BRAHAM, JOHN English singer, was born in London March 20, of Jewish parentage, his real name being Abraham. A pupil of an Italian artist named Leoni, he made his first appearance in public at Covent Garden theatre on April 21, when he sang "The soldier tired of war's alarms" and "Ma chere arrive." His second debut (as a tenor) was made in 1794 at the Bath concerts. In 1796 he appeared in London at Drury Lane in Storace's opera of Mahmoud. In '797 he went to Italy where his career was one of continuous triumph; he appeared in all the principal opera-houses, singing in Milan, Genoa, eghorn and Venice. His compass embraced about nineteen notes. In 1801 he returned to his native country, and appeared once more at Covent Garden in the opera Chains of the Heart, by Mazzinghi and Reeve. In 1824 he sang the part of Max in the English version of Weber's Der Freischiitz, and he was the original Sir Huon in that composer's Oberon in 1826. In 1838 he sang the part of William Tell at Drury Lane, and in 1839 the part of Don Giovanni. His last public appearance was at a concert in March 1852. He died Feb. 17, 1856. During forty years, Braham held the undis puted supremacy alike in opera, oratorio and the concert-room. He composed the music of his own part in many of the English operas in which he appeared and was also part-author of The American (i8ii), which contained the famous song, "The Death of Nelson" (I 8 I 1)