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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1ARNOLD
2emy of Music, London (Kelsall prize). Professor Royal Acad. of Music; examiner for the Associated Board. Address: Crickley House, Sinclair Rd., London, W.
4ARNOLD, Maurice (M. Arnold-Strothotte):
5Composer; b. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 19, 1865, s. Dr. A. and Anna (Graser) Strothotte; ed. Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium, Berlin; stud. music w. his mother, at the Cincinnati College of Music, w. Bruch, Wüllner, Jensen in Cologne and Berlin; m. Elizabeth Rohde, Leipzig, May 16, 1908. Teacher of theory, Nat. Cons. of Music, New York; mus. dir. Princess Theatre, London, and Progressive Stage Society, New York, 1905; toured Germany, 1902 and 1907; cond. his own 1st symphony, Berlin, 1907; other orchestral works performed in Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, etc.; was instrumental in arousing Anton Dvořák's interest in negro music. Comp.: "American Plantation Dances" (prod. by Dvořák, New York, 1894); Dramatic Overture; "Wild Case" (St. Louis); operas, "The Merry Benedict" (Brooklyn, 1896) and "Cleopatra"; Violin Sonata in E min.; songs, including "Say Not I'm Forsaken, Lady of My Heart"; piano pieces, incl. "Souvenir de Sevile," "Bolero," "Little Turtle-Dove," "Tête-à-Tête," etc.; duets f. violin and viola; valse f. string quartet, etc. Address: 36 W. 40th Street, New York.
7ARNOLD, Richard:
8Violinist; b. Eilenberg, Prussia, Jan. 10, 1845; went to the U. S., 1853; ed. pub. schs., Buffalo, Memphis and Columbus; stud. music w. Ferd. David at Leipzig Cons.; 1st violin in Theodore Thomas's Orch., 1869-76; leader and solo violinist in the New York Philharm. Club; elected member of the Philharm. Soc. in 1877, concert-master, 1880-1909, v.-pres., 1896; organized the R. Arnold String Sextet. 1897; now concert violinist and teacher in New York. Mem. German Liederkranz, Lotos Club, New York. Address: 208 E. 61st Street, New York.
10ARNOLDSON, Sigrid:
11Dramatic soprano; b. Stockholm, Sweden, Mar. 20, 1861, d. Oscar A., celebrated tenor; stud. singing w. Maurice Strakosch and Désirée Artot; m. Alfred Fischhof. Debut as Rosina in Rossini's "Il Berbiere di Siviglia," at Moscow, 1886; prima donna in Petrograd, London (Drury Lane), Amsterdam and The Hague; Opéra-Comique, Paris, 1887; Covent Garden, London, 1888; Moscow and Zürich, 1889; Metropolitan Opera House, N. Y., 1894; Royal Opera, Pest, and Dutch Opera, Amsterdam, 1898; elected mem. Stockholm Acad., 1910; roles include Rosina, Dinorah, Sonnambula, Mignon, Cherubino, Zerlina, Traviata. Address: Stockholm, Sweden.
13ARS (VOLKOV), Nikolai Anderevitch:
14Composer and conductor; b. Moscow, 1857; stud. Geneva and Milan conservatories. Comp. operettas, symphonic poems, etc.
16ARTHUR, Alfred:
17Teacher of singing and theory; b. Pittsburgh, Oct. 8, 1844, s. Hamilton and Margaret (Hanna) A.; ed. high sch., Ashland, O.; grad. Boston Music Sch., in flute, piano, singing, cornet, 1869; stud. w. Julius Eichberg of the New England Cons.; m. Kate S. Burnham, Delaware, O., Dec. 12, 1871 (2 sons). Teacher of singing and tenor soloist 2nd Baptist Ch., Cleveland, O., 1871-8; cond. Bach Soc. (Woodland Ave. Presbyt. Ch.), 1878-1890, Sacred Music Soc., Pilgrim Congr. Ch., 1890-1900, Cleveland Vocal Soc., 1873-1902, dir. Cleveland School of Music since 1885. Author: "Elementary Theory and Harmony." Comp.: Romance for vln.; 3 operas, "Water Carrier"; "The Roundheads and Cavaliers"; "Adeline"; church music; songs ("Memory's Dream," "Tell it, Silver Throat," "Song of the Opal," "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes," "Yesterday," etc.); Progressive Vocal Studies; Technical Exercises for Soprano or Tenor (Arthur P. Schmidt Co.); 74 Lessons in Voice Training (Theodore Presser); 40 Vocal Art Studies for Soprano. Mem. Music Teachers' Club, Cleveland, Ohio. Address: 3101 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, O. Home: 13850 Lake Ave., Lakewood, Ohio.
19ARTSIBUSHEV, Nicholas Vassilievitch:
20Teacher and composer; b. Tsarskoë-Selo, Russia, Mar. 7, 1858; ed. in law until 1879; advocate; stud. piano, harmony, etc. w. Soloviev and Rimsky-Korsakov. Has made many transcriptions for piano. Comp.: Polka for orch.; 2 piano mazurkas; several vocal romances.
22ASHBROOKE, Philip:
23Manager; b. Esher, Surrey, England, 1874; ed. Eastbourne College, and on the Continent; m. Miss G. Moger, soprano, 1914. Organized the musical committee for the Pageant of London at Festival of the Empire, 1911; was associated with W. G. Stead in the preparation of official guide to the Festival. Author of short stories and articles on musical and general subjects; lyrics pub. by Messrs. Boosey & Co., Enoch & Sons, Schmidt of Boston, etc.; partner in Concert Direction Michell and Ashbrooke. Address: 7A Piccadilly Mansions, London, W.
25ASHLEY, Phyllida:
26Pianist and organist; b. Oakland, Cal., Aug. 30, 1894, d. George and Blanche (Sharpe) A., great-niece of George St. George, composer and maker of stringed instruments, London; ed. priv. schs.; Berkeley High Sch.; Univ. of Cal., Berkeley; stud. piano w. mother, w. Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, 1914, w. Sigismond Stojowski, 1916. Debut San Francisco, 1914; made several New York appearances, 1916; toured with a quartet, 1915; appeared in Chicago, San Francisco, Winnipeg, Detroit, Boston, New York, Richmond, Baltimore, etc. Mem. San Francisco Musical Club. Address: care von Ende School of Music, 44 W. 85th St., New York. Home: 308 Casino Ave., Crawford, N. J., or 2243 Twelfth Ave., Oakland, Cal.
28ASHMALL, William E.:
29Organist and composer; b. Birmingham, England; son and grandson of organists; stud. music w. father. Has been organist at Church of the Epiphany (Epis.), Madison Ave. Reformed Ch., Central Congrl. (Dr. Lloyd's) Ch., Church of Our Savior (Universalist), Baptist Church of the Epiphany (8 yrs.)—all in New York; St. Luke's Prot. Epis. Ch., Brooklyn; Holy Trinity Epis. Ch.
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