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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1"GODDARD" (1917). Address: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Ill.
3GODDARD, James:
4Operatic basso; b. Tennessee; received his mus. training from his father; at first engaged in business in Chicago, meantime studying singing w. William Clark Hall; later stud. w. Jean de Reszké in Paris, 2 yrs. Made his debut at the Opéra in Paris; afterward sang at Covent Garden, London, and w. the Montreal Opera Company in Canada; then joined the Chicago Opera Company, of which he is still a member. Created bass role in Hadley's "Azora," 1917. Address: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Ill.
6GOOSENS, Eugène, Jr.:
7Composer and conductor; b. London, May 26, 1893, s. Eugène G. (conductor Carl Rosa Opera Company, etc.); studied music at Bruges Cons., Liverpool Coll. of Music and Royal Coll. of Music, London (Liverpool Scholarship); stud. w. Rivarde, Wood and Stanford (Associate R. C. M.; silver medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians). Played 1st violin in the Queen's Hall Orch. under Wood, 1911-15; conducted Stanford's "The Critic," also "Tristan," "Otello" and "Boris Godounov" at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, and Queen's Theatre, Manchester, for Sir Thomas Beecham; now deputy cond. Hallé Orch., in Manchester and English provinces (under Beecham). Comp.: for orch., "Chinese Variations" (Queen's Hall Orch., cond. by composer); symphonic poems, "Perseus" and "Ossian" (Queen's Hall Orch., cond. by composer); Suite f. flute, violin and harp, op. 6 (1914); suite, 5 Impressions of a Holiday, f. flute, cello and piano, op. 7; "Phantasy Quartet" for strings, op. 12 (1915); Rhapsody f. cello and piano, op. 13 (1915); "By the Tarn" and "Jack o' Lantern," ("Ignis fatuus"), sketches for string quartet, op. 15 (1916); concert study f. piano; 2 songs, op. 10; 2 Prose Lyriques, f. voice and piano, op. 16; etc. Address: 70 Edith Road, Kensington, London W., England.
9HADOW, William Henry:
10Add to list of writings: "Some Aspects of Modern Music" ("Musical Quarterly," 1915-I).
12HEUSS, Alfred:
13Add: Instrumental in the founding of the Assn. of German Music Critics; now pres. same; concert reviewer, Signale für die musikalische Welt, 1902-5; then critic, "Leipziger Volkszeitung," "Leipziger Zeitung" since 1912.
15HOWLAND, William:
16Singer (bass), teacher, composer; b. Worcester, Mass., May 1st, 1871, s. Asa Allen and Emma (Lane) H.; ed. Worcester grammar and high schs.; stud. singing w. Frederick Bristol, New York, Randegger and Walker, London, piano w. Parsons, harmony, etc., w. Dudley Buck, conducting w. Frank Damrosch, New York, and Alfred Lorenz, Germany; m. Fredreka Shaw Barnard, Minneapolis, June 24, 1896. Made debut in concert, 1889, in opera, w. the "Bostonians," 1892-3; appeared at the Worcester Festival, 1895; toured the southern and western U. S. w. the Boston Festival Orch., 1898; taught and sang in church in New York for 5 yrs., in Worcester and Boston, 1900-14; head of vocal dept. University Sch. of Music, Ann Arbor, Mich. Repertoire comprises bass roles in oratorios, and many songs. Has written songs (Ditson, Schmidt, Breitkopf & Härtel) and sacred quartets (Schirmer, Ditson). Founder and dir., People's Choral Union, Detroit, and Detroit Festival Choral Society (300 voices); has given 2 festivals in Detroit. Mem. state, national and international music teachers' assns., Fine Arts Club, Rotary Club, etc. Address: Detroit Institute of Musical Art, 1117 Woodward Ave. Home: 91 Garfield Ave., Detroit, Mich.
18KERKER, Gustave Adolph:
19Composer, comic opera conductor; b. Herford, Germany, Feb. 28, 1857, s. Gustave Adolph and Elizabeth (Grafenhorst) K.; went to America in youth; ed. high sch.; stud. violin w. William Moebius, harmony w. C. C. Mueller; m. Mattie Belle Rivenburg, Jersey City, N. J., June 1, 1908. Debut as conductor ("Freischütz"), Louisville, Ky., 1874. Comp.: comic operas, "The Belle of New York," "The Pearl of Pekin," "Venus," "Castles in the Air," "Lady Slavey," "In Gay New York," "The Whirl of the Town," "Tourists," "The Telephone Girl," "Die oberen 10,000" (Berlin, 1909); "Schneeglöckchen" (Vienna, 1910), etc. Mem. Lamb's Club, St. Cecile Lodge, F. A. M. Address: Lamb's Club, New York.
21KIRKPATRICK, William J.:
22Add that 2nd wife died Mar. 29, 1915; m. 3rd, Mrs. Lizzie E. Hinkson Sweney, widow of Prof. John R. Sweney.
24KLIBANSKY, Sergei:
25Singer, teacher; b. Petrograd, April 18, 1878; stud. music w. Stockhausen, Lombardi, Hildach and at the Hoch Cons., Frankfort, and the Stern Cons., Berlin; m. Frieda Weinert, Dresden (1 daughter). Sang in concert in Germany, France and the U. S. for several years; has taught singing at the Stern Cons., Berlin, and at the Inst. of Musical Art, New York, also privately for 15 yrs. Mem. The Bohemians, New York. Address: 212 West 59th Street, New York.
27KORNGOLD, Erich Wolfgang:
28Add to compositions: "Violanta," tragic opera in 1 act; "The Ring of Polykrates," 1-act comic opera (both prod. Munich, 1916).
30KÜRSTEINER, Jean Paul:
31Add to compositions: "Three Moods" f. piano, 4 dramatic-religious songs, op. 25; 2 lyric-religious songs, op. 26.
33LAMONT, Forrest:
34Operatic tenor; b. Springfield, Mass., Jan. 26, 1889; stud. in America and appeared in concert and oratorio in the eastern U. S.; then stud. for opera in Italy. Made debut as Poliuto at the Teatro Adriano in Rome; sang leading roles in Rome, Venice, Milan and Florence, also in Porto Rico, Cuba and South America; became leading tenor Chicago Opera Company, 1917. Repertoire includes all Italian operas, oratorios, and songs in English, French, Italian and German. Created tenor roles in Hadley's "Azora" and Arthur Nevin's "The Daughter of the Forest," Chicago, 1917-18. Address: 528 West 111th Street, New York.
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