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 1889

Supplementary dictionary of American musicians
p. 701-715 In:
Mathews, William Smith Babcock
A hundred years of music in America
An account of musical effort in America
Chicago: 1889, 715 p.


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  Aarup, Ceia Augusta Juliette (b. 1864)   piano
  Aiken, Charles (b. 1818 d. 1882)   music educator, composer
  Aiken, Henry M. (d. 1901 a. 1842)   oratorio singer
  Airhart, Daniel B. (b. 1849)   composer, musician
  Allen, Benjamin Dwight (b. 1831 d. 1914)   composer, church organist
  Allen, Henry Ambrose (b. 1816)   organ, piano
  Ambrose, John L. (b. 1844)   basso profundo, organ
  Ambrose, Mary (b. 1865)   music educator
  Andrus, Agnes (a. 1888)   piano, educator
  Arkell, Lillian (b. 1864)   organ, educator
  Armstrong, William Dawson (b. 1868 d. 1936)   organ, composer
  Arnold, John C. (b. 1852)   composer, musician
  Bach, Henrietta Stolz (a. 1915)   soprano, dramatic reader
  Bach, J. Maurice (b. 1856)   composer, organ
  Bachman, A (b. 1836)   organ, piano
  Bair, Ella G. Winnick (b. 1855)   teacher
  Baldwin, Edwin Thomas (b. 1832)   composer, teacher
  Ball, A.H. (b. 1850 a. 1889)   dealer
  Ball, Ida W. (b. 1851)   composer, musician
  Ballenberg, Louis (b. 1840)   manager, conductor
  Barnard, John (b. 1681 d. 1770)   clergyman
  Bartlett, Homer Newton (b. 1846 d. 1920)   organ, composer
  Batchelder, John C. (b. 1852)   organ, piano
  Bayley, Daniel (b. 1725 d. 1792)   tunebook compiler, publisher
  Beach, Helen L.   organ, teacher
  Becker, Charles (b. 1851)   writer, choral director
  Bethune Greene, Thomas (b. 1849 d. 1908)   piano, composer
  Beuter, Albert (b. 1844)   composer, musician
  Bisland, Margaret Cyrilla (b. 1839)   piano, composer
  Blache, Pauline   piano, singer
  Blandpied, David Selser (b. 1852 d. 1936)   teacher, organ
  Bloom, Jacob (b. 1844)   violin, teacher
  Blye, Birdie (b. 1867)   piano
  Borst, Albert William (b. 1841)   composer, organ
  Bosworth, Elizabeth (b. 1847)   piano, educator
  Bouricius, Marinus Bodinus Louis (b. 1860)   music teacher
  Bristow, Frank L. (b. 1844)   teacher, editor
  Bromfield, Edward (b. 1723 d. 1746)   organ builder
  Bryant, Gilmore Ward (b. 1859 d. 1946)   piano, composer
  Bryant, Gilmore Ward   teacher, singer
  Burmeister, Richard (b. 1860 d. 1944)   Dirigent, Klavier
  Burr, Willard (b. 1852 d. 1915)   composer, musician
  Burritt, William Nelson (b. 1832)   teacher of singing
  Campbell, John B. (b. 1856 d. 1938)   composer, son of Barley Campbell
  Carpe, Adolph (b. 1847)   piano
  Carter, Charles Davis (b. 1857)   composer, teacher
  Cary, Cecelia S.P. (a. 1889)   piano, music educator
  Chance, Jacob Melville (b. 1858)   organ, music educator
  Chandler, Kate H. (b. 1850)   singer, music educator
  Chase, Melville Warren (b. 1842)   organ, music director
  Chase, S.P. (b. 1834)   piano, violin
  Cheney, Abby Perkins   piano, educator
