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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1BARCLAY
2Hřimaly and Laub at the Moscow Cons.; app. professor of violin-playing at Warsaw Cons., 1885; 2nd cond., Warsaw Opera, 1893; became dir. of the Imper. Musical Inst. there, 1911. Address: Imperial Musical Institute, Warsaw, Russia.
4BARCLAY, Arthur:
5Conductor and choirmaster; b. London, 1869; mus. ed. Guildhall School of Music under Thomas Wingham; professor there until 1911; now choirmaster of Brompton Oratory. Comp.: Concert Overture (Crystal Palace, 1892); Symphony in C minor (1896); several organ and pianoforte pieces (Messrs. Stainer and Bell, and Messrs. Goodwin and Tabb). Address: Ridgmount, Peaslake, Surrey, England.
7BARDSLEY, John:
8Tenor; b. Fainworth, Lancashire, England, June 10, 1883; s. Samuel and Mary Ann (French) B.; ed. St. John's, Manchester; mus. ed. Royal Acad. of Music under Dr. Lierhammer; engaged in building trade for short period. Debut, Mar. 9, 1907, at a Chapell Ballad Concert, Queen's Hall, London; has sung at Queen's Hall, Bechstein Hall, Albert Hall and in the English provinces; appeared in "Elektra," "Salome" and "Tristan" during the Beecham season at His Majesty's Theatre, 1911, and the German season of that year at Covent Garden; during opéra-comique season in "Tales of Hoffmann," "Fledermaus," "Entführung" and "Werther"; sang with Century Opera Co., New York, 1912-14. Address: 15 Chichele Road, Cricklewood, London, N. W.
10BARFORD, Vernon West:
11Pianist, organist, teacher; b. Wellington College, England, Sept. 10, 1876, s. James Gale and Mary (West) B.; ed. Worcester Cathedral choir sch. and St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford Univ.; associate Am. Guild of Organists, 1909; m. Agnes M. Lynch, 1900 (4 children). Teacher for 20 years. Scholar organist, St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, 1894; organist and choirmaster Qu'Apelle Pro-Cathedral, Canada, 1895-1900; organist and choirmaster All Saints Church, Edmonton, Canada, since 1900. Was conductor Alberta Music Festival for 7 yrs. and produced, among other works, Coleridge-Taylor's "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast," Stanford's "Revenge" and Elgar's "Banner of St. George" with full orch. and chorus of 250. Cond. Edmonton Operatic Soc., since 1904. Pres. Edmonton Musicians' Protective Assn. 7 yrs.; pres. Alberta Musical Festival Committee, 1908-14; organist Grand Lodge of Alberta, A. F. and A. M. Address: Edmonton, Canada.
13BARGE, (Johann Heinrich) Wilhelm:
14Flutist and composer for flute; b. Wulf-sahl, Hanover, Nov. 23, 1836; self-taught in flute-playing; played in the Hanoverian Regimental Band, 1853-60; then 1st flute of Detmold court orch.; 1st flute of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch., 1867-95, retiring on a pension. Comp.: "Method for Flute," 4 sets of orchestral flute-studies based on passages in orchestral works, arrangements for flute of classic and modern compositions ("Sammlung beliebter Stücke für Flöte und Pianoforte," etc.
16BARKER, Robert Collyer:
17Pianist, organist, teacher, composer; b. Chicago, Ill., July 13, 1875, s. Oscar Phineas and Nancy A. (Root) B.; ed. grammar sch., Univ. of Ill., 2 yrs.; stud. piano, harmony and organ w. Peter C. Lutkin at Northwestern Univ. Music Sch., organ w. C. Morris Campbell, Albany; m. Emma M. Kuss, Peoria, Ill., Nov. 21, 1906. Has been engaged in private teaching of piano, organ and harmony in Chicago since 1895; pub. sacred song, "Rabboni" (1916), composed secular songs and piano pieces (MS.). Address: 1530 Kimball Hall, Jackson & Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Home: 563 N. Pine St., Chicago, Ill.
19BARLOW, Arthur:
20Bass and teacher; b. Aug. 3, 1868, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England; ed. Chorlton High School, Manchester; mus. ed. with Dr. Hiles, Manchester, Royal College of Music. Debut at Bow and Bromley Institute, London, 1892; has sung at Mottl's Wagner Concerts, 1894-5, Boosey Ballad Concerts, Queen's Hall, 1894, Hallé Concerts under Richter, Liverpool Philharmonic Concerts, Belfast Philharmonic, Sheffield Festival, etc.; became principal bass, Foundling Hospital, 1893. Address: 19 Inglewood Road, W. Hampstead, London, N. W.
22BARLOW, Howard Dunham:
23Conductor; b. Plain City, O., May 1, 1892, s. Earl W. and Nettie (Dunham) B.; A.B. Reed Coll., Portland, Ore., 1915; stud. music w. Lucien Becker in Portland, composition with Frank E. Ward and Cornelius Rübner at Columbia Univ., New York. Cond. Reed Coll. Choral Soc., Portland, Ore., 1912-5; Riverdale Choral Society, New York, since 1915. Address: Furnald Hall, Columbia Univ., New York.
25BARLOW-SMITH, Constance:
26Teacher; b. London, England, May 27, 1860, d. James Smith and Susan Jane (Haskell) Barlow; father well known cornet player and mem. of the Royal Soc. of Musicians, London; ed. private schs.; mus. ed. Illinois Cons., Jacksonville, Ill., Am. Inst. of Normal Methods, Chicago and Boston, w. William Mason and Agramonti in New York, w. Poznauski and Barlow at home; m. Arthur Gifford Smith, Jacksonville, Ill., Sept., 1880 (2 children). Taught for 1 yr. at the New Jersey Cons. of Music; also taught music in the Morgan County Teachers' Institute for 9 summers; supervisor of music, Jacksonville pub. schs., 8 yrs.; opened department of public school music, Univ. of Illinois, 1902; under her direction this department has developed until it is now offering a full 4 year course leading to the degree of Mus. B., the first degree course in pub. sch. music to be offered by any univ. Author of numerous papers, addresses, articles, etc., pub. in the proceedings of the M. T. N. A., the Nat. Educ. Assn., Illinois Music Teachers, Assn., etc., and in magazines and newspapers. Mem. Nat. Educ. Assn. (sec. music dept., 1916), N. M. T. A., Illinois State Teachers' Assn., Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, Illinois Music Teachers' Assn. (mem. examining board). Address: 720 West College Avenue, Jacksonville, Ill.
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