Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Frederick Charles Reinhold (1737 – 29 September 1815) was born in London in 1737, son of Henry Reinhold, and became a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal. (According to the Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1900) he was also known as Charles Frederick Reinhold.)He was brought up by the Royal Society of Musicians, and made his first appearance on the stage as Oberon in Christopher Smith's opera 'The Fairies' in 1755. Four years later he began a long career as singer at Marylebone Gardens. He seems to have been an actor as well as a singer, for he appeared at the gardens on 30 Oct. 1769, as Giles in the 'Maid of the Mill.' He also sang at many of the Lent oratorios in 1784 and subsequent years, and in 1784 he was one of the principal basses at the Handel commemoration in Westminster Abbey. In the previous year he had been appointed organist of St. George-the-Martyr, Bloomsbury. He retired from public life in 1797, and died in Somers Town on 29 Sept. 1815. He is described as an admirable singer, but a parsimonious man.. }
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- Frederick_Charles_Reinhold abstract "Frederick Charles Reinhold (1737 – 29 September 1815) was born in London in 1737, son of Henry Reinhold, and became a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal. (According to the Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1900) he was also known as Charles Frederick Reinhold.)He was brought up by the Royal Society of Musicians, and made his first appearance on the stage as Oberon in Christopher Smith's opera 'The Fairies' in 1755. Four years later he began a long career as singer at Marylebone Gardens. He seems to have been an actor as well as a singer, for he appeared at the gardens on 30 Oct. 1769, as Giles in the 'Maid of the Mill.' He also sang at many of the Lent oratorios in 1784 and subsequent years, and in 1784 he was one of the principal basses at the Handel commemoration in Westminster Abbey. In the previous year he had been appointed organist of St. George-the-Martyr, Bloomsbury. He retired from public life in 1797, and died in Somers Town on 29 Sept. 1815. He is described as an admirable singer, but a parsimonious man.".