Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/B/Banister, Charles

by John Weeks Moore

Banister, Charles. A bass singer at the London theatres in the latter part of the last century, and father to John Banister, the celebrated comedian. C. Banister's voice and style were alike powerful by nature and feeling, though rough and unpolished. He gave Carter's very spirited description of a sea fight, " Stand to your guns, my hearts of oak," with a corresponding animation. Shield wrote "The Wolf" for him.