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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1BOLM, Adolph:
2Dancer and ballet master; b. Petrograd, Sept. 25, 1884, s. Rudolph B. (concertm. Imper. Michel Theatre, Petrograd) and Maria (Davidoff) B.; ed. Imper. Ballet Sch. and Coll., Petrograd; m. Beata Lazareva Marziek. Debut Maryinski Theatre, Petrograd, 1904; dancer there 5 yrs.; also ballet-master Komisarzhevsky Theatre; first dancer and ballet master in Diaghilev’s Russian Ballet, 1909–17, dancing all principal roles in Europe, and on tour in U. S., 1915–17; organized and managed Ballet Intime, in New York, 1917. Repertoire includes all principal roles of the Diaghilev repertoire and 20 roles of the Imper. Russian Ballet repertoire ("Cléopâtre," "Sheherezade," "Prince Igor," "Petrouchka," "Carnaval," "Daphnis and Chloé," "l’Oiseau de feu," "Lac des cignes," "Thamar," "Sadko," "Assyrien," "Dance Macabre"). Has staged ballets in Petrograd, Stockholm, Paris, Monte Carlo, Madrid, and New York (Century Theatre, etc.); staged Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Le Coq d’Or" as pantomime-opera, Met. Opera House, 1918. Received order "Litteras Artibus" from King of Sweden; mem. Russian Theatrical Club, Petrograd. Address: 15 East 59th Street, New York.
4BROOKS, Fred Emerson:
5Add to list of works: "Patriotic Toasts" (1917); musical comedy, "The Land of Arcadie" (1918); novel, "John Cardon" (1918).
7CAMPBELL-TIPTON, Louis:
8Add to compositions: "Sea Lyrics," f. piano.
10CHALMERS, Thomas Hardie:
11Operatic baritone; b. New York, Oct. 20, 1884, s. Thomas Hardie and Sophia Amanda (De Bann) C.; ed. grammar and high schs.; stud. music w. Vicenzo Lombardi in Florence, Italy; m. Vilma Fiorelli, London, June 24, 1913. Made debut as Marcello in "La Bohème," Fossombrone, Italy; sang Jack Rance in "The Girl of the Golden West" w. Savage Opera Co. on tour of the U. S., 1911–12; leading baritone, Century Opera Co., New York, 1913–15, Boston Opera Co., 1915–17; mem. Metropolitan Opera Company, New York (debut as Valentine in "Faust"), since Nov. 17, 1917. Repertoire comprises principal baritone roles in the modern French and Italian operas. Mem. St. Botolph Club, Boston. Address: Metropolitan Opera House. Home: 102 West 93rd Street, New York.
13CHARLIER, Marcel:
14Conductor; b. Liège; mus. ed. Liège Cons.; at the age of sixteen received medals for piano playing, harmony and composition. First engaged as accompanist at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, where he was soon promoted to conductor; then cond. at Covent Garden, London, where his ability so impressed Cleofonte Campanini that when the latter went to America he engaged Charlier for the staff of the Manhattan Opera House, New York, as conductor of French operas; continued under Campanini to the end of the Manhattan Opera venture, since then as cond. of French operas Chicago Opera. Address: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Ill.
16CURRAN, Pearl Gildersleeve (Mrs. Hugh Grosvenor):
17Composer; b. Denver, Colo., June 25, 1875, d. James H. and Elizabeth (Heath) C.; niece of Mrs. M. H. Aylesworth, pianist; ed. Denver High Sch. and Denver Univ.; practically self-taught in music; m. Hugh Grosvenor, Denver, Colo., Jan. 31, 1894 (2 children). Comp.: songs, "My Dearie," "Love’s Mystery," "Twilight," "When I’m Alone," "When Thou Art Nigh" (Carl Fischer); "Dawn" (G. Schirmer); "The Holiday," "Ho! Mr. Piper," "The Christian Slave," "Change o’Mind," "The Lord is my Shepherd" (MS.). Mem. Woman’s Club, New Rochelle, Pelham Manor Club, Pelham. Address: 155 Corona Ave., Pelham, N. Y.
19DETT, R. Nathaniel:
20Add to compositions: 2 4-pt. anthems, "Weeping Mary," "I’ll Never Turn Back" (J. Fischer & Bro.).
22DUA, Octave:
23Tenor buffo; b. Belgium; received his musical and vocal training in Brussels. Made his operatic debut at the Théâtre de la Monnaie; remained a member of that company for several years; later sang in Paris and London; engaged by Campanini for the Chicago Opera Company, of which he is now a member. Address: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Ill.
25DUNCAN, Isadora:
26Dancer; b. San Francisco, Cal., 1880; ed. California; first appeared on the stage in a production of "A Midsummer-night’s Dream" by Daly’s company in New York; encouraged and assisted by Mr. Daly in her endeavor to go to Europe for further study; spent some time in London and Paris, and developed her method of interpreting classical music by dance movements; became internationally famous and exerted a great influence on the interpretive dance movement in Europe, especially Germany and Russia; became the head of an endowed school for dancing, 1st in Europe, then in America. Address: Hotel Wolcott, New York.
28DUNKLEY, Ferdinand Luis:
29Add to compositions: song cycle "Eilidh" (1917, MS.).
31FARRAR, Frederic Emerson:
32Add to compositions: "The Storm Spirit"; Concert Etude (Gamble-Hinged Music Co., Chicago).
34FITZIU, Anna:
35Operatic soprano; b. Virginia; ed. Chicago pub. schs.; stud. singing in Chicago, and made her first public appearance in light opera there; encouraged to study more serious roles, went to Paris and became a pupil of William Thorner. Made debut in Milan, as Elsa in "Lohengrin"; subsequently sang at the Costanzi, Rome, and in the leading opera houses of Barcelona, Naples, Florence, Pavia, Palermo, Buenos Aires, New York and Mexico City; developing a large repertoire; created the leading soprano roles in Montemezzi’s "L’Amore dei tre rè," Mancinelli’s "Paolo e Francesca," Silvestri’s "Vera," and Granados’ "Goyescas," also Henry Hadley’s
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