Levey (real name, O’Shaughnessy), Richard Michael
Levey (real name, O’Shaughnessy), Richard Michael
Levey (real name, O’Shaughnessy), Richard Michael, Irish violinist, conductor, teacher, and composer, father of Richard C. Levey and William Charles Levey; b. Dublin, Oct. 25, 1811; d. there, June 28, 1899. He received a practical musical education playing in various orchs. in Dublin and writing incidental music for productions of plays. About 1835 he became a theater conductor. He wrote some 50 overtures and a number of ballad scores. He publ. a Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858) and the Annals of the Theatre Royal Dublin (with J. O’Rorke; 1880).
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