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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1STRACCIARI
2in cafés chantants of Montmartre. Comp. chiefly piano pieces of unusual character, such as "Sarabandes," "Gymnopédies," etc., many with grotesquely satirical titles; also parodies on other composers' works. Address: Paris.
4STRACCIARI, Riccardo:
5Operatic baritone; b. near Bologna, June 26, 1875; at first stud. science; then stud. singing and made his debut in "La Bohème," Bologna, 1900; after filling engagements in Italy, was engaged for a season to sing minor roles at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York; returned to Italy for further study and appeared successfully in Italy, Spain, South America and elsewhere; joined Chicago Opera Company, 1917, and has since sung in opera and concert in the U. S. Repertoire includes Rigoletto, etc. Received the Order of Isabella from King Alfonso. Cavaliere della Croce di Cristo (Portugal), Commendatore of the Crown of Italy. Address: care M. H. Hanson, 437 5th Ave., New York. Home: Padua, Italy.
7STURANI, Giuseppe:
8Conductor; b. Bologna; stud. law in Bologna Univ., but at the same time stud. violin, and soon abandoned law for music; stud. composition under Martucci. Made his debut as conductor at Brescia; later conducted in the first opera houses of Milan, Turin, Venice, Florence, Naples, Palermo, Lisbon and other cities; dir. the first performance in Italy of Richard Strauss' "Salome"; subsequently conducted in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro; engaged by Oscar Hammerstein for the Manhattan Opera House, New York; then cond. at the Metropolitan Opera House 2 seasons, and finally joined the Chicago Opera Company, conducting Italian operas. Address: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Ill.
10SWAYNE, Wager:
11Piano teacher; b. Toledo, Ohio, Apr. 28, 1873, s. Wager and Ellen (Harris) S.; grandson of General Wager Swayne and nephew of Judge Noah H. Swayne (Supreme Court, U. S. A.); ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H. and Yale Coll.; stud. piano w. Leschetizky. Taught piano in Vienna, Paris and, since 1914, in New York and Boston. Mem. Société des Beaux Arts (Palmes académiques), France; the Loyal Legion, U. S. A. Address: 307 West 83rd Street, New York.
13TIETJENS, Paul:
14Pianist, composer, teacher; b. St Louis, May 22, 1877; stud. w. Leschetizky, Harold Bauer, Hugo Kaun, etc. Comp.: comic opera, "The Wizard of Oz"; several operettas (MSS.); incidental music to "A Kiss for Cinderella" (James M. Barrie); String Quartet in B min. (MS.), violin concerto (MS.); piano pieces, songs; etc. Address: New York.
16VAN GORDON, Cyrena:
17Contralto; b. in Ohio; ed. in Cincinnati; stud. singing there under Mme. Dotti; heard there at a pageant by Cleofonte Campanini; was at once engaged for the Chicago Opera for minor roles, rapidly advanced to those of first importance, such as Amneris in "Aïda" and several Wagnerian contralto parts. Created contralto role in Hadley's "Azora," 1917. Address: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago.
19WHO'S WHO IN MUSIC
21VERBRUGGHEN, Henri:
22Add: Head of the newly founded State Cons., Sydney, Australia, since 1915; visited U. S., 1917-18. Address: State Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia.
24VIBBARD, Harry Leonard:
25Organist; b. Limestone, N. Y., s. Shepard L. and Cynthia (Leonard) V.; grad. Syracuse Univ., June, 1898 (Mus.B., Mus.M., Syracuse Univ., June, 1916); stud. w. George A. Parker, Syracuse, Conrad Ansorge, Berlin, and Ch. M. Widor, Paris; m. Cary Yelton, East Orange, N. J., Aug. 2nd, 1900. Gave organ recitals at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, and at the expositions at San Diego and San Francisco, Cal.; has taught for twenty years; now professor of piano and organ at the Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N. Y. Address: John Crouse College, Syracuse University. Home: 613 Walnut Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.
27VIX, Genevieve:
28Operatic soprano; b. Brittany; stud. Paris Cons., where she was awarded the first prize for opera, 1904; m. Prince Cyril Narishkin, New York, 1918. Made her debut at the Opera, 1905, and has sung both dramatic and lyric soprano roles there and at the Opéra Comique; also filled several seasons' engagements at the Royal Opera, Madrid and one at the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires; especially successful as Manon in Massenet's opera; joined Chicago Opera Co., Dec., 1917. Address: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Ill.
30WALLER, Frank Laird:
31Conductor, coach, accompanist; b. St. Paul, Minn., s. John D. and Laura L. W.; ed. Stout Sch., Menomonie, Wis.; A.B. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1907; stud. piano w. Alice Regan, theory w. F. A. Parker, organ w. Clarence Dickinson at the Univ. of Wisconsin (grad. in music). Debut in opera, Ravinia Park, Ill., 1908; teacher of piano and organ, Illinois Woman's Coll., 1909; répétiteur Boston Opera Company, 1909-14; Boston-National Opera Company 1915, Chicago Opera Assn. 1917-8; has been coach and accompanist for Tetrazzini, Maggie Teyte, Zenatello, Rosa Raisa and many other operatic stars. Comp. song, "Her dream" (Boston Music Company). Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon Club, New York, Chicago Athletic Assn. Address: 30 West 44th Street, New York.
33ZUCCA, Mana:
34Pianist, composer, singer (soprano); b. New York, Dec. 25, 1890, d. Samuel and Janet (Denean) Zuckerman; ed. pub. and private schs., New York, private tutors in Berlin and Paris; stud. piano w. Alexander Lambert, Busoni and Godowsky in Berlin, composition w. Max Vogrich in London, Herman Spielter in New York; unmarried. Played Beethoven Concerto w. New York Symphony Orch. at age of 8; toured U. S. as a child prodigy, then Germany, France, England, Holland, Russia; sang in musical comedy in London (leading role in "The Count of Luxemburg"), 1914; then starred in New York in "The Mikado," etc. Comp. over 100 works f. voice, piano, violin, cello and orch. Founder and pres. American Music Optimists. Address: 4 West 130th Street, New York.
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