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1Russell, Ella [Countess di Rhigini] (b. Cleveland, 1864), studied at Paris and Milan, and since 1882 has been a celebrated operatic soprano on the Continent and especially in England. See art.
3Russell, Lillian [Helen Louise Leonard, now Mrs. Alexander P. Moore] (b. Clinton, Ia., 1861), educated in Chicago, from about 1880 was long a favorite stage-soprano in light opera and vaudeville.
5Saenger, Gustav (b. New York, 1865), from about 1885 violinist and theater-conductor, has since 1897 been editor for Carl Fischer. See art.
7Saenger, Oscar (b. Brooklyn, 1868) trained in New York, has taught singing there since 1889, and was for a time also an effective stage-baritone. See art.
9Sanderson, Sibyl (Sacramento, Cal., 1865–1903, France), trained as an operatic soprano at San Francisco and Paris, was from 1888 noted at Paris, chiefly in connection with Massenet’s works, appearing in America in 1895 and ’98. See art.
11*Santelmann, William Henry (b. Hanover, 1863), trained at Leipzig, from 1887 played in the U. S. Marine Band, from 1895 conducted a theater-orchestra, and since 1898 has led the Marine Band. See art.
13*Sapio, Romualdo (b. Sicily, 1858), from before 1890 was concert-conductor for Patti, Albani and Nordica, from 1892 taught singing at the National Conservatory, New York, and has been otherwise active.
15*Scheve, Edward Benjamin (b. Westphalia, 1865), from 1888 organist and teacher at Rochester, from 1892 was concert-organist and head of his own school at Chicago, and since 1906 professor at Grinnell College in Iowa. See art.
17*Schiller, Madeline [Mrs. Marcus E. Bennett] (England, 1850?–1911, New York), after success as concert-pianist in England and Australia, lived for some years in Boston, then toured abroad, and after 1895 was a prominent teacher in New York.
19Schirmer, Gustave (New York, 1864–1907, Boston), and Schirmer, Rudolph Ernest (New York, 1859–1919, Santa Barbara, Cal.), sons of Gustav Schirmer (see sec. 4), became partners in their father’s publishing-business in New York in 1885, making it one of the great music-houses of the world. See art.
21*Schlesinger, Sebastian Benson (Hamburg, 1837–1917, France), studied in Boston, where later for years he was German Consul, and, though assuming to be but an amateur, composed many graceful songs and piano-pieces.
23*Schneider, Hans (b. Posen, 1863), came to Providence in 1887 as choral and orchestral conductor, establishing a piano-school in 1904, which he still conducts. He has specialized in the psychology of piano-playing, writing many articles for periodicals.
25Schoen, Isaac Leopold (b. St. Louis, 1858), trained at St. Louis, New York and Berlin, since 1887 has been prominent as violinist at St. Louis, in orchestral and chamber-organizations, and now teaches in the Kroeger School of Music.
27*Schradeck, Henry (Hamburg, 1846–1918, New York), in 1883–89 was violin-teacher at the Cincinnati College of Music, from 1898 taught in Philadelphia at the Broad Street Conservatory, and from 1912 was at the Institute of Applied Music in New York. See Vol. iv. 274, and art.
29*Schuëcker, Heinrich (Austria, 1867–1913, Boston), in 1885 came as harpist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra and teacher at the New England Conservatory. In 1893 he formed a Trio (violin, ’cello and harp) with Jacques Hoffmann and Karl Barth.
31*Schulz, Leo (b. Posen, 1865), a superior ’cellist, from 1889 in the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New England Conservatory, since 1890 has been in the New York Philharmonic Society, and in 1904–15 in the Margulies Trio. See art.
33Sealy, Frank Linwood (b. Madison, N. J., 1858), organist and conductor for many years at Newark, N. J., has also been efficient as organist for the New York Oratorio Society.
35*Seeboeck, William Charles Ernest (Austria, 1859–1907, Chicago), trained as pianist at Vienna and Petrograd, from 1881 was player, teacher and composer in Chicago. See art.
37*Seidl, Anton (Hungary, 1850–1898, New York), the eminent Wagner interpreter, in 1885–91 and from 1895 was conductor at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, from 1891 also conductor of the Philharmonic Society. See Vol. iv. 408, and art.
39*Sembrich, Marcella [Praxede Marcelline Kochanska] (b. Galicia, 1858), an operatic and concert-singer of the first rank, appeared in New York in 1883–84, and in 1898–1909 sang at the Metropolitan Opera House. See Vol. iv. 409–10, and art.
41Senkrah [Arma Leoretta Hoffmann, née Harkness] (New York, 1864–1900, Saxony), educated at Leipzig, Brussels and Paris, from 1882 became celebrated as a violinist on the Continent.
43Shackley, Frederick Newell (b. Laconia, N. H., 1868), trained in Boston, from 1885 was organist at Lewiston, Me., and since 1892 in Boston. He has written valuable church-music and organ-pieces and transcriptions.
45Shepard, Frank Hartson (Bethel, Conn., 1863–1913, Orange, N. J.), trained in Boston, from 1881 was organist at various places, in 1886–90 was in Leipzig studying, and from 1888 organist at the English Chapel, and in 1891, with his wife Annie Agnes Shepard, née Boll (b. New York, 1859), established a piano-school at Orange, N. J., which she continues. They have published several instruction-books, of which the most noted is Harmony Simplified (many editions).
47Sinsheimer, Bernard (b. New York, 1870), trained as violinist at Paris and Berlin, from 1886 appeared as soloist in New York, and since 1902 has led his own Quartet with notable enterprise.
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