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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1and Cora E. (Talbot) B.; grandfather, father and mother musicians; ed. common and high schs. Stud. voice, Landon Cons. and privately, Chicago, 1904-5, Ross David and A. Buzzi-Peccia, New York, 1907; violin w. Charles D. Hahn, Dallas, Tex., Henry Schradieck, Dezso Nemes, New York, and others; m. Daisy Teagarden, 1909 (2 children). Engaged in teaching, Dallas, Tex., since 1907; dir. Monona Male Quartet, Dallas Ladies' Quartet; dir. Mozart Choral Club (mixed voices), presenting "artist course" of 4 concerts each year, also Mozart Orchestra, assisting the Choral Club; dir. and mem. Hella Temple and Scottish Rite male quartets, also Trinity Valley Blue Lodge Quartet; dir. Grace M. E. Church, all of Dallas. Repertoire includes tenor solo parts of principal oratorios, recital songs, operatic arias and sacred numbers. Pres. and dir. Mozart Choral Club; mem. Trinity Valley Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Hella Temple Shrine, Consistory No. 2, A. & A. S. R. M., Dallas; 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. Address: 4943 Victor St., Dallas, Tex.
3BEKKER, Paul:
4Violinist, conductor, critic, writer; b. Berlin, Sept. 11, 1882; stud. violin w. F. Rehfeld, piano w. A. Sormann, theory w. B. Horwitz. Began his career as violinist in the Philharmonic Orch. in Berlin; cond. at Aschaffenburg and Görlitz for a short time; returned to Berlin in 1906 as music critic of the "Neueste Nachrichten," also writing the program-books for the concerts of the Philharmonic Soc.; critic for the "Berliner Allgemeine Zeitung," 1909; removed to Frankfort in 1911; has since then been critic for the "Frankfurter Zeitung." Author: biographies of Oskar Fried (1907) and Jacques Offenbach (1909); "Das Musikdrama der Gegenwart" (1909); "Beethoven" (1911), also pub. in a large and profusely illus. de luxe edition. Address: Eckenheimer Landstrasse, 21, Frankfort-on-Main, Germany.
6BELCHER, John William:
7Tenor robusto, vocal teacher; b. Greenwood, Jackson Co., Mo., July 8, 1877, s. William and Barbara B. Has sung in opera and concerts, and has been engaged in teaching for the past 15 yrs. Address: 510 Columbia Bldg., Portland, Ore.
9BELDING, Cora Neolia:
10Teacher of piano, harmony and counterpoint, accompanist; b. Portland, Ore., May 10, 1862, d. Charles Fletcher and Mary Jane (Davies) Royal; stud. piano w. Charles N. Breasley (pupil of Godowsky), Lewiston, Idaho; piano and harmony w. Dr. Z. M. Parvin; B.M., Northwest Normal School of Music and Art, 1916; m. Aretas W. Belding, Jan. 1, 1884 (2 sons). Taught piano in Lewiston, Idaho, 10 yrs.; Salem, Ore., 2 yrs.; Newberg, Ore., 1 yr.; Washington, D. C., 1 yr.; Portland, Ore., 4 yrs.; organist at 1st Methodist Ch., Lewiston, Idaho, 6 yrs., Newberg, Ore., 1 yr., now at Trinity Presbyt. Ch., Portland, Ore. Address: 1349½ Corbett St., Portland, Ore. one of two readings
11Teacher of piano, harmony and counterpoint, accompanist; b. Portland, Ore., May 10, 1862, d. Charles Fletcher and Mary Jane (Davies) Royal; stud. piano w. Charles N. Breasley (pupil of Godowsky), Lewiston, Idaho; piano and harmony w. Dr. Z. M. Parvin; B.M., Northwest Normal School of Music and Art, 1916; m. Aretas W. Belding, Jan. 1, 1884 (2 sons). Taught piano in Lewiston, Idaho, 10 yrs.; Salem, Ore., 2 yrs.; Newberg, Ore., 1 yr.; Washington, D. C., 1 yr.; Portland, Ore., 4 yrs.; organist at 1st Methodist Ch., Lewiston, Idaho, 6 yrs., Newberg, Ore., 1 yr., now at Trinity Presbyt. Ch., Portland, Ore. Address: 1349 1/2 Corbett St., Portland, Ore. one of two readings
13BELICZAY, Julius von:
14Composer; b. Komorn, Hungary, Aug. 10, 1835; ed. as an engineer, but turned to music; stud. with Hoffmann and Krenn in Vienna. Professor at the National Academy of Music, Budapest. Composer of orchestral works, string quartets, piano pieces and songs; author of a manual of composition in the Hungarian language. Address: National Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary.
