Books › Goves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians, 1920 › scan 76
Scan 76
Goves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians, 1920
44 lines. Read by computer on 11 September 2026. Printed page 64. See the scan on archive.org.
1Smith, Ella May, née Dunning (b. Uhrichsville, O., 1860), since about 1880 has been active as teacher, organist and critic, chiefly in Columbus, and prominent in music-club enterprises.
3Smith, Wilson George (b. Elyria, O., 1855), studied at Cincinnati and Berlin, and since 1882 has been a prominent teacher and composer at Cleveland. See art.
5Spalding, Walter Raymond (b. Northampton, Mass., 1865), graduated at Harvard in 1887, in 1887–91 was instructor in languages at St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., from 1891 studied in Paris and Munich, and since 1895 has been in the music-faculty of Harvard University. See art.
7*Spicker, Max (Prussia, 1858–1912, New York), from 1882 conducted the Beethoven Männerchor in New York, from 1888 was head of the Brooklyn Conservatory, and from 1895 taught at the National Conservatory and was reader for the Schirmer firm. See art.
9Stair, Patty (b. Cleveland, 1869), trained in Cleveland, since 1889 has taught in the Cleveland Conservatory, besides able work as organist and composer. See art.
11Stanton, Edmund C., is notable as the effective manager of German opera at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 1885–91, succeeding Leopold Damrosch.
13Sterling, Winthrop Smith (b. Cincinnati, 1859), was educated at Cincinnati, Leipzig and London, began as organist in London, later in Cincinnati, from 1887 taught in the College of Music there, and in 1903 founded the Metropolitan College. See art.
15*Sternberg, Constantin Ivanovitch, Edler von (b. Russia, 1852), an experienced pianist, conductor and composer, from 1880 concertized in America, from 1886 taught in Atlanta, and since 1890 has been head of his own school in Philadelphia. See art.
17Stevenson, Edward Irenæus Prime (b. Madison, N. J., 1868), from 1881 a frequent writer on musical subjects in 'The Independent' and from 1895 also in 'Harper's Weekly.' Among his numerous books on many subjects are Some Men, and Women, and Music, and two musical novels.
19*Stevenson, Frederick (b. England, 1845), for many years singing-teacher in London, in 1883 was organist and conductor at Denver, and since 1894 has been organist, conductor and composer in California. See art.
21*Stewart, Humphrey John (b. England, 1856), from 1886 was organist in San Francisco, in 1901–02 at Boston, from 1903 again at San Francisco, and since 1915 at San Diego. See art.
23Stocker, Stella, née Prince (b. Jacksonville, Ill., 1858), graduated from the University of Michigan in 1880, was trained at Jacksonville and abroad, after teaching in the Middle West, has devoted herself to Indian music, upon which she has lectured widely, and to composition. See art.
25*Stoeving, Carl Heinrich Paul (b. Saxony, 1861), toured in America as concert-violinist in 1884 and 1892, from 1898 was professor at the Guildhall School in London, and since 1914 has taught in New York and New Haven. See art.
27Surette, Thomas Whitney (b. Concord, Mass., 1862), trained in Boston, from 1883 was organist at Concord, in 1893–94 taught at Pottstown, Pa., in 1895–96 was organist in Baltimore, and since 1895 has been lecturer on musical subjects, as well as composer and author. See art.
29*Sutro, Florence Edith, née Clinton [Mrs. Theodore Sutro] (England, 1865–1906, New York), from 1888 known as pianist and song-composer, from 1898 was founder of the National Federation of Musical Clubs. She published Women in Music, 1899.
31*Svečenski, Louis (b. Croatia, 1862), was in 1885–1903 violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in 1885–1917 violist in the Kneisel Quartet, and is now teaching in New York. He has published viola-studies.
33Tapper, Thomas (b. Canton, Mass., 1864), after study at home and abroad, since before 1890 has been a forceful teacher and writer upon music-pedagogy, from 1905 at the Institute of Musical Art in New York. See art. His wife, *Bertha Tapper, née Feiring (Norway, 1859–1915, New York), studied at Leipzig and Vienna, came to America in 1881, from 1889 was piano-teacher at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and from 1905 at the Institute of Musical Art in New York. She published piano-pieces and songs and edited many of Grieg's piano-works.
35Thunder, Henry Gordon (b. Philadelphia, 1865), trained in Philadelphia, since 1881 has been a prominent organist there, also since 1897 conductor of the Choral Society and in 1897–1900 of his own Symphony Orchestra. He has written several cantatas, a mass, and is at work upon an opera.
37Thurber, Jeannette, née Meyer, wife of a prominent New York merchant, in 1885 founded the National Conservatory there, which has had a notable history under eminent directors. In 1885 she was also the promoter of the American Opera Company.
39*Tirindelli, Pier Adolfo (b. Italy, 1858), since about 1885 has been violin-teacher at the Cincinnati Conservatory and for thirty years conductor of the Conservatory Orchestra. He has written a violin-concerto and other violin-works, the operas 'Athénaïde' and 'Blanc et Noir,' cantatas, etc.
41*Tonning, Gerard (b. Norway, 1860), from 1887 was conductor at Duluth, Minn., and since 1905 has lived at Seattle as composer. He has written the opera 'Leif Erikson' (1910), two operettas and a musical pantomime, a piano-trio, chamber-music, piano-pieces and songs.
43Truette, Everett Ellsworth (b. Rockland, Mass., 1861), graduated from Boston Uni-
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.