  Church, Lilly Regina (b. 1863)   piano, music educator
  Clark, Anna  
  Clark, Horace (b. 1861)   composer, piano
  Clarke, Edwin G. (b. 1863)   director, violin
  Clarke, Ernest H. (b. 1865 d. 1947)   trombone, Trombonist
  Clarke, Herbert (Lincoln) (b. 1867)   cornet, bandmaster
  Clouse, Rose (b. 1865 d. 1900)   piano, teacher
  Coleman, Charles J. (b. 1841)   conductor, music director
  Collman, Henry D.   musician
  Colson, William Brewster (b. 1846)   piano, organ
  Combs, Gilbert Raynolds (b. 1863 d. 1934)   organ, choir master
  Comstock, Oscar Franklin (b. 1865 d. 1944)   organ, singer
  Cook, May A. (b. 1870)   piano
  Cooke, Clemmie   teacher
  Cooley, Percie A. (b. 1859)   piano, educator
  Corlette, Joseph William (b. 1866)   violin, teacher
  Cowen, Frederic Hymen (b. 1852)   piano, conductor
  Cramer, Theodore (b. 1848)   piano, teacher
  Crauch, Emma (b. 1844)   concert singer
  Crutchfield, Eugene (b. 1862)   organ, physician
  Dausz, Marie (b. 1845)   music educator
  David, Virgil Edwin (b. 1838)   composer, musician
  Davis, David (b. 1855)   singer, conductor
  Detheridge, Isaac (b. 1833)   teacher
  Dodge, Imoge Roselie Zelly Cecile Busk   teacher, singer
  Doty, Alice L. (b. 1862)   organ, piano
  Dugan, J.M. (b. 1851)   writer, musician
  Ecker, August Hermann (b. 1859)   piano, educator
  Ecker, John Emil (b. 1853)   composer, teacher
  Ecker, Theodore (b. 1855)   piano, educator
  Emerson, Irving (b. 1842)   composer, teacher
  Epstein, Herman Isaac (b. 1868 d. 1951)   piano, composer
  Estabrook, George P. (b. 1868)   composer, piano
  Evans, Frederic Shailer (b. 1863)   piano, educator
  Faure, Jeanne (b. 1863)   singer
  Flinn, Francis Mary Hopkins (b. 1834)   organ, teacher
  Flude, William A. (b. 1818)   musician, educator
  Foote, Anna C.   piano, educator
  Fracker, Cora Robins (b. 1849)   guitar, composer
  Frederick, Lily (b. 1867)   teacher
  Freligh, Louis Henry (b. 1838)   piano, composer
  Froelich, H.C. (b. 1857)   violin, teacher
  Gaebler, Sophie Charlotte (b. 1862)   piano, educator
  Gebest, Frank (b. 1864)   piano, organ
  Gerold, Hermann (b. 1837)   singer, piano
  Gilbert, Nathan Strong (b. 1852)   organ, composer
  Giorza, Paolo (b. 1832)   composer, compositore
  Glover, Edwin W. (b. 1862 d. 1918)   piano, church organist
  Goodell, Hattie S. (b. 1862)   piano, music educator
  Graninger, Charles Albert (b. 1861)   piano, conductor
  Grimwood, Emma (b. 1856)   piano, educator
  Grundy, Clara Louise (b. 1868)   organ, piano
  Hahn, Emil (b. 1854 a. 1903)   organ, composer
  Hamer, George Frederick (b. 1862)   organ, piano
  Hammond, Ben Tabor (b. 1846)   singer, actor
  Hanchett, Henry Granger (b. 1853 d. 1918)   Homeopathic physician, church organist
  Hanchett, M.W.   inventor of the Sostenuto or Tone-Sustaining Pedal
  Hannum, Lewis (d. 1884)   violin maker
  Harkins, Thomas E. (b. 1837)   manager, singer
  Harris, J. Floyd (b. 1866)   piano, teacher
  Hartmann, Herman (b. 1859)   violin, teacher
