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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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1N. Y., adding the making of soundboards, inventing many new processes and machines and winning international recognition, and since 1903 has been located at Covina, Cal. (near Los Angeles). He has published Pianos and their Makers, 2 vols., 1911–13, giving invaluable data about American piano-making.
3Emery, Stephen Albert (Paris, Me., 1841–1891, Boston), after study in Leipzig and Dresden, from 1864 taught in Portland and from 1867 in Boston. See art.
5*Errani, Achille (Italy, 1823–1897, New York), pupil of Vaccai and for fifteen years a noted operatic tenor in Europe, came to America in 1860, sang in the United States, Cuba and Mexico, and settled in 1864 in New York as a leading teacher of singing.
7Estey, Jacob (Hinsdale, N. H., 1814–1890, Brattleboro, Vt.), by trade a plumber, from 1850 invested his savings in a melodeon-making shop at Brattleboro, losing all by fire in 1857. In 1858 he took up the business himself, in 1860 secured Levi K. Fuller (1841–1896) as helper, and, with him and his own son Julius Estey (1845–1902), formed the Estey Organ Company, which had remarkable success, becoming the parent of many later concerns. In 1885 the Company added piano-making and in 1901 the making of pipe-organs. See Dolge, Pianos and their Makers, pp. 364–6.
9*Falk, Louis (b. Germany, 1848), brought up in Pittsburgh and Rochester, where he was already organist in 1859, went to Chicago in 1861 as organist. In 1865–69 he studied at Homburg and Leipzig, returning to be a noted church- and concert-player and chief organ-teacher in the Chicago Musical College.
11Fillmore, John Comfort (Franklin, Conn., 1843–1898, Franklin), graduated from Oberlin College, studied at Leipzig, in 1867–68 was head of the Oberlin Conservatory, in 1868–78 at Ripon College, from 1878 at Milwaukee, and from 1895 at Pomona College, becoming significant as theorist from 1883. See art.
13*Florio, Caryl [William James Robjohn] (b. England, 1843), came to New York in youth, from before 1865 became known as singer and organist, and later as conductor, composer and critic at many different places. See art.
15Franko, Sam (b. New Orleans, 1857), a precocious violinist, studying at Breslau and Berlin, and appearing there in 1867 and in New York in 1869. Since then, except for sojourns abroad, he has been active in concerts and teaching, mainly in New York. See art.
17*Gilbert, Walter Bond (England, 1829–1910, England), after extensive and distinguished service in England as organist and composer, in 1869–99 was organist of Trinity Chapel, New York. See art.
19*Glover, William Henry (England, 1819–1875, New York), long known in England as violinist, singer and composer of operas, orchestral and piano-pieces, songs, etc., and also as critic, lived from 1863 in New York. See Vol. i. 183.
21*Gomes, Antonio Carlos (Brazil, 1839–1896, Brazil), after study in Milan, from 1861 became increasingly famous as an opera-writer, producing ten or more works in Italy and Brazil. In 1876 he contributed a hymn, 'Il Saluto del Brasile,' for the Centennial Exposition, and in 1892 a cantata, 'Colombo,' for the Columbus Festival. See Vol. ii. 200.
23Gottschalk, L. Gaston (New Orleans, 1847–?), brother of the noted pianist (see sec. 4), after study at Paris, was concert-singer throughout the United States, studied further in Italy, and for many years was active in opera in many European capitals, visiting America occasionally. From 1886 for a few years he taught in the Chicago Musical College.
25Hahn, Jacob H. (Philadelphia, 1847–1902, Detroit), was early trained in Chicago, where he became organist, teacher and concert-manager from before 1865. After study at Leipzig, from 1872 he taught in Detroit, founding the Detroit Conservatory in 1874 and soon bringing it to striking success.
27Hassard, John Rose Green (New York, 1836–1888, New York), graduated from St. John's College, Fordham, developed into an expert journalist in New York, and from 1866 was on the staff of the 'Tribune,' serving as its chief musical critic and evincing ability and force as a writer, especially in advocacy of Wagner. He was Krehbiel's predecessor.
29Hauk, Minnie (b. New York, 1852), pupil of Errani, began her career as operatic soprano in 1866 in Brooklyn, appearing often in America for thirty years. See Vol. ii. 341–2, and art.
31*Hess, Willy (b. Baden, 1859), the distinguished violinist, now remembered as concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1904–10, lived in America as a boy, appearing with the Thomas Orchestra in 1868–72. See Vol. ii. 390, and art.
33Hill, Junius Welch (b. Hingham, Mass., 1840), after studying at Leipzig, from 1863 was organist in Boston, in 1884–97 at Wellesley College, then taught in Boston, and has lived lately in Los Angeles. See art.
35*Hodges, Faustina Hasse (d. 1896, New York), and Hodges, John Sebastian Bach (England, 1830–1915, Baltimore), children of Edward Hodges (see sec. 3), both became active as organists and composers in the Civil War period. See Vol. ii. 414, and art.
37Howard, George Henry (Norton, Mass., 1843–1917, Boston), studied in Boston and began teaching there in 1864, in 1869–70 studied in Leipzig and Berlin, and then taught again in Boston, London, Olivet, Mich., and from 1882 Boston again, where in 1891 he started a school for teachers.
39Howe, Elias (Framingham, Mass., 1820–1895, Boston), was founder in 1865 of a well-known firm in Boston dealing in fine violins, etc. He was one of the earliest (from 1871) to make collections of rare instruments.
41Hutchings, George S. (Salem, Mass., 1835–1913, Boston), trained in Boston as an organ-
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