Ann's Villas, Royal Crescent, Notting Hill, London, the eldest son of Jean Onésime Chevalier, language teacher, and his wife, Ellen Louisa Mathews; his name at birth was registered simply as ...
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Chevalier, Albert Onésime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis (1861–1923)
Maker: B. Knight
Albert Onésime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier (1861–1923) by B. Knight [Mafekin' Night] © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Cibber [née Arne], Susannah Maria (1714–1766), actress and singer
Lesley Wade Soule
Cibber [née Arne], Susannah Maria (1714–1766), actress and singer, was born on 14 February 1714 at 34 King Street, Covent Garden, London, the fourth child of the eight children of Thomas Arne (bap. 1682, d. 1736) [see under Arne family], an upholsterer and undertaker, and his wife, ...
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Cibber, Susannah Maria (1714–1766)
Maker: Thomas Hudson
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Susannah Maria Cibber (1714–1766) by Thomas Hudson, in or before 1749 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Connolly, Brian Francis (1945–1997), rock singer
John Van der Kiste
Connolly, Brian Francis (1945–1997), rock singer, was born on 5 October 1945 at 106 Aikenhead Road, Glasgow. He was apparently abandoned by his mother, a hotel waitress, soon after birth and raised by a nurse and her husband, who gave him the adoptive surname ...
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Cornelys [née Imer; married name Pompeati], (Anna Maria) Teresa [known as Madame Trenti, Mrs Smith] (1723?–1797), singer and impresario
Judith Milhous
Cornelys [née Imer; married name Pompeati], (Anna Maria) Teresa [known as Madame Trenti, Mrs Smith] (1723
