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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1stud. piano, organ and voice w. Prof. James W. Prescott, Phila., theory and voice w. Clarence Wells, Phila., organ w. Samuel P. Warren, New York; associate Am. Guild of Organists, 1906; m. Helen C. A. Moyer, Aug. 3, 1909 (one son). Prof. of music, Allentown high sch. and Nurses Coll., Allentown Hospital; dir. Chaminade Octette; organist and choirmaster St. Paul's Ev. Luth. Ch. since 1903; engaged in private teaching 16 years; accompanist for Mary Hissem de Moss, soprano. Mem. Nat. Assn. of Organists; treas. Arion Soc. Alentown, Pa. Address: 27½ S. St. Cloud St., Allentown, Pa.
3ACKERMANN, A. J.:
4Teacher of organ and piano, composer; b. Rotterdam, Apr. 2, 1836; stud. at the Royal Music School, The Hague, w. Lübeck, Nicolas and Wietz; became instructor of piano, Royal Music Sch., 1896, of organ and theory, 1867. Composed songs and piano pieces for two and four hands.
6ACKROYD, Helen Hamilton:
7Singer (contralto); stud. w. W. Warren Shaw; soloist Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia; engaged in vocal teaching, Philadelphia. Address: Estey Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. Home: 3519 N. 24th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
9ACKTÉ, Aïno (Mme. Ackté-Renvall):
10Operatic soprano; b. Helsingfors, Finland, Apr. 23, 1876; stud. Paris Conservatoire, 1894. Made début at Paris Opéra, 1897, as Marguerite in Gounod's "Faust," which role she has since sung over 300 times; has sung at Covent Garden, London, and Met. Opera House, New York, also Edinburgh, Glasgow and Liverpool; created the role of Nedda in "Pagliacci"; especially successful as Juliette, Ophélie, Gilda, Elsa, Elizabeth, Sieglinde, etc. Sang title role in Strauss's "Salome" during the Beecham season at Covent Garden, 1913, scoring great success, both vocally and as dancer in the famous Dance of the Seven Veils; was requested by the composer to sing the role in Dresden. Address: 47 Avenue Friedland, Paris, France.
12ACTON, John:
13Vocal teacher, composer; b. Manchester in 1863; stud. w. Francesco Lamperti at Milan. Became prof. of singing at the new Royal College of Music, Manchester, in 1893, and still holds that position; cond. St. Cecilia Choral Soc. since 1894. Comp.: 2 cantatas for women's voices, "Forest Bells" and "The Rose and the Nightingale"; and male chorus w. piano accompaniment, "For Home and Liberty," which won prize of So. London Musical Club, 1888; also piano pieces, songs and duets. Address: Royal College of Music, Manchester, Eng.
15ADAMOWSKA, Antoinette Szumowska:
16Pianist, teacher; b. Lublin, Poland, 1870, d. Alexander and Wanda (Roszkowska) Szumowska; grad. coll. and cons. of music in Warsaw, Poland; stud. piano w. R. Strobl, Alex. Michalowski and Paderewski, harmony w. Roguski, composition w. Noskowski and E. Guiraud; m. Joseph Adamowski in Warsaw, 1896 (two children). Début at Musical Society concert, Warsaw, 1888, Salle Érard, Paris, 1890, Popular Concerts, London, 1890; played with following orchestras: Lamoureux (Paris), London Symphony under Henschel and Henry Wood, Boston Symphony (Boston and other cities), Theodore Thomas (Chicago and other cities), Cincinnati under Van der Stucken, New York Symphony under Damrosch, etc., etc.; also with Kneisel Quartet, Adamowski Trio, etc.; together with Messrs. T. and J. Adamowski (q. v.) played before the Czar, Czarina and the Russian Court and received diamond brooch; for 2 yrs. conducted pianoforte class in New England Cons., Boston, since then has taught only privately. Répertoire consists of varied solo, concerted and chamber music of about 300 pieces. Address: 11 Channing St., Cambridge, Mass.
18ADAMOWSKI, Joseph:
19Violoncellist; b. Warsaw, Poland, July 4, 1862; brother of Timothée A. (q. v.): stud. cello at Warsaw Cons., 1873-7, w. Kontski and Goebelt; at Imperial Cons., Moscow, 1877-83, w. Fitzhagen (cello), Tchaikovsky (composition), Pabst (piano); grad. B. A. there w. diploma and medal; m. Antoinette Szumowska (see above) in 1896 (two children). Began concert tours in Warsaw in 1883, played also in Germany; professor of cello and ensemble classes in Cons. of Cracow, 1885-7; went to U. S. and became member of Boston Symphony Orch., 1889; mem. Adamowski Quartet (for personnel see Adamowski, Timothée), and Adamowski Trio (consisting of Timothée, Joseph and Antoinette A.). Since 1903 has been prof. of cello at New England Cons. of Music, Boston; is one of the founders and directors of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Pension Fund. Address: New England Conservatory, Boston, Mass.
21ADAMOWSKI, Timothée:
22Violin virtuoso; b. Warsaw, Poland, Mar. 24, 1858; stud. w. A. Kontski at the Warsaw Cons., w. Massart in Paris Cons. 1876-9. In 1879 he came to America and toured as soloist with Max Strakosch and Clara Louise Kellogg, also with a company of his own, with which he played in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, etc.; organized the Adamowski String Quartet, 1888 (personnel: T. Adamowski, 1st vln., A. E. Fiedler, 2nd vln., D. Kuntz, viola, and teacher in New England Cons. Boston, 1885-6; Giuseppe Campanari, cello); reorganized same, 1890 (w. A. A. Moldauer, 2nd vln., Max Zach, viola, and Josef Adamowski, cello); appeared at London and Warsaw in 1887, again in London and Paris in 1895; since then has spent the summer season regularly in these two cities; played at Warsaw with the Philharmonic Orch. and the Musical Soc. in 1898; w. Adamowski Quartet gives about 30 concerts annually in principal cities of U. S. Conducted the six weeks' season of summer "pops" of the Boston Symphony Orch., 1890-4. Composed several songs (published) and a novelette for violin and piano (MS). Address: New England Conservatory, Boston, Mass.
24ADAMS, A. F.:
25Proprietor Wolfsohn Musical Bureau (founded by Henry Wolfsohn); engaged in
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