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Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1920
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1Chicago Opera Company. In 1905 she married A. N. Stevens of Bloomington. See art.
3Samaroff, Olga, née Hickenlooper (b. San Antonio, Tex., 1882), studied at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Paris and Berlin, from 1905 began to tour the United States as concert-pianist, appearing also in Europe in 1908–09, in 1912–14 was interrupted by ill-health, but then resumed activity. In 1911 she married the conductor Stokowski (see below). See art.
5*Sampaix, Léon (b. Belgium, 1878), from 1900 was piano-teacher at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, from 1904 at the Liège Conservatory, from 1910 in his own school in Indianapolis, then at Ithaca, N. Y., and is now head of the Toledo Conservatory.
7Schelling, Ernest Henry (b. Belvidere, N. J., 1876), studied extensively in Europe, from 1903 appeared as concert-pianist there, in South America and from 1905 in the United States, making his home until 1914 in Switzerland. See art.
9*Schindler, Kurt (b. Prussia, 1882), from 1905 was assistant-conductor at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, and since 1907 has been reader for Schirmer and since 1908 also conductor of the Schola Cantorum (originally the MacDowell Chorus). See art.
11Schnabel-Tollefsen, Augusta (b. Boisé, Ida., 1885), studied in Europe, where she was known as a child-prodigy, toured in the United States in 1900–01, studied further in New York, and since 1906 has been prominent as pianist, especially in the Tollefsen Trio, led by her husband, Carl Tollefsen (see below).
13Schneider, Edward Faber (b. Omaha, Neb., 1872), studied at San José, San Francisco, New York and Berlin, and since about 1900 has been teacher and composer in San Francisco and dean of music at Mills College. He has written for the Bohemian Club the dramas 'The Triumph of Bohemia' (1907) and 'Apollo' (1915), the symphony 'In Autumn Time' (1913), and effective shorter works.
15*Schuëcker, Joseph E. (b. Saxony, 1886), son of Edmund Schuëcker (see sec. 8), in 1904–05 and 1908–09 harpist in the Pittsburgh Orchestra, from 1909 was in the Philadelphia Orchestra, from 1911 with the Savage Opera Company, and since 1914 has taught at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh.
17Schwab, Charles M. (b. Williamsburg, Pa., 1862), the head of the Bethlehem (Pa.) Steel Works, in 1905 became guarantor of the Lehigh Valley Symphony Orchestra, and since 1911 has been the munificent supporter of the Bethlehem Bach Choir.
19Scott, Henri Guest (b. Coatesville, Pa., 1876), trained in Philadelphia and New York, from about 1900 appeared as concert-bass, in 1909–10 sang at the Manhattan Opera House, in 1910–11 in Rome, from 1911 with the Chicago Opera Company, and since 1915 at the Metropolitan again. See art.
21Shattuck, Arthur (b. Neenah, Wis., 1881), studied at Vienna, from 1902 became known as a striking pianist, making extended tours from Paris as center and visited the United States in 1911–12 and since 1915. See art.
23Silber, Sidney (b. Waupun, Wis., 1881), trained in Berlin and Vienna, since 1905 has been concert-pianist both in Europe and America, and latterly has taught in the University School of Music, Lincoln, Neb. He has lectured and written many articles on musical subjects.
25Simpson, George Elliott (b. Orange, N. J., 1876), studied in New York, Kansas City and Leipzig, from 1903 taught in Kansas City, from 1907 at Baylor Female College, Belton, Tex., from 1912 at the Polytechnic College in Fort Worth and later in the Texas Christian University there. He has written two symphonies, four overtures, three suites, etc.
27*Skovgaard, Axel (b. Denmark, 1875), after tours in Scandinavian countries, since 1903 has been an industrious concert-violinist in the United States and Canada.
29Smith, David Stanley (b. Toledo, O., 1877), graduated from Yale in 1900, studied music there and in Munich and Paris, since 1903 has been at the Yale School of Music, and from 1920 its dean, with work also as organist, conductor and lecturer elsewhere. See art.
31Smith, Thomas Max (b. New York, 1874), graduated from Yale in 1898 and from Columbia Law School in 1901, studied in New York, New Haven and Dresden, from 1903 was music-critic of the New York 'Press,' and since 1916 of the 'American.' He was on the advisory board of The Art of Music, 1914–17.
33Spalding, Albert (b. Chicago, 1888), trained as violinist in Florence and Paris, from 1905 was eminent as soloist in Europe and since 1908 has been equally so in America. See art.
35*Spencer, Vernon (b. England, 1875), from 1903 taught piano at the Nebraska Wesleyan University, from 1908 in Berlin, and since 1911 has been teacher, concert-pianist and lecturer in Los Angeles. Besides other literary work, he edits 'The Music-Student.'
37Stockhoff, Walter William (b. St. Louis, 1887), self-taught, has been teacher and composer in St. Louis since 1904. See art.
39*Stojowski, Sigismund Denis Antoine (b. Poland, 1870), well known in Paris as pianist and composer since about 1890, from 1905 taught at the Institute of Musical Art in New York, with concert-work elsewhere and some trips to Europe, from 1911 at the Von Ende School, and since 1917 privately. See art.
41*Stokowski, Leopold Anton Stanislaw (b. England, 1882, of Polish parents), from 1905 was organist in New York, in 1908 conducted orchestral concerts in London, from 1909 was conductor of the Cincinnati Orchestra, and since 1912 of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1911 he married the pianist Olga Samaroff (see above). See art.
43Strickland, Lily Teresa (b. Anderson, S. C., 1887), studied at Converse College in South
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