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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1FAY
2New York. Address: 54 W. 90th Street, New York City.
4FAY, Flora Marie:
5Organist and teacher; b. Lancaster, N. H., Nov. 26, 1857, d. Prescott and Mantie (Eastman) F.; grad. Minneapolis High Sch., 1875; stud. piano, harmony and counterpoint in Boston w. B. J. Lang, George W. Chadwick, 1884-9; organ w. Dr. Yorke-Trotter at Royal Coll. of Music in London, 1896. Taught piano and harmony at Wellesley Coll., 1886-9, piano, organ, history of music, at Carleton Coll., Northfield, Minn., 1890-1900; harmony and composition at various times; organist 1st Cong'l Ch., Northfield, Minn., 2 yrs.; Edwards Ch., Framingham, Mass., 1906-9 and 1912-5. Colleague Am. Guild of Organists. Address: 366 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. Home: Framingham, Mass.
7FAY, Maude:
8Lyric-dramatic soprano; b. San Francisco, Cal., Apr. 18, 1883, d. Philip S. and Mary (McSweegan) F.; grad. Girls' High School of San Francisco; stud. music w. Mme. von Meyerinck in San Francisco, and Mme. A. Orgeni in Dresden. Debut as Marguerite in "Faust," Royal Opera, Munich, Bavaria, May, 1906; appeared in opera in Budapest; Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Brussels, Amsterdam, Covent Garden, London; Metropolitan, New York; has 6 decorations from European governments; only American with title of "Königliche Bayerische Kammersängerin," conferred by King of Bavaria; répertoire includes all lyric Wagnerian rôles; specializes in Mozart operas; created Ariadne in R. Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos"; sang Italian operas with Caruso in Germany. Address: care Mrs. H. Lewis. 402 Madison Ave., New York. Home: 834 Grove St., San Francisco, Cal.
10FEARIS, John Sylvester:
11Composer, conductor, teacher, publisher; b. Richland, Ia., Feb. 5, 1867, s. William George and Rebecca Jane (Kopp) F.; ed. Richland (Iowa) High Sch.; stud. singing w. B. Bicknell Young, D. A. Clippinger. Shirley Gandell, harmony w. F. G. Gleason, P. C. Lutkin, Adolph Weidig; unmarried. Cond. Ravenswood Men's Chorus since 1907; choirmaster, 15 yrs.; priv. teacher, 20 yrs. Comp.: "The Treasure Hunters," a comic operetta (Willis Music Co.); "Easter Angels," "Star of the East," "The Gospel of Easter," cantatas (Lorenz Pub. Co.); sacred and secular songs, vocal duets, etc. Active mem. Chicago Mendelssohn Club, 16 yrs., now retired mem. Senior mem. firm of J. S. Fearis & Bro., music publishers, Chicago. Address: 4547 North St. Louis Ave., Chicago, Ill.
13FEDELI, Vito:
14Composer; b. Foligno, June 19, 1866; stud. w. A. Leonardi and E. Terziani in Rome. Dir. of the Cons. at Novara. Comp.: operas, "La Vergine della Montagna" (Reggio-Calabria, 1897) and "Varsovia" (Rome, 1900); several masses a cappella; other masses w. orch. or organ; pieces for orch.; choruses; songs. Has contributed some historical articles to the "Rivista Musicale Italiane," and the "Sammelbände" and "Zeitschrift" of the Int. Mus. Ges. Address: Conservatorio, Novara, Italy.
16FEDERLEIN, Gottlieb [Heinrich]:
17Organist and composer; b. Neustadt-an-der-Aisch, near Nuremberg, Nov. 5th, 1835; stud. composition w. Rheinberger, piano w. Wanner, vln. w. Joseph Walter, singing w. Julius Hey in Munich Cons. Has held several positions as organist; for some years engaged in vocal teaching in New York; now retired and living in New York. Pub. numerous songs, a "School of Voice Culture," and essays on Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung."
19FEDERLEIN, Gottfried H.:
20Organist; b. New York, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1883, s. Gottlieb F. (q. v.); stud. music w. Edward J. Biedermann, Percy Goetschius, Louis V. Saar; also stud. Institute of Musical Art., New York; fellow Am. Guild of Organists, 1907; m. Charlotte Howell, New York, July 6, 1909. Organ recital tours in principal cities of eastern and central U. S. Has composed songs, sacred and secular; organ pieces, church music, violin works. Sec. Am. Guild of Organists, 1911-4. Address: 2 W. 64th St., New York.
22FEIL, Hans Christian:
23Organist, musical director, teacher of piano and organ; b. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 15, 1879, s. Johann Christoph and Luisa (Busekrus) F.; ed. Humboldt pub. sch., Kansas City, Mo.; Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Ill.; stud. piano w. E. Kreiser; C. A. Weiss in Chicago; harmony w. C. A. Weiss and Benj. Stanley, organ w. Weiss, Kreiser, Middel-schulte, and w. Guilmant in Paris, 1907; m. Margaret McGilvray, Oct. 27, 1913. Début as organ recitalist, Cumberland Presbyt. Ch., Evansville, Ind., 1900; numerous organ recitals in Kansas City, Mo., and in Chicago; organist and choirmaster Cumberland Presbyt. Ch., Evansville, Ind., 1899-1902; 1st Presbyt., St. Joseph, Mo., 1902-3; Westport Ave. Presbyt., Kansas City, Mo., 1903-4; Independence Blvd. Christian Ch., Kansas City, Mo. (org. only), 1905-8, 1917-; 1st Congl. Ch., Kansas City, Mo., 1908-9; Westport Ave. Presbyt.. 1910-17; dean organ dept. at Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kans., 1913-5; teacher of piano and organ, 16 yrs., harmony, 4 yrs.; has produced many cantatas and oratorios. Has composed anthems and choruses for mixed and women's voices (Weiss-Feil Music Pub. Co.); "Song Without Words," for piano solo (MS.); "Rejoice in the Lord" from 33rd Psalm, with piano and organ accomp., MS. (perf. 1914). Accompanist for Schubert Club, Kansas City, Mo., 1911-14; sec. and treas. Kansas City Assn. of Organists, 1915-6; mem. Kiva Club. Address: Independence Blvd. Christian Church, Kansas City, Mo.
25FELBER, Hermann Julius, Jr.:
26Violinist; b. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 26, 1892, s. Hermann and Frieda (Reuter) F.; his father member Chicago Symphony Orch.; grad. Columbia School of Music; Chicago Musical Coll.; unmarried. Début recital in Chicago, 1911; appeared in sonata recitals and as soloist with Chicago Symphony Orch., mem. same organization 5 yrs.; taught in Chicago Musical Coll.; at present mem. Berkshire String one of two readings
27Violinist; b. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 26, 1892, s. Hermann and Frieda (Reuter) F.; his father member Chicago Symphony Orch.; grad. Columbia School of Music; Chicago Musical Coll.; unmarried. Debut recital in Chicago, 1911; appeared in sonata recitals and as soloist with Chicago Symphony Orch., mem. same organization 5 yrs.; taught in Chicago Musical Coll.; at present mem. Berkshire String one of two readings
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