Telegram-herald., 1890-04-08
EDWARD LLOYD COMING.
TIE Eminent Tenor az Home and
On TIA Platform
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net ~ speak of fe- OF LIS dearest
fsIeads ssea for the brief period ef
three months. sas not an easy one For
the ksyAote OF the great singers per
sonzl character Is his domesElcityi lie
Is h0meblrd much mere than most OF
the choral tribe. Home Sweet Home"
Is tie song Of his heart. the sAtchword
of his life Very sweet in honest truth
Is Edward Lloyds home; sweet es-
pecially 70 the sisitor-some brother
in ART Is may be-wsAryinT Of town
pleasures and fashionable amusements
For the singer chooses 70 i've IN .
charming cottage AZ Tulse Hill, south
srn suburb Of London, some miles from
Picesdilly circus. but quite close 10
Surrey country. Here in the bosom OF
his family be spends for ten months of
the year all the time that Is left him
by constant engagements IN different
parts OF the eoantry. The rem aining
two months-Apgust and September
constitute Mr.. Lloyd's vacation. which
is Invariably passed with wife and
children &C mis- house In Brighton
This devotion 10 his own frcside natu-
rally makes the siager reluctant TO m
dertAke an expedition OF some thou
sands of miles As . matter of fact Of
ell the pressing invitations showered
upon him from the capitals of Europe.
only one has been accepted. this being
two years ago when aosnods 'Mors
OF Vita was given in Paris
In his distaste for society Hma
Reeves's successor has enc feature in
marked contrast TO most of his fellow
artists He sbhors tho club and avoids
the salon. the delights OF BelgraviA
attract him no more than the diversions
OF Bohemis. II live by rule" he tells
his friends. and very simple rule 1t is,
comprising breakfast at eight, and din
ner at two p. m, and hve o'clock
tea. The morning Is spent In prac-
tice and correspondence. the after
noon. when the weather is agreeable,
in walking.
Quite apart from personal considera-
tions, Mr.. Lloyd regrets the sacrifices
which singers make 20 the goddess of
social pleasure. he laments the ten
dency they have of late.years displayed
to pay homage to the shrine OF Lady
Clara We're de We're. In passing from
concert hall 70 reception room. in mix
ing the strains OF Chopin with the
sparkles of champagne. young
artists attempt to lead double
lives. which too often end in
disaster. 81 have been asked" he re-
marks ito accept q mem bership of both
the Lyric and the Neistersingers' Clubs,
but in both cases declined. No doubt
It is very pleasant for members of the
clubs. the artists give their services as
honorary members. l suppose, and first
class concerts are provided free OF
charge. But how injurious all this is
to the real interests OF music" Mr..
Lloyd was equally severe upon the prac-
tice of professional artists rendering
free service as guests at at homes"
and fashionable receptions. Rich peo-
pie who can we'll afford to pay for seats
At concerts do not attend them because
they can hear all the music they desire
to hear tree Of charge at their own and
their friends houses"
Mr.. Llyod's father was band N aster,
and his mother pianist. AS boy ne
sang in the choir at Westminster Alb
bey. Among his fellow choristers were
Sir Arthur Sullivan and Collier, the
composer OF Dorothy" The trio OF
distinguished old boys occasionally meet
10 talk over old times. When about IS
years old Edward Lloyd's father died.
leaving the family in poor circum-
stances. His mother then obtained the
position OF music teacher at the newly
established Cheltenham College for
Girls. to which young Edward accom-
panied her. While there the young
man discovered that he had the germs
OF a tenor voice, and in a few months
he went to Cambridge as chorister at
Trinity College. The position was open
to public competition, and twenty COM
petitors csmo from all parts OF the
country. Always of nervous and ex-
citable disposition. Edward Lloyd has
a vivid recollection Of his feeling on
that fsteful morning. He did the very
worst thing be could in regard to his
voice-he spent sleepless night and
IN the early morning took long walk
into the country. Yet be won the day
won IL with his singing OF Angels Ever
Bright and Fair"
The young singer spent twelve
months at Cambridge, and OF his Uni
versity life Edward Lloyd retains the
pleasantest memories. It was. indeed,
amid the church spires and turreted
towers OF the picturesque town on the
Cam that he first met the young lady who
is now his devoted wife But nbition
stirred within him, ambition that could
not be gratifed in Cam BRIDGES com
parativsly small sphere. His eyes
turned Londonwsrds. and 10 London
be came back as the frst tenor in the
veu-known church, 81 Andrews. Wells
street, seeking 10 fIl bis leisure by con-
cert engagements. Inc short simo, the
young singer gained the much more i'm
Portant position OF principal soloist a.
the Chapel Royal II was While full-
filing his duties At the Chapel
Royal tha. Mr.. Lloyd made .
hit. a pslpsbls bit" By his singing
in Bsch's Passion at the Gloucester Fes-
tiV,L He vas then only twsnty-three,
bat 80 widely vss the success noised
abroad that be vas a. once flooded With
offers Of engagements from al pars Of
tse country. So thiek and fsst did they
some. indeed, that the younT mar vas
cor pelled % resign his Chspel ReTsl
sppointment The next Eve yesrs rers
those n which Mr. Lloyd did the hard
est ~orS q his life. The labor -hich
get through a. thst tire. d. dscisrs.
from 10 feeling o. szotis-u. bBt -ith an
evident desire 70 sho~ thsE his success
h.s been honestly y ron- ~oals sstouisb
many Toang singers - - present daT
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