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| Trivial or Important references and connections: | "Richard Leveridge (1670-1758) was one of London's leading singers. Charles Burney in his General History of Music refers to Leveridge's 'deep and powerful base [sic] voice'.13 Leveridge first came to prominence as the leading bass in a number of productions of Purcell's works during 1695, the last year of the composer's life, and he went on to become a leading figure in Italian opera in London in the first decade of the eitghteenth century." |