Gervase Elwes

Gervase Elwes, circa 1918 (signed photo by Lena Connell).

Gervase Henry Cary-Elwes, DL[1] (15 November 1866 – 12 January 1921), better known as Gervase Elwes, 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.

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