Reeves

(1) (John) Sims, Woolwich, Sept. 26, 1818 (acc. to Grove, Hill, Oct. 21, 1822)— London, Oct. 25, 1900; noted tenor; at 14 organist of North Cray Ch.; learned the vin., ’cello, oboe and ba oon; and studied with J. B. Cramer (pf.) and W. H. Call cott (harm.); début as barytone, 1839, studied with Hobbs and Cooke, and sang minor tenor parts at Drury Lane; then studied with Bordogni, Paris, and Mazzucato, Milan, sang at La Scala, 1846, Drury Lane, 1847, with great succ.; début in Italian opera, 1848, at H. M.’s Th., also in oratorio at the Worcester and Norwich Festivals, the same year; retired in 1891, but on account of reverses, reappeared in 1893; and 1898 made succ. tour of South Africa; pub. ‘‘ Life and Recollections’? (London, 1888); he m., 1850, (2) Emma Lucombe, and concert soprano. (3) Herbert, his son and pupil, studied at Milan; concert-début, 1880. (ra-fé’-cha), Licinio, b. Rome, Feb. 12, 1885; composer; a Roman Catholic priest; pupil of Boezi, Falchi and Renzi, at St. Cecilia Liceo; after rgto taught liturgical music at Pontifical School of Sacred Music; 1orz, cond. Capella Liber i an a at Church of S. Ma. Maggiore; c. many motets, ma es, cantatas, and a sacred opera, “Cecilia,” which had marked in Rome and Buenos Aires. succ.