16BELL, Ida Burr:
17Pianist, organist, teacher; b. Worcester, Mass., d. Frederick Phineas and Adelaide (Isham) Burr; ed. high sch., Lawrence, Kans., Kansas State Univ.; mus. ed. Kansas State Univ. (grad. artist's course, degree Mus. B.); stud. piano w. G. B. Penny, C. A. Preyer, voice w. Franklyn Hunt of Kansas City, J. K. Farrell of Kansas Univ.; organ w. C. S. Skilton, Edward Kreiser of Kansas City; m. Olin Bell (2 daughters). Début as pianist, 1892, as organist, Kansas State Univ., 1906. Organist First Methodist Ch., Lawrence, Kans., 6 yrs., First Episcopal Ch. 1½ yrs. State pres., National Federation of Musical Clubs; sec. Kansas chapter, Am. Guild of Organists; federation secretary Music Club of Lawrence, Kans. Address: 1347 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, Kans. one of two readings
18Pianist, organist, teacher; b. Worcester, Mass., d. Frederick Phineas and Adelaide (Isham) Burr; ed. high sch., Lawrence, Kans., Kansas State Univ.; mus. ed. Kansas State Univ. (grad. artist's course, degree Mus. B.); stud. piano w. G. B. Penny, C. A. Preyer, voice w. Franklyn Hunt of Kansas City, J. K. Farrell of Kansas Univ.; organ w. C. S. Skilton, Edward Kreiser of Kansas City; m. Olin Bell (2 daughters). Début as pianist, 1892, as organist, Kansas State Univ., 1906. Organist First Methodist Ch., Lawrence, Kans., 6 yrs., First Episcopal Ch. 1 1/2 yrs. State pres., National Federation of Musical Clubs; sec. Kansas chapter, Am. Guild of Organists; federation secretary Music Club of Lawrence, Kans. Address: 1347 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, Kans. one of two readings
20BELL, John A.:
21Organist and choral conductor; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 6, 1864, s. John H. and Martha (Rankin) B. Concert organist; organist and choir director, 1st Presbyt. Ch., Pittsburgh, Pa., 32 yrs. (present position). Address: 4746 Friendship Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
23BELL, William Henry:
24Teacher and composer; b. St. Albans, England, Aug. 20, 1873; chorister at St. Albans Cathedral until 1889, studied at Royal Acad. of Music (Goss scholarship), organ w. Steggall, vln. w. Burnett, piano w. Izard, composition w. F. Corder. Prof. of harmony, Royal Acad. of Music, 1903-12; dir. South African Coll. of Music in Cape Town since 1912. Comp. "Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales"; "Canterbury Tales," 3 symphonic poems; "Walt Whitman," symphony in C. min.; "The Open Road," symphony in F; symphonic preludes, "A Song in the Morning," "The Passing of Wenonah," "Agamemnon" (after Aeschylus); other works for orch., "Mother Carey," "Love among the Ruins," "The Shepherd," "Two Mood-pictures," "Epithalamion," "Arcadian Suite"; "English Dance Suite" for small orch.; choral works with orch., "Hawke," "The Call of the Sea," "Ballad of the Bride," "The Baron of Brackley"; 2 string quartets; sonata for viola and piano; songs. Address: South African Coll. of Music, Cape Town.
26BELL-PORTER, Lilian:
27Singer; b. Worcester, England, 1874; ed. privately; m. William E. B., musical director. Début in concert, Chichester, 1894; has sung in many towns in Great Britain, and at Worcester and Hereford festivals; played the Page in "Richard II" with F. R. Benson at Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, 1902; afterwards toured for two yrs. with Moody-Manners Company, subsequently with the Carl Rosa Company; since then engaged principally in concert work in and around Lon-
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