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1*Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, née Rössler (b. Bohemia, 1861), the famous operatic soprano, since 1898 has been almost continuously active on the stage and in concert in America. See Vol. iv. 383–4, and art.
3Schwartz, George Foss (b. Cincinnati, 1872), graduated from Wooster University in 1895, studied at Cincinnati, Boston and Leipzig, from 1895 taught in New York, California and Ohio, and since 1902 has been at the University of Illinois. He has written church-music and instruction-books in harmony.
5*Scotti, Antonio (b. Italy, 1866), the eminent opera-baritone, since 1899 has sung regularly at the Metropolitan Opera House. From 1890 he had previously been heard in South America. See Vol. v. 666, and art.
7*Seashore, Carl Emil (b. Sweden, 1866), graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1891, took graduate study at Yale University (from 1895 assistant in the psychological laboratory), and since 1897 has been at the State University of Iowa, becoming dean of the Graduate College in 1908. See art.
9Semmann, Liborius (b. Grafton, Wis., 1873), studied in Milwaukee, and since 1896 has taught there, from 1899 in the Wisconsin Conservatory and since 1911 in Marquette University, where he is dean of music. He has been active in music-teachers' associations and in 1915 founded an association of presidents of such bodies.
11*Severn, Edmund (b. England, 1862), brought to America as a child, trained in Boston and Berlin, from 1890 was violinist in Hartford, Conn., and Springfield, Mass., also conductor of choral societies in Westfield and Warren, Mass., and since 1897 has been teacher and composer in New York. See art.
13Sewall, Maud Gilchrist (b. Urbana, O., 1872), trained as violinist abroad, self-taught in organ and theory, since 1896 has been organist in Washington, giving many lecture-recitals.
15Shapleigh, Bertram (b. Boston, 1871), studied in Boston, not confining himself to music, in 1898–1915 lived in England, engaged in composition and critical work, and now lives in New York. See art.
17Shepherd, Arthur (b. Paris, Ida., 1880), studied in Boston, from 1897 was teacher and conductor in Salt Lake City, and since 1908 has been in the faculty of the New England Conservatory in Boston. See art.
19Singleton, Esther (b. Baltimore, ? ), has published a variety of popular handbooks in many fields, including A Guide to the Opera, 1899, 1909, The Orchestra and its Instruments, 1917, translations from Lavignac under the titles The Music-Dramas of Richard Wagner, 1898, and Musical Education, 1903, and wrote on American music for Lavignac's Encyclopédie de la Musique, 1915.
21Skilton, Charles Sanford (b. Northampton, Mass., 1868), graduated from Yale in 1889, studied in New York and Berlin, from 1893 was teacher and conductor at Salem, N. C., from 1897 at the State Normal School, Trenton, N. J., and since 1903 has been professor at the University of Kansas, until 1915 being dean of the School of Fine Arts. See art.
23Sleeper, Henry Dike (b. Patten, Me., 1865), studied mainly in Boston, from 1891 taught at Beloit College, in 1894–95 at Georgetown, Ky., from 1895 at the University of Wisconsin, and since 1898 has been professor at Smith College (director from 1904). See art.
25Sohn, Joseph (b. New York, 1867), graduated from the College of the City of New York, studied at Berlin, has been long a writer on musical subjects in New York and piano-teacher at the Metropolitan College of Music. He has published Robert Schumann, 1896, Lessons of the Opera, 1903, Music in America and Abroad, 1904, Joseph Joachim, 1904, Opera in New York, 1907, The Mission of Richard Wagner, 1910, besides many articles.
27Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore (b. Jersey City, 1873), received his whole education in Germany, studying music at Munich and Frankfort, began research-work in Germany and Italy, from 1902 was head of the Music Division of the Library of Congress, becoming famous as a musicologist, and since 1917 has been with the Schirmer publishing-house in New York, editing 'The Musical Quarterly' from 1915. See art.
29Spargur, John Mitchell (b. Cincinnati, 1879), a violinist from boyhood, from 1894 was conductor for the Ben Greet Players, from 1901 played in the New York Philharmonic and Russian Orchestras, and in 1911 founded the Philharmonic Orchestra at Seattle.
31Speaks, Oley (b. Canal Winchester, O., 1876), trained in New York, since 1898 has been known there as a church- and concert-baritone and composer of effective songs.
33Spencer, Allen Hervey (b. Fairhaven, Vt., 1870), studied in Rochester and Chicago and since 1892 has taught at the American Conservatory in Chicago, appearing extensively as concert-pianist. See art.
35*Spielter, Hermann (b. Bremen, 1860) from 1894 was conductor of the Beethoven Männerchor in New York, in 1897–1911 theory-teacher at the College of Music, and since 1915 at the Von Ende School. He has written the operetta Die Rajahsbraut (1910), many cantatas and choruses, instrumental works, etc. For list, see Baker, Dict. of Musicians, p. 894.
37Spiering, Theodore (b. St. Louis, 1871), trained as violinist in St. Louis, Cincinnati and Berlin, in 1892–96 played in the Thomas Orchestra in Chicago, in 1893–1905 toured with his own Quartet, in 1898–1905 taught at the Chicago Conservatory, his own school and the Chicago Musical College, in 1906–09 and 1911–14 was teaching and touring in Europe, in 1909–11 was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Society and its conductor in 1911 (taking Mahler's place), and since 1914 has taught in New York. See art.
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