ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a biography of mid- to late-19th-century vocalist Arthur Byron. He apparently first put in an appearance on the London musical scene in 1868 (3 March), on the very fair bill at the concert given by the cornetist Philippe Paque at the Eyre Arms Assembly Rooms in Kennington. This concert presented Robertine Henderson, Emmie d'Este, Fanny Holland, the uncomfortable 'female tenor' Eugénie Mela, Julia Elton, W H Cummings, Leigh Wilson and two newcomers, 'pupils of Randegger', the 35-year-old basso Orlando Christian and 'the young tenor' Arthur Byron. The new young tenor quickly became part of the London concert scene. This sudden prominence was at least partly the work of his teacher, for Randegger was, apart from his other musical activities, widely in use as an accompanist and conductor and was nothing loath to find a place on programmes on which he performed for one or both of his prize pupils.
