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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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1inventors is not only large, but constantly growing. Some general points about the tendency of invention are set down under PLAYER-PIANO and PHONOGRAPH.
3AUTOPIANO COMPANY, THE, of New York, began business in 1904 and was incorporated in 1905 (capital, $1,000,000). It was one of the first firms to devise and put upon the market a successful player-piano (as distinct from a piano-player), and its business has increased so that it now claims to have the largest factory in the world solely devoted to making player-pianos. This building is on the Hudson River between 51st and 52d Streets. The firm has made over 70,000 instruments and ten million rolls.
5AVERY, STANLEY R. (Dec. 14, 1879, Yonkers, N. Y.), studied organ in New York with Heinroth and Macfarlane, composition and orchestration with MacDowell and choir-training with Stubbs, and in Berlin he continued organ with Grunicke and composition with Pfitzner. In 1896–1910 he was organist at St. Andrew’s in Yonkers, and has since been at St. Mark’s in Minneapolis, where the vesper services are musically important. He has regularly given cantatas and oratorios, and plans are being made for annual festivals by the combined choirs of the city. He is president of the Civic Music League, director of music at the Northrop Collegiate School, organist for the Sunday evening services at the Auditorium and conductor of civic pageants. His published works include a Te Deum in E-flat (congregational) (Summy), an Evening Service in D-flat, ‘Shout the Glad Tidings’ (Schirmer), ‘In Loud, Exalted Strain,’ ‘How Sweet the Name’ (Presser) and other anthems, carols and choruses; many songs, such as ‘Song of the Timber-Trail’ (Ditson), ‘Two Love-Songs’ (Schirmer), ‘I love thee still’ (Presser), etc.; the operetta ‘The Merry Mexican’ (Schirmer); a Scherzo in G for organ (Summy); a Scherzo in G minor for violin (Ditson); and several piano-pieces. He has also the one-act opera ‘The Quartet,’ the comic opera ‘Katrina,’ incidental music to Josephine Peabody’s ‘The Piper,’ two musical comedies, the overture ‘The Taming of the Shrew,’ the orchestral scherzo ‘A Joyous Prelude,’ and one or two chamber-works. [ R.8 ]
7AYRES, CECILE. See HORVATH.
8AYRES, EUGENE EDMOND (1859–1920). See Register, 7.
10AYRES, FREDERIC (Mar. 17, 1876, Binghamton, N. Y.), had his general education in Binghamton and at Cornell University. In 1897–1901 he studied composition with Kelley, but spent part of 1899 with Foote in Boston. For some years he has made his home in Colorado Springs, and has taught theory and composition, lectured and written articles on musical subjects. His compositions include the overture ‘From the Plains,’ op. 14; a string-quartet, op. 16; a sonata for violin and piano, op. 15; two trios for piano, violin and ’cello, opp. 13 (Stahl) and 17; two piano-fugues, op. 9 (Stahl), ‘The Open Road,’ op. 11, ‘The Voice of the City,’ op. 12, and ‘Moonlight,’ op. 12, all for piano; the song-cycle ‘The Seeonee Wolves,’ op. 10 (Schirmer); a ‘Book of Mother Goose Melodies,’ op. 7; and songs, opp. 2–6 (Stahl, Schirmer). [ R.9 ]
12‘AZARA.’ An opera in three acts by John K. Paine, completed about 1900, but not performed except in concert-form (1906). The libretto, by the composer, is based on the old French romance of Aucassin and Nicolette. It was published in Germany in 1906 with German translation by Carl Pflueger.
14‘AZORA, DAUGHTER OF MONTEZUMA.’ A three-act opera by Henry K. Hadley, produced by the Chicago Opera Company on Dec. 26, 1917, under the direction of the composer.
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