  Havens, Charles Arthur (b. 1842)   composer, organ
  Haveskerke, Andrew (b. 1854)   bandmaster, composer
  Haywood, Alfred Joseph (b. 1860)   piano, organ
  Hennig, Rudolph (b. 1850 d. 1904)   cello, principal
  Henninges, Dora (b. 1860)   mezzo-soprano
  Henninges, Reinhold E. (b. 1836 d. 1913)   composer, conductor
  Henninges, William (b. 1866)   teacher, piano
  Hersey, Lynn E. (b. 1863)   violin, teacher
  Hetlich, Elizabeth (a. 1888)   singer, teacher
  Hoffman, Richard (b. 1831 d. 1909 a. 1847)   piano, composer
  Hoffmann, August William (b. 1866)   piano, teacher
  Hoffmann, Philip (b. 1822)   piano, music educator
  Howard, Frank (b. 1823)   organ, composer
  Hull, Julia C. (b. 1840)   singer, teacher
  Hunt, G.W. (b. 1854 d. 1940)   organ, piano
  Jervis, Perlee Voorhees (b. 1858)   piano, writer
  Johnson, Gustavus (b. 1856 d. 1932)   piano, teacher
  Junker, August (a. 1891)   comic, violin
  Kaiser, Mark (b. 1855)   violin, teacher
  Kennett, William Warren (b. 1863)   piano, organ
  Kinsey, J.F. (b. 1852)   editor, composer
  Klinck, Mel (b. 1866)   cornet, bandmaster
  Knight, Howard W. (b. 1858)   piano, educator
  Konrad, William (b. 1869)   violin, composer
  Krebs, Theodore Luther (b. 1860 d. 1930)   piano, composer
  Kreyer, Frederick (b. 1854)   piano, composer
  Kroeger, Ernest Richard (b. 1862 d. 1934)   piano, organ
  Kronberg, S. (b. 1856)   singer, educator
  Kunkel, Charles (b. 1840 d. 1923)   piano, publisher
  Kurtz, Blanche (b. 1864)   teacher
  Kurtz, Joseph H. (b. 1852)   singer, educator
  Lachmund, Ernest (b. 1865)   cello, musician
  Lapetina, F.M. (b. 1858)   violin, composer
  Lauza, Francesco (a. 1854)   singer, teacher
  Lavalley, J.J. (b. 1850)   player, piano tuner
  Layton, R. Cates (b. 1852)   teacher
  Leavitt, Amy (b. 1858)   singer, teacher
  Leonard, Hattie J. (b. 1858)   piano, educator
  Leonhard, Hugo (d. 1879 a. 1856)   piano
  Levy, Jules (b. 1838 d. 1903)   cornet, bandmaster
  Lewis, Allie May (b. 1859 d. 1930)   piano, organ
  Logan, Virginia Knight (b. 1850 d. 1940)   writer, composer
  Ludden, William (b. 1823 d. 1912)   teacher, singer
  Lutkin, Peter Christian (b. 1858 d. 1931)   music educator, organ
  Macdonald, William (b. 1864)   teacher
  Magrath, George (b. 1857 d. 1938)   Klavier, piano
  Malmqvist, Emil (b. 1857)   piano, organ
  Manchester, Arthur Livingston (b. 1862 d. 1946)   conductor, organ
  Marstelles, G. Herman (b. 1865)   violin
  Marston, George W. (b. 1840 d. 1901)   organ, composer
  Martin, Carl E. (b. 1847)   singer, trombone
  Martin, S. Wesley (b. 1839)   teacher, composer
  Mathias, Louis (b. 1826)   teacher, violin maker
  Mattioli, Lino (b. 1853)   teacher of singing, cello
  Maxoon, Frederick (b. 1862)   church organist, educator
  May, William August (b. 1850)   composer, musician
  McDowell, B.M. (b. 1845 d. 1914)   organ, piano teacher
  Medorn, Wilhelm H.O. (b. 1833)   organ, piano
  Merriam, F.W. (b. 1843)   piano, educator
