Charles Smart Evans (1778 – 4 January 1849) was an English vocalist and composer. Evans was a

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under Dr.

Edmund Ayrton Dr. Edmund Ayrton (1734 – 22 May 1808) was an English organist who was Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal. Early life Edmund Ayrton was born in Ripon and baptised on 19 November 1734. His father was Edward Ayrton (1698-1774), a 'bar ...

, and in 1808 a gentleman of the

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. His name appears among the alto singers in the chorus of the "Ancient Concerts" of 1798, and he took part with John Braham and others in the music performed at

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's funeral in 1826. Four of Evans's

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s gained prizes from the

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and Catch Clubs, namely: ''Beauties, have you seen a toy?'' (1811); ''Fill all the glasses'' (1812); ''Ode to the Memory of Samuel Webbe'' (1817), for

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; and ''Great Bacchus'' (1821). Subsequently he became a catholic and a member of the choir of the chapel of the Portuguese embassy. Evans wrote a ''

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'' and some

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s, contained in books iv. and v. of

Alfred Novello Joseph Alfred Novello (12 August 1810 – 17 July 1896) was an English music publisher. He was the eldest son of Vincent Novello, and the creator of Novello & Co, Novello and Company Ltd as a revolutionary force in music publishing. Life J ...

's "Collection of Motets". He was also the composer of many songs.

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1778 births 1849 deaths 19th-century English male singers 18th-century English singers 18th-century English composers 18th-century English male musicians 19th-century English composers Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal {{composer-stub