Henry Bishop was born 18 November 1786 in London, England.
1 Bishop is mentioned in the despatches as the late father of
Henry Wakeford’s new wife.
2 Bishop showed an early musical skill, and by age fourteen had his first musical compositions
published.
3 Bishop acquired a musical patron, Thomas Panton, who would completely finance his
musical education.
4 In 1806, at age sixteen, Bishop’s first opera
Angelina was performed at the Theatre Royal.
5 In 1809, Bishop married a cast member of his play,
The Circassian Bride, Sarah Elizabeth Lyon.
6 In 1813, Bishop co-founded the British Philharmonic Society, and in 1816 was made
music director at King’s Theatre.
7 Bishop spent many of the following years producing various famous pieces of music,
such as
Home Sweet Home from the opera
Clari in 1823.
8 In 1831, after the death of his first wife, Bishop married Anna Riviere, a former
vocal student.
9 The couple toured Europe in the following years.
10 In 1841, Bishop was made a professor at the University of Edinburgh, and in 1842
was knighted.
11 Bishop died 30 April 1855 from cancer in London.
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