| Biography | best known as Gervase Elwes, Gervase was an English tenor of great distinction, who exercised a powerful influence over the development of English music from the early 1900s up until his death in 1921 due to a railroad accident in Boston at the height of his career. Among many memorial concerts nationwide, a memorial performance of The Dream of Gerontius was given at the Royal Albert Hall, at which John Coates and Frederick Ranalow sang with the Royal Choral Society.The Musicians' Benevolent Fund was first established as the Gervase Elwes Memorial Fund for Musicians. |