Richard Bellamy (singer)
Richard Bellamy (1743?–1813) was an English
St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey
.
Career
Bellamy was appointed a
St. Paul's Cathedral, and from 1793 to 1800 he was also almoner and master of the choristers there. Among his pupils at St. Paul's Cathedral was the future organist of Westminster Abbey, George Ebenezer Williams.[2]
In 1784 he was one of the principal basses at the Handel Commemoration at Westminster Abbey.[1] He gave up all his appointments in 1801, and died on 11 September 1813.[3]
He published a few
Family
Bellamy married Elizabeth Ludford, and their son, the singer Thomas Ludford Bellamy, inherited considerable property from her father, Thomas, who died in 1776.[3]
References
- ^ a b c . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ John S. Bumpus, The Organists and Composers of S. Paul's Cathedral (London, 1891), p. 91.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2037. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain - "Bellamy, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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