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CHAMPNESS, Samuel

(1730–1803)> BASS SINGER

CHAMPNESS (Samuel).English bass singer, [1730]. He sang in concert and dramatic music at the end of the 18th century. Busby speaks favourably of his voice, saying that it was rich and round-toned and universally admired. His biography does not appear to have been very fully recorded. He Sept., 1803.

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