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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1ALEXANDER
2(Comstock) A.; ed. Technical High Sch., Providence; stud. singing w. Gretchen Schofield, Boston. Concert singer under management of Mme. Hall-Whytock, Providence, R. I. Address: care Mrs. David Park Whytock, 315 Thayer St., Providence, R. I.
4ALEXANDER, Frederick:
5Organist, conductor; b. Fenton, Mich., Dec. 23, 1870, s. Samuel George and Martha Emma (Hanchet) A.; ed. Univ. of Michigan, A.B. 1894; stud. music w. J. C. Batchelder, Detroit (organ), and A. A. Stanley, Ann Arbor, Mich. (theory); unmarried. Head dept. of music and dir. Conservatory, Michigan State Normal Coll., Ypsilanti, Mich., since 1909; cond. Normal Choir and Senior Singing Club, Ypsilanti. Dean Mich. Chapter, Am. Guild of Organists. Address: Normal Conservatory, Ypsilanti, Mich.
7ALEXANDER, Lawrence:
8Teacher of singing, piano, pub. sch. music; b. Jackson, O., Apr. 20, 1890, s. John C. and May (Handley) A.; grad. high sch., Jackson, O., 1908; pub. sch. music, Oberlin Cons. of Music, Oberlin, O.; stud. in mus. dept., Cornell Univ.; unmarried. Supervisor of pub. sch. music, Sullivan, Ind., 1913-6; Dover, O., since 1916. Has composed light numbers for band and orch.; songs, etc., for public school use. Address: Dover, Ohio.
10ALFÁNO, Franco:
11Composer; b. Naples, 1876; stud. w. Jadassohn at the Leipzig Cons. Comp.: operas, "Die Quelle von Enschir" [La Fonte d'Enscir"] (Breslau, 1898); "Risurrezione" (Turin, 1904); "Il Principe Zilah" (Genoa, 1909); Symphony in E min.; "Suite Romantica"; piano pieces.
13ALFERAKY, Achilles Nicolaievitch:
14Composer; b. Kharkov, June 21, 1846. Comp.: piano pieces; songs, which number over 100, frequently showing the influence of Ukrainian folk-melodies.
16ALFSEN, Theodora Alice:
17Piano teacher; b. Manitowoc, Wis., Dec. 30, 1875, d. Rev. Adolph O. and H. Sophie (Nelson) A.; ed. common school, Manitowoc County, Stoughton Acad., 1 yr.; Ladies' Sem., Red Wing, Minn., 1 yr.; stud. mus. w. priv. teachers; Chicago Musical Coll., 1891-2, 1897-8 (teacher's certificate); stud. w. W. C. E. Seeboeck, 4 yrs. Taught in Ladies' Sem., Red Wing, Minn., 3 yrs.; Wittenberg Acad., Wittenberg, Wis., 6 yrs.; Pacific Lutheran Acad., Parkland, Wash., since 1914, Parkland public school since 1915. Address: Manitowoc, Wis.
19ALFVÉN, Hugo:
20Musical director and composer; b. Stockholm, May 1, 1872; stud. theory w. Lindegren at the Cons. (mem. court orch.); aided by government stipend for young composers, stud. violin w. César Thomson at Brussels, 1896-9; won Jenny Lind stipend, 1900, which he held 3 yrs. Mus. dir. at the Univ. of Upsala, where he conducts a students' chorus, "Orpheidrängar," since 1910. Comp.: 3 symphonies (F min., D, E); 2 symph. poems, "En skärgårdssägen" and "Drapa"; Swedish rhapsody, "Midsommarvaka"; 2 choral works w. orch., "Sten Sture" and "The Lord's Prayer"; lyric scene with orch., "The Bells"; cantata for the Linné bi-centennial, 1907; "Triumphal March"; violin sonata; romance for vln.; piano pieces; songs. Address: The University, Upsala, Sweden.
22WHO'S WHO IN MUSIC
24ALLEN
25ALLEN, Angeline Estelle:
26Pianist, organist, teacher; b. Carroll Co., Ohio, June 4, 1883, d. John Custer and Eunice (Westfall) A.; grad. high sch., Cleveland, O., 1900; grad. Wolfram Coll. of Music, Cleveland, 1904, also post-grad. work; piano w. Wilson G. Smith, organ w. William B. Colson. Church organist and teacher since 1899; taught piano and harmony in Wolfram College of Music, Cleveland, 1900-4; with Miriam A. Russell established the Allen-Russell Music Studio, Cleveland, 1904-10; organist and choir-dir. Church of the Ascension (Episcopal), Lakewood; with Miss Russell gave series of lecture-recitals covering the history of music from Bach to present day; has given many separate lecture-recitals before clubs, colleges and schools. Colleague Am. Guild of Organists; active mem. Lakewood Music Club. Address: 1356 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood, Ohio.
28ALLEN, Beulah Mai:
29Organist, teacher, accompanist; b. Bethel Springs, Tenn., Feb. 24, 1884, d. Daniel A. and Mary Elizabeth (Stovall) A.; grad. Union City High Sch., Union City, Tenn., 1900; Valparaiso Univ., Ind., 1912; stud. piano and violin with local teachers at Union City, piano and harmony w. E. W. Chaffee at Valparaiso Univ. Has taught piano and pipe-organ, 10 yrs.; organist 1st Meth. Epis. Ch., Union City, Tenn., past 8 yrs. Dir. Wednesday Choral Club, Union City, Tenn.; mem. Am. Guild of Organists. Address: 404 E. College St., Union City, Tenn.
31ALLEN, Esther Houk, (Mrs. Warren D. A.):
32Contralto, teacher of voice and public school music; b. Ionia, Mich., Aug. 15, 1885, d. John Michael and Christine Anna (List) Houk; grad. Metropolitan School of Music, Indianapolis, 1907; student Am. Institute of Normal Methods, Evanston, Ill., 1907-8; pupil of Oscar Saenger and Bruno Huhn, New York City, 1910-1; m. Warren Dwight Allen (q. v.). Supervisor of pub. sch. music, 1907-10; instructor in music, Iowa State Teachers' Coll., 1911-2; instructor in music, summer session, Univ. of Calif., 1911-3; head of dept. of pub. sch. methods and asst. teacher of voice, Pacific Cons. of Music, San José, Cal., 1913-6; teacher of music, State Normal Sch., San José, 1916. Address: College of the Pacific, San José, Cal.
34ALLEN, Guy Corken:
35Pianist and teacher; b. Hopkins, Mo., April 30, 1892, s. Charles K. and Jessie (Corken) A.; ed. Missouri Wesleyan Coll.; grad. Mo. Wesleyan Coll. Cons., 1910; piano and theory, Northwestern Univ., 1913; stud. piano w. Martin Miessler, Joseph E. Layton, Arne Oldberg and Frank La Forge of New York, composition w. P. C. Lutkin and Arne Oldberg; m. Mary Bess Robison, Westboro, Mo., Sept. 9, 1916. Debut in piano recital,
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