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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1STOCKHOFF
2conductor of the Société de chant sacré, Strassburg, 1868-79; also mus. dir. of the Strassburg Cathedral; dir. Strassburg Cons. and cond. Municipal Concerts, 1871-1907, when he retired. Royal Professor, 1892. Address: Universitätspl. 8, Strassburg, Germany.
4STOCKHOFF, Walter William:
5Pianist, composer, teacher; b. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 12, 1881, s. Herman Henry and Catherine Louise (Huning) S.; ed. pub. schs., St. Louis; self-taught in music; unmarried. Has taught privately in St. Louis since age of 17 yrs. His compositions attracted the attention of Busoni, who in an article in "Die Musik" acclaimed him as the most original American composer. Comp.: for piano, "Twelve Quodlibets" (pub. 1903); "In the Mountains," seven impressions (pub. 1914); "Lullaby" (pub. 1915); Sonata (pub. 1916); (all Breitkopf & Härtel); compositions for orchestra, piano in large and small forms and for voice, also chamber music, in MS. Essays a new style of writing for the piano. Address: 2024 Rutger St., St. Louis, Mo.
7STOCKTON, Richard Muhlenburg:
8Organist, musical director, teacher; b. Phoenixville, Pa., Dec. 14, 1895, s. Dr. David Reeves and Mary (Richards) S.; grad. Lancaster High Sch., 1911, Franklin & Marshall Coll., Lancaster, Pa., 1915; stud. piano and organ w. Clarence McHose and Samuel Jessop in Lancaster; organ and theory w. Ralph Kinder in Philadelphia. Organist 1st Methodist Ch., Columbia, Pa., 1908-9; organist and choirmaster St. Mary's Catholic Ch., Lancaster, Pa., 1909-11, 1st Presbyt., 1911-5; organist and choirmaster Moravian Ch., Lititz, Pa., 1915; engaged in teaching piano, organ, theory in Lancaster, Lititz and Columbia since 1909. Mem. Lancaster Choral Soc.; Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Address: Grand Theatre, Lancaster, Pa. Home: 560 W. James So., Lancaster, Pa. or Box 236, Lititz, Pa.
10STOECKEL, Carl:
11Music patron; b. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 7, 1858, s. Gustave Jacob and Matilda Bertha (Wehner) S.; ed. Thomas Sch. and Hopkins Grammar Sch., New Haven, and private tutors; m. Ellen Battell Terry, Whitwell, Isle of Wight, England, May 6, 1895. Founded the Litchfield County Choral Union of 700 members, 1899; built the "Music Shed" (seating 2000) on his grounds at Norfolk for the annual concerts of the Litchfield County Choral Union, admission to which is solely by invitation; concerts have become a feature of American mus. life and have been medium for the 1st presentation in America of many important compositions; has established a fund for the annual production of 2 new mus. works, also a fund for the annual publication of a book pertaining to Litchfield County, to be written by a mem. of the Litchfield County Univ. Club for free distribution. Edited "The Letters of John Sedgwick, Major General. U. S. A." (2 vols.); erected battle monument to Gen. Sedgwick at his birthplace, Cornwall Hollow, Conn.; purchased birthplace and farm of John Brown at Torrington, Conn., and presented it to the John Brown Assn.; founded Litchfield County Univ. Club, composed of 200 coll. graduates, 1896. Life mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Assn. for the Advancement of Science, Archeological Inst. of America, Am. Rose Soc., Connecticut His Soc., Litchfield Hist. Soc., Royal Soc. of Art (London), New York Acad. of Science, Soc. for Preservation of New England Antiquities life fellow Am. Geographical Soc., Royal Meteorological Soc., N. British Acad. of Arts etc.; trustee New England Cons.; mem. Players' Club, Century Assn., Royal Societies Club, etc. A.M. hon. c., Yale, 1905. Address Norfolk, Conn.
13STOESSEL, Albert Frederic:
14Violinist and composer; b. St. Louis, Mo Oct. 11, 1894, s. Albert and Frieda (Wiedmann) S.; ed. St. Louis; stud. music at th Royal High School in Berlin w. Willy Hess and Emanuel Wirth. Debut w. Blüthne Orch., Berlin; mem. Willy Hess string quartet, Berlin; soloist Gernsheim Festival, Nordhausen, Germany, Mar., 1914; appeared before the German empress; taught H. I. H., Prince Osman Fuad of Turkey; American debut with St. Louis Symphony Orch., Nov. 19-20, 1915; associated in public appearances in Berlin with Emanuel Wirth, Willy Hess, Friedrich Gernsheim, Philipp Rüfer, Arthur Schnabel, Frederic Lamond, Lilli Lehmann etc. Comp.: String Quartet in D major (1st perf. Berlin, May 18, 1914); String Quintet in C minor (1st perf. Amsterdam, July 10, 1915); short violin solos; songs (Boston Musi Co.); now in U. S Army. Address: 9 Hancock St., Auburndale, Mass.
16STOESSER, Lillian Bertha:
17Teacher of pub. sch. music; b. Buffalo, New York, Oct. 5, 1895, d. Gustav H. an Katherine (Nesper) S.; ed. pub. sch., grad. Masten Park high sch., Buffalo, 1913, stat. normal sch., Buffalo, 1915, Cornell Univ. (summers), supervisor of music diploma, 1915. Has had charge of all music in public and high school, including orchestra and glee club, in E. Aurora, New York, past 3 yrs. Address: E. Aurora High School, E. Aurora N. Y. Home: 303 Northampton St., Buffalo N. Y.
19STOEVING, Paul:
20Violinist, teacher, author; b. Leipzig, Mar. 7, 1861. s. Carl Johann and Elise (Albitius S.; brother of Prof. Curt S., sculptor in Berlin; ed. Realgymnasium, Leipzig; stud. musi w. Franz Wohlfahrt, E. Dvorack von Walden w. Friedrich Herrmann and Henry Schradeck at the Leipzig Cons., Hubert Léonard in Paris, 1880-1; m. Florentine B. Lech Peterborough, Canada, 1893. Prof. at th Königsberg Cons., 1881-2; on tour in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, 1882; concertmaste and soloist in Hamburg, 1883; toured in Russia, 1884; in the U. S., 1887; toured in the U. S. as leader of the Mendelssohn Quintet Club 1892; settled in London, 1896; prof. at th Guildhall School of Music, London, 1898-1914 dir. of violin dept., New Haven (Conn. School of Music, and teacher at the Von End School of Music, New York, since 1915. Comp.: for violin, 2 "Lyrische Stücke," op 1; 2 "Sommer-Idyllen," op. 3; "Am Springquell," character study, (ded. to Ysaÿe) 2 Stücke, op. 6; "Derwisch Tanz," op. 8 (C. F. W. Siegel, Leipzig, 1895); others in
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