  Mettke, Hans (b. 1856)   writer, composer
  Miller, Hettie L. (b. 1865)   piano, educator
  Mischka, Joseph (b. 1846)   organ, conductor
  Mohr, Hermann (b. 1830 d. 1896)   music director, composer
  Moore, Edwin (b. 1837)   composer
  Moore, John Weeks (b. 1807 d. 1889)   lexicographer, editor
  Morse, Frank Eugene (b. 1865)   music educator, compiler
  Mundy, Fannie Colvin   musician, educator
  Murch, Hammond (b. 1863)   musician, educator
  Myer, Edmund John (b. 1846 d. 1934)   teacher of singing, singer
  Nelson, Clara Tourjee (b. 1863)   singer, soprano
  Nembach, Andrew (b. 1839 d. 1902)   organ, piano
  Norcross, Webster (b. 1855)   singer
  Oboyski, Florian (b. 1840)   piano, conductor
  Ogden, William Augustine (b. 1841 d. 1897)   composer
  Oldham, Herbert (b. 1853)   piano, organ
  Olin, Nora Loraine (b. 1859)   teacher of singing, organ
  Ourus, L.S. (b. 1856)   teacher
  Packard, Adelaide Luella   musician, educator
  Page, Isaac Thomas (b. 1843)   conductor, composer
  Page, Nathaniel Clifford (b. 1866 d. 1956)   composer
  Paltenghi, P. Edward (b. 1868)   piano, teacher
  Parker, George Albert (b. 1856)   piano, organ
  Perkins, Edwin Hazen (b. 1840)   teacher, composer
  Perkins, Julius Edson (b. 1845 d. 1875)   bass, singer
  Perkins, Orson (b. 1802 d. 1882)   singer, conductor
  Perkins, William Oscar (b. 1831 d. 1902)   composer, musician
  Peters, B.F. (b. 1843)   conductor, musician
  Pfefferkorn, Otto (b. 1863)   organ, piano
  Pierce, Edwin Hall (b. 1868)   organ, composer
  Platt, Charles E. (a. 1888)   organ, teacher
  Plowe, Eugene H. (b. 1851)   piano, teacher
  Pratt, Waldo Selden (b. 1857 d. 1939)   scholar, educator
  Quimby, Helen Sherwood (b. 1870)   violin, piano
  Rankin, Frank L. (b. 1863)   piano, organ
  Reinbeck, E. (b. 1863)   piano
  Reinbeck, E. (b. 1850)   teacher
  Reussenzehn, William (b. 1858)   violin, piano
  Ring, Emil (b. 1863)   oboe, piano
  Roach, J. Henry (b. 1868)   singer, educator
  Roberts, J. Henry (b. 1856)   piano, educator
  Rogers, James Hotchkiss (b. 1857 d. 1940)   composer, organ
  Rosenfeld, Maurice Bernard (b. 1867 d. 1939)   piano, critic
  Rosewald, J.H. (b. 1872 a. 1881)   violin, composer
  Rowley, Caroline D. (b. 1860)   piano, organ
  Ruggles, Joseph Westley (b. 1837)   piano, teacher
  Rupp, Bernhard H. (b. 1847)   piano, organ
  Russell, Louis Arthur (b. 1854 d. 1925)   organ, teacher
  Ryder, George Horatio (b. 1839 d. 1922)   organ builder
  Salt, Enoch J. (b. 1857)   organ, composer
  Salter, Mary Elizabeth (b. 1856 d. 1938)   soprano, composer
  Salter, Sumner (b. 1856 d. 1944)   composer, organ
  Sawyer, Frederick A. (b. 1838)   piano, teacher
  Sawyer, Willard S. (b. 1860)   piano, violin
  Schehlmann, Louis (b. 1854 d. 1903)   conductor, composer
  Schmidt, Clifford Alfred (b. 1862)   teacher, violin
  Schneider, Catherine   piano, educator
  Schonert, Edwin M. (b. ERR4> a. 1885)   piano, conductor
  Schubert, Christian John (b. 1870)   piano maker, educator
