Frederick Charles Reinhold

Frederick Charles Reinhold (11 February 1741 – 29 September 1815) was a British singer and organist.^[1] He was born in London, son of Henry Reinhold, a well-known singer, and his wife Sarah. According to the Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1900), the son was also known as Charles Frederick Reinhold.^[2]

Reinhold was a boy chorister at St Paul's Cathedral. His father died in 1751 and according to the DNB, he "was brought up by the Royal Society of Musicians". He created the role of Oberon in Christopher Smith's opera 'The Fairies' in 1755.

His voice appears to have broken in the late 1750s. He sang bass from 1758, beginning a long career as singer at Marylebone Gardens. Pergolesi's La serva padrona was successfully performed there,^[3] Reinhold taking the role of Uberto.^[1]

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. 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.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Aspden, S. (2010, May 27). Reinhold, Frederick Charles (1741–1815), singer and organist. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 27 Aug. 2020, from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-23354 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ ^a ^b The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource: "Reinhold, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ "A performance in Marylebone Gardens recreated". 2015.

References

Olive Baldwin; Thelma Wilson (2001). "Reinhold, Frederick Charles". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 23 August 2017..
Reinhold, Frederick Charles by Olive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Reinhold, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.