The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-31
EDWARD LLOYD COMING.
THE EMINENT .THNO9 AT HOME
AND ON TIE PLATFORM.
Suburban joys AMI saslde Pleasure.
DISLIKE of Society - Fashionable
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Dislike Of Society - Fashionable
Music FREQ of Charge.
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LONDON, March 15.-Elward Lloyd
leaves EagIand on his visit to the United
States with 10 light heart. The parting
from his family, not to speak of a few of
his dearest friends, even for the brief period
Of three months, was not an easy one. For
tie keynote Of the grea1 singers personal
character is his domesticity; he is home
bird much more than most of the choral
tribe. Home, Sweet Home" is the song of
lis heart, the watchword OF his life. Very
swee, il honest truth is Edward Lloyd's
home; sweet, especially to the visitor-some
brother In art, it may be-wearying of town
pleasures and fashionable amusemeAts.
For the singer chooses to live in a cha ming
cottage at Tuse Hill, southern suburb of
London, some miles from Piccadilly circus,
but quite close to Surrey cou TRY. Here in
the bosom Of his family lie spends FIR tea
months in the year all r1e time that is left
him by con tant engagements in different
| parts Of the country. The rem inning two
| mol hS-Au5ust and ptemba.-cOaStitu5e
| Mr. Ll)yd's vacatio7, which is invariably
4 passed wlth vile and children at his home
!
side naturally makes the SINGER reluctant to
undertake an expedition OF some tn u
sands Of miles. As a mater of fact of
/ al the pressing invita- .iOa5 sh )wered upon
I hin, from he capitals of Europe only one
! has been acceD: ed, this being tx years ago
wnea Councils "Moses o Vitan was given
III Paris. 1t Is but few week since ne
! receive an urgent request to visit Berlin,
! where the success Of 5 me of Gilbert and
/ Sultivan'5 operas has caused strong move
meat 70 SET III in favor Of EIgnih music
generally. Mr.. Lloyd is a good sailor,
! however. and from the voyage across the
Atlantic he expects TO derive much pAysi-
cal enjoyment.
In his dis aste for society Sims Reeves's
successor mas one feature in marked con-
trast to most Of his fellow artists He alb
| horS the club and avoids the salon. The
| delights of Balgrayia attract him no more
than the diversio S Of Bohemia. Il live b7
rule" he tells his friends, aud a very simple
| rule 1t Is, c I'M rising traakfast at 5 O'Clock.
| and dinner at Ocloc6 q. m, and , O'clock
| tea. Tae morning is sGeut practice and
correspondence, tho afternoon, When the
weather is agreeable, in walking or tennis
playing, of which latter exercise tho singer
IS very fond. When not singing Mr..
! Lloyd retires to rest at 10 O'c,ock,
and If he Is engaged at the Albert
! or st. James's nall his carriage
before nidaight. Excepting as an al TO
digestion ct dInner-when he usually drinks
! port wlne-Mr. LLOYD rarely takes alcohol
| q Il never Us Il Stlmu ant to the voice. It is
this sound regimen which @ ablci him to
bear the fatgu IS OF his great position. Mr..
Lloyd frequently travels 100 m los pr
| Week without even 10 Ing the healthy tint
Of his complexion and the robust formation
OF his figure. Des2i,e som teude cy to
embonpoint Mr. Lloyd, at the age OF d.
has much Of the activity as well as the
soiri. of youth.
Quite apart from personal considerations
M. Lloyd regrets the sacrifices which sing
ers make 10 tIe g)dde>s If social pleasure
lie lamentS the t}ad ,lcY they have of late
years displayed to pay homage to the shrine
OF Lady Clara We're lie We're. Ia passing
from concer5 hail TO reception room, il
mixing the strains Of Chopin with the
sparklei OF champagne, YoulE artists at
tempt to lead double lives, which too often
end in disaster. 81 nave been asksl, - he
remarks, ito accspt a renbershiD of both
the Nyrlc and the Meistersngera' Clubs,
but in both cases l declined. No doubt
IL IS very pleasant for members of the clubs
| he artists give their services as honorary
members, ! suppose, and frs. -claSs cone Arts
are provided free of charge Bat how In
furious all this is t. the real interests of
music" Mr.. Lloyd was equally severe
J
rendering ee servic3 as guests at ''at
homesn and fashionable receptions. Rich
people who can well aft ord to pay for seats
| at concerts d. not attend them, because
they can hear AL the music tley desire to
| hear free of charge at their own an their
| friends houses"
Mr.. Lloyd's father was a bandmaster,
and ms mother a pianist. As a boy he
sang in the choir as Westminster Abbay.
Among his fellow choriSters were Sir Ar
thur Sullivan and COllier, the composer of
Dorothy" The trio of distinguished oil
boys occasionally met to talk over old
times. When Lloyd was about IS years Old
MS father died, leaving the family in poos
circumstances. His mother then obtaiued
the position of music teacher at the newly
established Cheltonhan College for Girls,
to which young Edward accompanied her.
W bile there tue Young man dis
covered tnat hs had tho germs of
tenor voice, a d III few months
he went to Cambridge as chorister at
Trinity College. The position was open to
public competition, and twenty competitors
came from all parts of the country. Al
ways Of a nervous ana excitable diSp psi
ton, Edward Lloyd has vivid recollection
of his feeling on that fateful morning. He
did the very worst thing he could il regard
TO his voice-and spent slsepiesS night, aud
III the early IN lraing took a long walk into
VIC COultll 6O ne WOu Tue NltiE- Won IL
with bis singing OF CANCELS Ever Bright
and Fair"
The young singer spent twelve months at
Cambridge and Of his university life Ell
ward Lloyd retains the nleasantest meno-
ries. II was, indeed, amid the churcI
spires and turreted towers of the plctur-
esque town on the Cam that he first met
the young lady who is now. his devoted
wife. But ambition stirred within him,
ambition that could not be grarfed in Cam
bridges co nparatively small sphere. His
eyes Turned L)ndonward, and to London
he came back as the first tenor in the we'll
known church. st. Andrews, " ellis street,
seeking to fill his leis ire by conc srt engage
mentS. In a short time the young singer
gained the mucl more important position
of principal s1loist at the Chapel Royal. IL
was while fulfilling his duties at the Chapel
Royal that Alr. Lloyd made "a hit, palp-
able bit" b. his singing in Bach's Passion at
the Glouces. or festival. He was then only
%, but 50 wildly was the success noiSei
abroad that he was at oncs flooded with
offers OF engageme is from all parts of the
country. SO thick and fast did they
C me, indeed, that the young man was com
peeled to resign his Cnapel Royal appoint
menr. The next five years were those in
which Mr.. Lloyd did the hardest work Of
his life. "The labor which ! e " through
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