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Lance Fairfax
Lance Fairfax (12 April 1894 – January 1974) was a singer and actor from New Zealand, classed as a light baritone, who had a substantial career in Australia. History Fairfax was born Lancelot [Launcelot?] Fairfax Jones in Wellington, New Zealand on 12 April 1894. After leaving school he began studying for qualification as a barrister, working in the office of John Findlay (New Zealand politician), Sir John Findlay, KC, but the Great War intervened, and he enlisted with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He served with the Wellington Regiment (elsewhere cited as Canterbury Regiment), receiving an Military Cross, MC; in 1916 promoted to lieutenant, 9th regiment (Hawke's Bay), then at war's end, when the New Zealand Division moved into Cologne, he joined Pat Hanna, H. P. "Pat" Hanna's No. 1 Entertainment Unit. He studied singing in London with George Uttley and Sir George Power, 7th Baronet, Sir George Power. Returning home in 1919, Hanna founded a revue company of 21 New Zealan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C (i.e. F2–F4) in choral music, and from the second A below middle C to the A above middle C (A2 to A4) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end. Subtypes of baritone include the baryton-Martin baritone (light baritone), lyric baritone, ''Kavalierbariton'', Verdi baritone, dramatic baritone, ''baryton-noble'' baritone, and the bass-baritone. History The first use of the term "baritone" emerged as ''baritonans'', late in the 15th century, usually in French sacred polyphonic music. At this early stage it was frequently used as the lowest of the voices (including the bass), but in 17th-century Italy the term was all-encompassing and used to describe the averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
