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Lucy Escott
Lucy Escott (4 January 1829–26 November 1895) was an American soprano and actor-manager who found success in her native country but who had an even greater success in Europe and the United Kingdom. She spent eight years in Australia with the opera company of William Saurin Lyster, W. S. Lyster. Early life Lucy Escott was born as Lucy Evans Grant in Springfield, Massachusetts, Springfield, Massachusetts in 1829, the daughter of Luther Grant and his wife Lorinda ''née'' Williams. She was trained in music from an early age, and was a successful teacher of music in Springfield in her teens. On 24 March 1846, aged 17, she married the British-born musician Richard Eastcott (1817–1880), who was teaching music in Springfield. From 1834, he had studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and claimed to have played at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837. He emigrated to America in 1839, where he taught piano and violin in Worcester, Massachusetts and performed in local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 155,929, making it the third-largest city in Massachusetts, the fourth-most populous city in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence, and the 12th-most populous in the Northeastern United States. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts (the other being Greater Boston), had a population of 699,162 in 2020. Springfield was founded in 1636, the first Springfield in the New World. In the late 1700s, during the American Revolution, Springfield was designated by George Washington as the site of the Springfield Armory because of its central location. Subsequently it was the site of Shays' Rebellio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
