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11869–76. In 1878–91 he was solo violinist in the New York Philharmonic Club. In 1877 he entered the New York Philharmonic Society, and in 1880–1909 was its concert-master, playing under a long list of celebrated conductors. In 1897 he organized the Richard Arnold String Sextet. The last years of his life were spent in New York as teacher and player. [ R.5 ]
2ARONSON, RUDOLPH (1856–1919). See Register, 6.
3ARQUIER, JOSEPH (1763–1816). See Register, 3.
4ARTHUR, ALFRED (Oct. 8, 1844, Pittsburgh : Nov. 20, 1918, Lakewood, O.), had his early schooling in Ashland, O., then studied in Boston with Baker, Howard and Arbuckle, and graduated at the Boston Music School in 1869. He also studied harmony and composition with Eichberg at the New England Conservatory. In 1869–71 he was tenor at the Church of the Advent in Boston, and then moved to Cleveland, where he remained until his death. In 1871–78 he was tenor-soloist at the Second Baptist Church, in 1878–90 conductor of the Sacred Music Society of the Pilgrim Church, in 1878–90 conductor of the Bach Society of the Woodland Avenue Church, in 1873–1902 conductor of the Cleveland Vocal Society. From 1885 he was founder and director of the Cleveland School of Music, and his last years were given entirely to it. He composed three operas (ms.), 'The Water-Carrier' (1875), 'The Roundheads and Cavaliers' (1878) and 'Adaline' (1879); songs and church-music. He published Progressive Vocal Studies, 1887, Album of Vocal Studies, 1888, Technical Exercises for Soprano or Tenor (Schmidt), 74 Lessons in Voice-Training (Presser), 40 Vocal Art-Studies for Soprano and Elementary Theory of Music (not yet out). [ R.5 ]
5ASHMALL, WILLIAM E. (b. 1860). See Register, 7.
6ASHTON, JOSEPH NICKERSON (Sept. 7, 1868, Salem, Mass.), secured his A.B. from Brown University in 1891 and his A.M. from Harvard in 1893. He began to teach in Boston in 1895 and the same year became instructor in musical theory and history at Brown University and in 1898–1904 was associate-professor there. In 1907–08 he was acting-professor of music at Wellesley College. Since 1907 he has been music-director at Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., and in 1908–12 was also director and organist at Phillips Academy there. In 1905 he succeeded Goetschius as organist of the First Parish Church in Brookline, Mass. He has devoted much time and attention to music as a college-study and to church-music. He edited a Hymn Book for Schools and Colleges, 1913, and has published The History of the Salem Athenaeum, Salem, Mass., 1810–1910. He is a trustee of this latter institution. [ R.8 ]
7ASPLUND, JOHN (d. 1807). See Tune-Books, 1793.
8ASSOCIATION OF PRESIDENTS AND PAST PRESIDENTS OF STATE AND NATIONAL MUSIC TEACHERS' ASSOCIATIONS, THE, was organized in 1916 under the lead of Liborius Semmann of Milwaukee. Its object is to promote united action to standardize instruction, to publish a joint periodical for the several associations, to advocate music as a major subject in public schools, with credit for outside work in praxis, to work for a National School of Music, etc. It has published five annual reports, in the third of which are requirements for certificates as 'licentiate,' 'associate' and 'fellow.' The president for 1919–20 is David A. Clippinger of Chicago, and the secretary Arthur L. Manchester of Mexico, Mo.
9ASTOR PLACE OPERA HOUSE, THE, erected in 1847, was the first suitable opera-house in New York. In 1847–48 it was managed by Sanquirico and Salvatore Patti (father of the singer), in 1848–49 by Edward R. Fry (brother of W. H. Fry, the composer), and after 1848 by Maretzek. It was supported by a subscription for five years, but competition was so strong that in 1852 it was given up. The building became the Mercantile Library. See Krehbiel, Chapters of Opera, pp. 14–5, 45ff., and article by Saerchinger in 'The Musical Quarterly,' January, 1920, pp. 88–9.
10ATHERTON, PERCY LEE (Sept. 25, 1871, Boston), was graduated from Harvard in 1893 with honors in music, and then proceeded to the Munich Conservatory, where he spent two years under Rheinberger and Thuille. In 1896 he studied with Boise in Berlin, in 1900 with Sgambati in Rome and later with Widor in Paris. He has composed the comic opera 'The Heir Apparent,' text by Alfred Raymond (1888–90); 'The Maharaja,' an Oriental opéra comique, text by Raymond (1897–1900); a comic opera as yet unrrmed (1918–19); the symphonic poem 'Noon in the Forest' and several orchestral sketches; two sonatas, a suite, and smaller pieces for violin and piano; a suite for flute and piano; many piano-pieces; choruses, part-songs, song-cycles and about 100 solo songs. [ R.8 ]
11'ATONEMENT OF PAN, THE.' No. 10 of [the 'Grove-Plays' of the San Francisco Bohemian Club, produced in 1912. The text is by Joseph D. Redding and the music by Henry K. Hadley. The title-rôle was taken by Bispham.
12ATWELL, THOMAS H. See Tune-Books, 1794.
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