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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Newman
(1858 - 4 November 1926) was an English businessman and musical
impresario. He is most celebrated as the founder of the series of
classical music concerts that are now known as The Proms. Born in 1858
into a wealthy family, Newman had an initial career as stockjobber in
the City of London. He also studied singing in Italy, and sang bass,
which included participation in the first performance of Hubert Parry's
oratorio Job. He became a concert agent and gained initial experience
organising orchestral concerts with Frederic Hymen Cowen at Covent
Garden. In 1894, Newman undertook lease of the Queen's Hall and became
its first manager. He had the idea for a series of concerts at the
Queen's Hall, at affordable prices for a mass audience, with a
proportion of the audience able to promenade in a designated space
without seats.
