BRAHAM, JOHN

BRAHAM, JOHN
   a celebrated tenor singer, the most so in Europe of his day, and known all over Europe; was particularly effective in rendering the national songs; born in London, of Jewish parents; composed operas, which, however, were only dramas interspersed with songs. Scott described him as "a beast of an actor, but an angel of a singer" (1774-1856).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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