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1trainer. He was captain in the war and died from after-effects of being gassed at Cantigny.
3Jackson, Leonora (b. Boston, 1879), studied in Berlin, appeared as concert-violinist in Germany and other European countries, receiving many distinctions, and from 1900 was for a time active in the United States.
5Jepson, Harry Benjamin (b. New Haven, Conn., 1870), trained at New Haven and Paris, since 1895 has been instructor in the Yale School of Music and university-organist, as well as concert-organist elsewhere. See art.
7*Jonás, Alberto (b. Spain, 1868), from 1894 chief piano-teacher at the University of Michigan, from 1898 was head of a school in Detroit, besides making tours as player, in 1904–14 worked in Berlin, and since 1914 has taught in New York. See art.
9*Jordan, Mary (b. Wales, 1879), early brought to America, studied in Seattle, San Francisco and New York, was a church-singer from about 1892 in Brooklyn and New York and soon in concert as well. In 1911–14 she was contralto in the Boston Opera Company. In 1919 she married C. C. Cresson.
11Kaufmann, Maurice (b. New York, 1876), studied violin in Newark, Frankfort and Brussels, early became a concert-player, was concertmaster in the Russian and Volpe Orchestras in New York, now in the People's Orchestra, and member of various ensemble-groups, including since 1907 his own Quartet.
13Keller, Walter (b. Chicago, 1873), trained in Chicago and Leipzig, from 1899 taught at Northwestern University, from 1906 at the Sherwood School in Chicago, of which he became director in 1911, and in 1903–18 was organist at St. Vincent's. See art.
15*Kinder, Ralph (b. England, 1876), came to America when a boy, studied in Providence and England, from 1898 was organist in Providence, and since 1899 in Philadelphia. He has played extensively elsewhere, conducts three choral societies, directs his own organ-school, and has written many effective organ-pieces, choruses, anthems, songs, etc.
17Kinkeldey, Otto (b. New York, 1878), graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1898, studied there and in Berlin, from 1898 was organist in New York, from 1903 at the American Church in Berlin, in 1909–14 professor at the University of Breslau, and since 1915 head of the music-division in the New York Public Library. See art.
19*Klee, Eugen (b. Bavaria, 1869), in 1894 came to Philadelphia as organist and conductor of the Sängerbund and other German singing-societies, from 1914 was leader of the Brooklyn Arion, and since 1917 of the New York Liederkranz.
21*Klengel, Paul K. (b. Saxony, 1854), conductor and since 1908 professor at Leipzig, in 1898–1902 was leader of the Liederkranz in New York.
23*Koemmenich, Louis (b. Rhine Prov., 1866), came to Brooklyn in 1890 to lead the Sängerbund, and since then has directed important choral societies in New York and Philadelphia. See art.
25Kohler, Franz (Clinton, Ia., 1877–1918, Erie, Pa.), trained as violinist at Weimar and Berlin, from 1898 was in the Pittsburgh Orchestra and the Mendelssohn Trio, from 1911 taught at Oberlin Conservatory, and since 1913 has been conductor of the Symphony Orchestra at Erie, Pa.
27*Korn, Clara Anna, née Gerlach (b. Prussia, 1866), brought to America as a child, studied in New York, in 1893–98 taught in the National Conservatory there, and since then in other schools and privately. See art.
29Kraft, Edwin Arthur (b. New Haven, Conn., 1883), trained at New Haven and Paris, from 1898 was organist in New Haven, in 1901–03 in Brooklyn, from 1905 at Wheeling, W. Va., from 1907 at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, from 1914 city-organist at Atlanta, and since 1916 again at Cleveland. See art.
31Kraft, William Jacob (b. New Haven, Conn., 1872), brother of the above, studied at New Haven, where from 1891 he was organist, from 1909 was in public-school work in New York, and since 1912 has been associate professor at Teachers College there. See art.
33*Krauss, Arnold (b. Rumania, 1866), concert-violinist, since 1897 has lived in Los Angeles as player and teacher, lately being concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra.
35*Kunits, Luigi von (b. Austria, 1870), from 1893 taught in Chicago, from 1896 was concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Orchestra, in 1910–12 taught in Vienna, and since 1912 has been on the staff of the Canadian Academy of Music in Toronto. See art.
37Kürsteiner, Jean Paul (b. Catskill, N. Y., 1864), since 1893 has been instructor at the Ogontz School in Philadelphia and in 1896–1906 also at the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr. Since 1906 he has also taught in New York, publishing Essays on Expert Aid to Artistic Piano-Playing.
39La Flesche, Francis (b. Omaha Reservation, Neb., 1860?), while employed in the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, collaborated with Alice C. Fletcher (see above) in A Study of Omaha Music, 1893, besides writing often for scientific journals.
41Lang, Henry Albert (b. New Orleans, 1854), after study at Stuttgart and Karlsruhe and much experience as pianist, returned to America in 1890, and since 1891 has been a noted teacher and composer in Philadelphia. See art.
43Lang, Margaret Ruthven (b. Boston, 1867), daughter of B. J. Lang (see sec. 4), was trained in Boston and Munich, and since about 1890 has been mainly occupied with composition in Boston. See Vol. ii. 632, and art.
45Lehmann, Friedrich J. (b. Cleveland, 1866), studied at Oberlin and Leipzig, since 1902 has been professor of theory in the Oberlin Conservatory. He has published handbooks on harmony and counterpoint.
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