  Segfried   singer
  Seifert, M.J. (b. 1866)   zither, player
  Shelley, Harry Rowe (b. 1858 d. 1947)   organ, composer
  Sherwood, M.A. (b. 1830)   organ, teacher
  Skelton, Nellie Bangs (b. 1859)   piano, composer
  Skinner, Oliver R. (b. 1864)   piano, educator
  Smith, Anita L. (b. 1866)   piano, educator
  Smith, Lelia I.   teacher of voice culture
  Smith, Samuel Francis (b. 1808 d. 1895)   hymnologist
  Sower, Sarah C.   piano, organ
  Spencer, Allen Hervey (d. 1950)   piano, educator
  Spengler, Abraham (b. 1847)   piano, organ
  Staats, Henry T. (b. 1863)   piano, composer
  Stanley, Albert Agustus (b. 1851 d. 1932)   organ, teacher
  Stayner, Cornelia T. (b. 1858)   piano, educator
  Steiger, Emil (b. 1860)   piano, conductor
  Steinbrecher, Frederic W. (b. 1822 d. 1894)   piano, composer
  Sterling, Winthrop Smith (b. 1859 d. 1943)   organ, composer
  Stocker, Stella (b. 1858 d. 1925)   teacher of singing, lecturer
  Straub, Andrew Marcus (b. 1855)   piano, violin
  Straub, S.W.   teacher
  Strong, Nellie C. (a. 1881)   piano, educator
  Sufton, E.M. (b. 1859)   piano, educator
  Sullivan, T.J. (b. 1846)   singer, teacher
  Sutro, Florence Edith (b. 1865 d. 1906)   piano, songwriter
  Swan, Allen W. (b. 1852)   organ, piano
  Tam, Alice Miller (b. 1847)   writer, educator
  Taylor, Virgil Corydon (b. 1817 d. 1891)   organ, composer
  Tetedoux, Clement (b. 1827 a. 1874)   producer, conductor
  Thomas, Clara E. (b. 1862)   mezzo-soprano, piano
  Thomas, John Rogers (b. 1830 d. 1896 a. 1849)   baritone, composer
  Torrens, Lemuel Allen   choir conductor, teacher of singing
  Tracy, Jas M. (b. 1863)   teacher, concert player
  Tremain, Anna (b. 1857)   piano, educator
  Trenkle, Joseph (d. 1878)   piano
  Tretbar, Charles F. (b. 1832 d. 1909 a. 1864)   piano maker
  Tretbar, Helen (a. 19th century )   composer
  Tupper, Thos   writer, piano
  Van Ness, Regina B. (b. 1858)   soprano
  Vermilye, Josephine E. Ware (b. 1862)   piano, educator
  Vining, Helen Sherwood (b. 1855)   writer, musician
  Von der Heide, John Frederic (b. 1857)   composer, teacher
  Waldner, August (b. 1826)   violin, director of Beethoven Conservatory of Musi
  Warren, Henry C. (b. 1855 d. 1934)   piano, organ
  Webem, Adam (b. 1854)   conductor, manager
  Weber, John C. (b. 1855 d. 1938)   clarinet, conductor
  Weigand, Louis A. (b. 1856)   violin, teacher
  Werthner, Philip (b. 1858 d. 1930)   piano, educator
  Westendorf, Thomas Paine (b. 1848 d. 1923)   composer
  Wilbur, Newell L. (b. 1851)   piano, organ
  Wilkins, Mary R. (b. 1868)   organ
  Williams, Victor (b. 1816 a. 1840)   musician, educator
  Wilson, James H. (b. 1843)   piano, composer
  Wolff, S.A. (b. 1861)   educator, musician
  Wood, Albert Demain (b. 1860)   educator, musician
  Woodhead, Mary Skelton (b. 1867)   singer
  Woolett, Wilfred (b. 1872)   violin, teacher
  Young, Edward M. (b. 1857)   piano, composer
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