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unusual facts about Henry Bishop



Elizabeth Greenfield

Best known for her performances of the music of George Frideric Handel, Vincenzo Bellini, and Gaetano Donizetti, she also performed sentimental American songs such as Henry Bishop's 1852 setting of John Howard Payne's "Home! Sweet Home!" and Stephen Foster's "Old Folks at Home".

Guy Mannering

Daniel Terry, an English playwright and friend of Scott, wrote an adaptation of the work for the stage for which Henry Bishop provided the music.


see also

Henry Bishop Horton

Henry Bishop Horton (1 September 1819 Winchester, Connecticut - 3 December 1885 Ithaca, New York) was an American inventor, remembered chiefly for his inventions in automatic music players and clock-making.