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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1management of concert artists. Address: 1 W. 34th St., New York.
3ADAMS, Carrie B.:
4Organist, conductor, composer, teacher, lecturer; b. Oxford, Ohio, July 21, 1859, d. David and Alice Jane (Myers) Wilson; ed. pub. sch.; stud. harmony, singing and composition with father, choral works and conducting w. H. R. Palmer, and others, anthem writing w. W. T. Giffe, dramatic expression w. J. A. Butterfield; self-taught in organ, advanced harmony and composition; m. Allyn G. Adams, Paris, Ill. (basso), July 21, 1880 (1 son). Dir. Paris (Ill.) Philharmonic Soc., 1878-81; organist and choir dir. Paris (Ill.) Presbyterian Church, 1876-8; 1st Cong'l., Terre Haute, Ind., 1882-1907; dir. music dept. Ind. State Normal Sch., 1887-95; organist Oratorio Soc., 1883-1900; dir. of numerous choral clubs since 1891; organist and choir dir. Central Christian Ch., Terre Haute, since 1908; dir. Junior Chorus Choir, 1909-17; chmn. program com. Indiana M. T. Assn., 1895-6; v.-pres. Indiana M. T. Assn., 1916-7; editor special assn. paper, 1917; county institute instructor and lecturer on school music; associate editor "The Choir Herald" since 1910, writing 1 anthem for each month's issue; mem. Gamma Gamma sorority, I. S. N.; organizing sec., Federation of Clubs and Young Women's Christian Assn., mem. bd. of directors; specializes in directing oratorios, cantatas, operas, etc. Has composed a quantity of church and school music, songs for children and entertainments for high school and church use, incl. operettas, cantatas, song books, solos, college glee club books, etc. Address: Terre Haute, Ind.
6ADAMS, (Mrs.) Crosby:
7Pianist, composer, teacher; b. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1858; d. Lyman Coleman and Clara (Clark) Graves; ed. pub. and priv. schs., Niagara Falls; stud. piano w. Miss Emma Packard, Miss Augusta Spencer, Mrs. C. S. P. Cary, Claude Crittenden, theory and composition w. Adolph Weidig; m. Crosby Adams. Began teaching in piano dept. of Ingham Univ., LeRoy, N. Y. at age of 21, after marriage taught in Buffalo, then Kansas City, was organist successively in three churches there. Settled in Chicago 1892, taught there 21 yrs., then removed to Montreat, N. C. Specialized in teaching of children, conducting normal classes for teachers in Chicago 12 yrs., now in Montreat, N. C., and Chicago. Comp.: Five Tone Sketches (easy piano pieces) and many other "teaching pieces" for children; a number of widely used instruction books, incl. "The Very First Lessons at the Piano," and "Graded Studies for the Piano" (7 books for 2 hands, 4 for 4 hands); also songs and vocal ensembles, notably "Christmas-time Songs and Carols." Author: "Chapters from a Musical Life," "The Doll's Musical Festivals," "What the Piano Writings of Edward MacDowell Mean to the Piano Student." Mem. Music Teachers' National Assn. Address: Montreat, N. C.
9ADAMS, Ernest Harry:
10Composer, pianist, teacher; b. Waltham, Mass., July 16, 1886, s. George and Carrie L. (Gerald) A.; ed. Waltham Grammar and High schs.; first music stud. w. mother, a talented musician, later w. Benjamin Cutter and others; unmarried. Comp.: "Pandora's Box" (musical illustrations to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Paradise of Children"); "Spring Dance," Minuet, etc. (Boston Music Co.); "Aralia" (mazurka de salon), Scherzo in C minor, "Cradle Song," "Meditation," "On the Lake," etc. (White-Smith). Address 73 Elm Rd., Newtonville, Mass.
12ADAMS, Ethel M.:
13Concert singer (soprano); engaged in vocal teaching in Minneapolis, employing the Von Zur Mühlen Method. Address: 68 South 11th St., Minneapolis, Minn. Home: The Leamington, Minneapolis, Minn.
15ADAMS, (Florence) Eugenia:
16Contralto and musical director; b. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 14, 1876, d. Henry Jacob and Florence Amanda (Marshall) A.; ed. pub. schs. Denver, Colo. and Kansas City, Mo.; grad. Crane Inst. of Music, Potsdam, N. Y.; stud. singing in New York w. Henrietta Beebe-Lawton, in Boston w. Mme. Rollwagen. Has been engaged in teaching 15 yrs.: Englewood, N. J., 1902, Newport News, Va., 1903, Norfolk, Va., since 1903; at present director of music Norfolk public schools; doing choir and concert work. Address: 420 Raleigh Ave., Norfolk, Va.
18ADAMS, Leonard:
19Pianist, organist, teacher, director; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1888, s. Philip Adam and Sophia (Ackerman) A.; ed. pub. sch.; began study of music in childhood; piano, harmony, counterpoint, organ w. various teachers. Début in piano recital, Buffalo, 1908; concert tour through Canada, 1908-9; now concertizing as pianist and organist; was organist and choirmaster of St. Paul's Evangelical and Bethlehem churches, Buffalo; eng. in private teaching since 1908; also connected with Sherwood School of Music, Chicago, Ill. Composed 12 easy teaching pieces (MS.); arranged orchestral pieces for organ and piano pieces for orchestra. Mem. Musicians' Union, Guild of Allied Arts, Philharmonic Soc. of Buffalo. Address: 468 Monroe St., Buffalo, N. Y.
21ADAMS, Suzanne:
22Soprano; b. Cambridge, Mass., d. John Gedney and Susan (Turvin) A.; stud. w. Jacques Bouhy in Paris; m. Leo Stern, English cellist, Oct. 13, 1898. Made debut as Juliette at the Paris Opéra, Jan. 9, 1894; sang there 3 yrs., then at Nice; joined Maurice Grau Opera Co., London, 1898, and sang at Covent Garden, 1899-1906; Amer. debut Met. O. H., Jan. 4, 1899; engaged there, 1902; has sung at state concerts at Buckingham Palace, and at Windsor Castle w. Jean and Edouard de Reszké; "starred" in concert tour of America, 1904. Has sung in oratorio and ballad concerts in England. Roles include Marguerite in "Faust," Marguerite of Navarre in "Les Huguenots," Euridice, Donna Elvira, Cherubino, Micaela, etc. Address: 77 Cambridge Terrace, London W., England.
24ADAMSON, Lorena Blanche:
25Organist; b. Ogden, Kans., d. William L. and Sarah Matilda (Baughman) A.; stud. piano w. Edmund S. Mattoon, organ w. Ed-
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