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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1BALFOUR
2Ida J. (Cole) B.; grad. Morristown High Sch., 1896; mus. ed. Metropolitan Coll. of Music, stud. piano w. Caia Aarup, organ w. Clement R. Gale, theory w. Harry R. Shelley; married (1 child). Teacher of piano, Morristown, N. J., 18 yrs.; organist St. James Epis. Ch., Newark, N. J.; asst. cond. Newark festival chorus; dir. of music Allen-Stevenson Sch. New York; chorus-master Newark Pageant, May, 1916. Has composed some church music. Mem. Newark Musicians' Club. Address: 847 Broad St., Newark, N. J., or Hoffman Bldg., Morristown, N. J. Home: 10 E. Park St., Newark, N. J.
4BALFOUR, Henry Lucas:
5Organist and conductor; b. Battersea, London, Oct. 28, 1859; s. James L. B.; Skinner Company's Scholar at National Training Sch. of Music, 1876-82; stud. under Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sir John Stainer, Pauer, Prout, Cowen and Eaton Faning; also at Leipzig; m. Miss K. H. Martin, 1887. Organist, Mission of the Good Shepherd, Croydon, 1872, St. Saviour's, Croydon, 1879-1902 (except 1883-4); cond. Croydon Philharmonic Soc., 1885-1900; organist to Royal Choral Soc., Albert Hall, 1895-1902; organist and choirmaster Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, since 1902; professor of organ Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind, 1896; cond. South London Musical Club; conducted performances of Brahms' "Requiem" by Royal Choral Soc. in 1905; organ recitals at Inventions Exhibition, 1885, Liverpool Exhibition, 1886, at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, etc.; was asst. to Dr. Hopkins at Temple Church, and is deputy conductor of Royal Choral Soc. Mus. B., Durham, 1906; Fellow Royal Coll. of Organists, 1904; mem. Philharmonic Soc. and R. A. M. Club; mem. council, Royal Coll. of Organists and Incorporated Soc. of Music. Address: 13 Elmwood Road, Croydon, England.
7BALFOUR-GARDINER. See GARDINER, H. Balfour.
9BALL, Ernest R.:
10Song writer; b. Cleveland, O., July 21, 1878; mus. ed. Cleveland Cons.; m. Maude Lambert, 1912. Associated with the publishing firm of M. Witmark and Sons, New York; appeared in vaudeville w. Maude Lambert, 1912-13; known as "the American Tosti." Comp.: songs, "Love Me and the World is Mine"; "In the Garden of My Heart"; "My Dear"; "If You'll Remember Me"; "Sleep, My Lady Love, Sleep"; "Bygone Days"; "If You Only Knew, Honey," "Where the Fourleaf Clover Grows"; "As Long as the World Rolls On"; "A Little Bit of Heaven"; "Who Knows?"; "Mother Machree" (w. Chauncey Olcott), "My Rosary for You"; "Allah, Give me Mine," etc. Mem. The Friars; Athletic Club, New York. Address: New York Athletic Club, New York.
12BALL, Frances de Villa:
13Pianist, teacher, composer; b. Schenevus, Otsego Co., New York, Jan. 22, 1875, d. Ogilvie De Villa and Adelaide (Van Der Zee) B.; mus. ed. w. Dr. Henry W. Giles, Dr. William Mason, Frau Malwine Brée, Theodore Leschetizky, composition w. Herr Labor in Vienna. Debut before annual meeting of the New York State Music Teachers' Assn. at 14 yrs. of age; has played with Seidl's Orch., Albany, and at Festival Hall, San Francisco Exposition; recitals, Panama Exposition, San Diego, Smith Coll., Wilson Coll., Mendelssohn Hall, New York, etc.; teacher in Emma Willard Cons., Troy, 2 yrs.; St. Agnes' Sch., Albany, 4 yrs.; Miss Knox's Sch., Briar Cliff Manor, 5 yrs.; also private teaching in Albany and New York. Comp.: "Romance," "Reverie," and "Moment Musical" for piano, March for organ (all in MS.); also several songs. Address: Studio 100, Carnegie Hall, New York City.
15BALLANTINE, Edward:
16Composer and teacher; b. Oberlin, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1886, s. William Gay and Emma (Atwood) B.; ed. Springfield High School; special student at Harvard, 1903-7, where he stud. composition under W. R. Spalding and Frederick S. Converse, receiving the highest honors; stud. piano w. Mary Regal at Springfield, Mass., then w. Edward Noyes and Helen Hopekirk in Boston, w. Arthur Schnabel and Rudolph Ganz in Berlin, 1907-9, composition there under Philip Rüfer; m. Edith Perry, Boston, Mass., April, 1916. Instructor in musical theory at Harvard Univ. since 1912. Comp.: Prelude to "The Delectable Forest" for orch. (first perf. MacDowell Festival, Peterborough, N. H., 1914); "The Eve of St. Agnes," symph. poem (perf. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jan., 1917); songs and piano pieces. Mem. Composers' Club, Harvard Club (Boston). Address: 497 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
18BALLANTYNE, Joseph:
19Teacher of singing and theory, musical director; b. Ogden, Utah, Feb. 20, 1868, s. Richard and Hulda Meriah (Clark) B.; stud. harmony, sight-singing, piano, singing at National Cons. of Music, New York, 1895-6; stud. counterpoint, orchestration, composition w. Max Spicker, New York, 1897-9, singing w. Oscar Saenger, New York, 1897-9; also w. William Shakespeare and others; m. Rosannah A. Brown, Ogden, Utah, Feb. 26, 1886. Dir. Ogden (Mormon) Tabernacle Choir (250 voices), which he conducted at the Portland Exposition, 1905; at Sacramento and San Francisco, Cal., before the Nat. Irrigation Congress, 1915, at San Francisco and San Diego Panama-Pacific expositions, 1915; has taught for 16 yrs. Address: 2539 Orchard Ave., Ogden, Utah.
21BALLARD, Edna Anna Wheeler:
22Harpist; b. Burlington, Ia., June 25, 1891, d. Eddy G. and Anna H. (Pearce) Wheeler; grad. Hyde Park High Sch., Chicago, Ill.; stud. harp w. Walfried Singer, Henry J. Williams, Alberto Salvi and others; m. Guy Warren Ballard, Chicago, Ill., Mar. 21, 1916. Harpist for Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 3 yrs. and at present; engaged in lyceum and general concert work in Chicago and vicinity; has taught 4 yrs.; mem. faculty Chicago Musical College, Chicago, Ill., Mendelssohn Cons. and National Cons., Chicago; has appeared before prominent clubs, at Orchestra Hall, state conventions of women's clubs, etc. Mem. Chicago Woman's Musical Club,
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