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Pratt (ed.), Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: American Supplement (1920) — the Squier, Juhan, Gemünder and Elias Howe entries, 1920
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1active in it as accompanist, organist, associate-conductor and on the directorate. In 1871-76 he also taught at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and gave some lectures at Boston University. After 1876 he often lectured elsewhere. From 1894 he was head of the music-department of Beloit College in Wisconsin, and in 1902-05 was organist in New York both at the Manhattan Congregational Church and at Teachers College, retiring in 1905 to Wellesley, Mass., to busy himself with composition. About a score of his songs and anthems have been published, but many others remain in manuscript. He was a thorough and scrupulous teacher, and counted among his pupils the heads of music-departments in at least six colleges. He was a member of the Harvard Musical Association and a founder of the A. G. O. [R.4]
3ALLEN, CHARLES N. (1837, York, England : Apr. 7, 1903, Boston), gained his mastery of the violin under Saenger at Paris, and for some years was in the orchestra at the Opéra. In 1871 he came to Boston, where for thirty years he was a foremost player and teacher. In 1873 he organized the Beethoven Quintette Club, in 1877 joined the Mendelssohn Quintette Club, and later was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Among his pupils was Henry K. Hadley. Besides being a superior musician, he was a man of great culture and charm. [R.6]
5ALLEN, EDWIN L. See Colleges, 3 (Mt. Union C., Ohio).
7ALLEN, FRANCIS D. See TUNE-BOOKS, 1818.
9ALLEN, GEORGE N. (1812-1877). See Register, 4.
11ALLEN, HEMAN (1836-?). See Register, 5.
13ALLEN, NATHAN HALE (Apr. 14, 1848, Marion, Mass.), after schooling in Providence and at Phillips (Andover) Academy, in 1868 went to Germany. In Berlin he was a pupil of Grell in singing and of Haupt in organ-playing, and later studied instrumentation with Van der Stucken in New York. From about 1870 he was organist in Hartford, Conn., in 1883-1906 at the Center Congregational Church. Five years were then spent at Piedmont Church in Worcester, and in 1915 he returned to Hartford. He has taught many prominent organists and has been active as concert-organist and chorus-conductor. He has composed many songs, part-songs, organ- and piano-pieces, a collection of 40 liturgical responses and two sacred cantatas. Many of his fifty published anthems have been widely used. Among the compositions as yet unpublished are a number of organ-pieces, including a 'Pièce Symphonique' and a 'Symphonic Fantasia'; a 'Concertante' for organ and piano; 'In Memoriam' for organ, piano and strings; pieces for piano, violin and 'cello; and numerous vocal compositions, including the cantata 'The Apotheosis of St. Dorothy.' He has several printed addresses on musical subjects, and has devoted much time to investigating the musical history of New England. He is one of the founders of the A. G. O., an original member of the New York Manuscript Society, and has repeatedly served as associate-conductor of the Litchfield Festival Chorus. With Leonard W. Bacon he edited The Hymns of Martin Luther, 1883. [R.6]
15ALLEN, WARREN DWIGHT (b. 1885). See Colleges, 3 (C. of the Pacific, Cal.).
17ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (1830-1889). See Register, 5.
19ALLER, GEORGE HENRY (b. 1871). See Register, 8.
21ALTHOUSE, PAUL SHEARER (b. 1889). See Register, 10.
23ALTSCHULER, MODEST (Feb. 15, 1873, Mogilev, Russia), was at first a violin-student, but soon changed to the 'cello, which he studied in 1884-86 with Gobelt at the Warsaw Conservatory. His first public appearance, at thirteen, was with the conservatory orchestra under the direction of Zarzycki. Graduating with honors, he won a scholarship at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied 'cello with Fitzenhagen and Von Glen and composition with Arensky, Tanieiev and Safonov. On graduating in 1890 he was awarded a silver medal. He toured Europe with the Moscow Trio, and finally came to New York as 'cellist and teacher. In 1903 he organized the Russian Symphony Orchestra, of which he has since been conductor. Its first concert was on Jan. 7, 1904, in New York. Since that time the Orchestra has visited most of the cities in the United States, making three trans-continental tours before 1914. He has orchestrated several modern Russian works, including the Tchaikovsky piano-trio. [R.9]
25AMATO, PASQUALE (Mar. 21, 1878, Naples, Italy), after graduating from the Instituto Tecnico Domenico, studied at the Naples Conservatory in 1896-99 and made his début as Germont in 'La Traviata' at the Teatro Bellini in 1900. He then made the round of the leading theaters of Italy, and sang in Prague, Munich, Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Brussels and Paris. In 1908 he came to the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, continuing to the present. He has sung two seasons in London and six in Buenos Aires, and is regarded as one of the leading operatic baritones of the day. His favorite rôles are in 'I Pagliacci,' 'Il Trovatore,' 'Un Ballo in Maschera,' 'Prince Igor,' Napoleon in 'Madame Sans-Gêne,' Amfortas in 'Parsifal' and the Toreador in 'Carmen.'
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