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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1ALLEN
2Newark, N. J. Home: 881 So. 17th St.
3Newark, N. J.
5ALLEN, Warren Dwight:
6Pianist, organist, conductor, teacher; b. San José, Cal., Aug. 31, 1885, s. James M. and Emma S. (Gage) Allen; ed. Univ. of California (1903-4); stud. piano w. Rudolph Ganz, Berlin (1909 and 1911), organ w. Widor, Paris (1910), theory w. Alexander von Fielitz, Berlin (1909); associate Am. Guild of Organists, 1909. Dean Cons. of Music, Coll. of the Pacific, San José, since 1913; solo pianist with People's Philharmonic Orchestra, San Francisco, 1914; solo organist, Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, April, 1915. Panama California Exposition, San Diego, July, 1915; cond. Pacific Choral Soc. (perf. "Creation" at Panama Pacific Exp., 1915); organized first annual May Festival, San José, 1916. Sub-dean San José Branch, Northern California Chapter, Amer. Guild of Organists. Address: College of the Pacific, San José, Cal.
8ALLING, Willis:
9Organist, conductor, composer, teacher; b. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 19, 1875, s. Willis George A. (the noted surgeon) and Gertrude (Bartholomew) A.; ed. Hillhouse High Sch., New Haven; Sheffield Scientific Sch.; stud. music at Yale Univ. Music Sch.; organ w. Samuel P. Warren, piano w. Samuel S. Sanford, theory w. Horatio W. Parker; m. Sarah S. Goodwin, New Haven, Conn., Apr. 18, 1899 (1 child). Organist and choirmaster of several large churches, New Haven, Conn.; organist St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie, New York, since 1899; general dir. of music in the same parish since 1912; operatic coach and accompanist to prominent singers, incl. members of Metropolitan Opera Co. Has composed songs, choruses, organ selections, etc., some published and others in MS. Mem. The Bohemians, New York. Address: 234 E. 11th St., New York. Home: 151 W. 105th St., New York.
11ALLISON, Horton Claridge:
12Pianist, composer and teacher; b. London, July 25, 1846; stud. Royal Acad. of Music, Leipzig Cons. and in Dublin; Mus. D. Dublin Univ. Has taught in Manchester. Comp.: piano pieces, organ pieces and songs.
14ALMAN, Samuel:
15Composer; b. near Odessa, 1878, of Jewish parents; at age of 14 had written music and sung in synagogues in Russia; mus. ed. Odessa Cons.; entered the Russian Army and served 4 years; then went to England and stud. composition under Dr. Hamilton Robinson at the Guildhall Sch. of Music; took associate's diploma, Royal Coll. of Music; prod. "King Ahaz," the first opera in the Yiddish language, at New Jewish Theatre, East End (his own text); also engaged in teaching and as choirmaster at Dalston Synagogue. Address: New Jewish Theatre, London, E., England.
17ALMANZ, Fernand:
18Stage manager; b. France; ed. there as singer and for music generally; has acted as stage manager in America and at Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Address: Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London, E. C.
20WHO'S WHO IN MUSIC
22ALPHERAKY, Achilles Nikolaievitch:
23Composer; b. Kharkov, in 1846; composed piano pieces, over 100 songs, mixed choruses a cappella, etc.
25ALTHOUSE, Paul Shearer:
26Tenor; b. Reading, Pa., s. Harry and Laura (Shearer) A.; nephew of Monroe A., composer; ed. Reading pub. sch.; Bucknell Univ.; stud. singing w. Percy Stephens and Oscar Saenger; m. Elizabeth Breen, St. Paul, Minn., June 20, 1914. Debut as Dimitri in Moussorgsky's "Boris Godounov," Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Mar. 19, 1913, being the 1st American tenor to make his debut in a leading role at the Metropolitan without previous European experience; has since sung in opera, oratorio and concert and at all the principal festivals; toured with New York Symphony Orch.; created the Duke in Herbert's "Madeleine," Count de Neipperg in Giordano's "Madame Sans-Gêne." Repertoire includes Rodolfo in "Bohème," Pinkerton in "Butterfly," Radames in "Aïda," Cavaradossi in "Tosca," Turiddu in "Cavalleria Rusticana," Faust, Walther in "Meistersinger," tenor roles in "Rosenkavalier," Herbert's "Madeleine," "Thaïs," and "L'Oracolo"; also all the principal oratorios, and concert and recital programs. Address: care Haensel & Jones, Æolian Hall, New York. Home: 645 West End Ave., New York.
28ALTMANN, Wilhelm:
29Musical editor and author; b. Adelnau, Apr. 4, 1862. Chief librarian at the Berlin Royal Library since 1900; dir., since 1906, of the Deutsche Musiksammlung, to which he, with Breitkopf & Härtel, gave the initial impulse; head music reviewer for the National-Zeitung since 1904. Comp.: "Chronik des Berliner Philh. Orchesters (1882-1901) (1902); "Heinrich v. Herzogenberg" (1903); "Öffentliche Musikbibliotheken"; "Ein frommer Wunsch" (1903); "Richard Wagners Briefe" (1905; a list of 3143 letters with brief synopses); "Brahms Briefwechsel" (1908); "Wagners Briefwechsel mit seinen Verlegern" (2 vls., 1911); "Kammermusik-Litteratur-Verzeichniss (list of chamber-music pub. since 1841) (1910). Made several arrangements of works of Bach, Beethoven, Stamitz; pub. original ed. of Michael Haydn's violin sonatas with basso continuo. Address: Kgl. Bibliothek, Berlin, Germany.
31ALTSCHULER, Modest:
32Cellist and conductor; b. Mohilev, Russia, Feb. 15, 1873, s. Theodor and Bertha (Slutzkin) A.; stud. cello w. Fitzenhagen and von Glen, orchestration w. Arensky, Taneiev and Safonov at the conservatories of Moscow and Warsaw; Bachelor of Music, Moscow, 1892; silver medalist; m. Anna A., Moscow, 1895 (2 children). Toured Europe with the Moscow Trio; went to the U. S. and was active as cellist and teacher for some time. Founded the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York, 1904, which gave regular annual series of concerts in Carnegie Hall for several years; debut as conductor at first concert of Russian Symphony Orch., Cooper Union, New York, Jan. 7, 1904; toured with the orchestra throughout the U. S. several seasons; resumed regular concert series in
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