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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1tour ("Carmen") 1891, Georgina Burns Opera Co., 1892; cond. the Italian opera during Sig. Lago's season at the Olympic Theatre, London (Tchaikovsky's "Eugen Onegin," etc.); taught singing, etc., for a time; was appointed musical adviser for the Wagner concerts organized by Schulz Curtius at Queen's Hall, 1894; cond. there a series of Promenade Concerts, 1895, and from that time became very prominent in London's musical life; cond. the "run" of Stanford's "Shamus O'Brien" at the Opéra Comique Theatre; started the Queen's Hall Symphony Concerts, 1897; cond. Queen's Hall Orch. since then; instrumental in popularizing Russian music in England; app. cond. Nottingham Sacred Harmonic Soc., 1897 (founded Nottingham City Orch.), Wolverhampton Festival Choral Society, 1900; also conducted the Wagner Festival at Albert Hall, the Crystal Palace Concerts, 1901-2, Sheffield Music Festival, 1902-11, London Festivals, Queen's Hall, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1911, Norwich Festivals, 1905, 1908, 1911, Westmoreland Festivals, Kendal, 1904-12, Birmingham Festival, 1912, etc., etc.; also active as vocal teacher. Teacher in opera repertoire. Noted especially as an orchestral drill master. Comp.: masses; anthems; dramatic oratorio, "Dorothea" (1889); dramatic cantata, "Nacoochee" (1890); several mus. comedies ("Zuleika," 1890, "100 Years Ago," 1892); songs, etc. Author: "Breathing Tones and their Qualities" (an exposition of his vocal method). Is an amateur painter. Knighted 1911. Address: Elsworthy Road, Primrose Hill, London, N. W., England.
3WOOD, Mary Knight (Mrs. Alfred Bishop Mason):
4Composer; b. Easthampton, Mass., Apr. 7, 1857, d. Horatio Gates and Mary Ann (Huntoon) Knight; father was lieut.-gov. of Massachusetts 4 terms; leading manfr. and philanthropist; ed. Charlier Inst., New York, Miss Porter's Sch., Farmington, Conn.; stud. music w. Karl Klauser in Farmington, B. J. Lang in Boston, Henry Holden Huss in New York, etc.; m. 1st, Charles Greenleaf Wood, of Boston, Mass., 1879, 2nd, Alfred Bishop Mason, New York, 1914. Comp.: over 50 songs for all voices, incl. "Ashes of Roses," "Thy Name," "Songs of Sleep," etc. (Arthur P. Schmidt, Charles H. Ditson & Co., G. Schirmer). Mem. Women's Cosmopolitan Club, Manuscript Soc., New York. Address: 150 W. 59th St., New York. Summer: Witchwood, Onteora Club, Catskill Mts., N. Y.
6WOODFORDE-FINDEN, Amy:
7Composer; b. Valparaiso, Chile, d. Alfred and Virginia Worthington (Heath) Ward; father was British Consul in Valparaiso; stud. music w. Adolph Schlosser, Winter and Amy Horrocks; m. Col. Woodforde-Finden of the Indian Army (retired). Comp.: many songs which have achieved wide popularity, incl. Four Indian Love Lyrics, "A Lover in Damascus," "On Jhelum River," "Oh Flower of All the World," "A Pagoda of Flowers," "A Dream of Egypt," "Golden Hours," "Stars of the Desert" (Four Indian Love Lyrics, 2nd series); Three Little Mexican Songs, etc. Address: 45 Portland Court, Great Portland Street, London, W., England.
9WOODMAN, R[aymond] Huntington:
10Organist, conductor, composer, teacher; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1861, s. Jonathan Call and Sarah Ann (Copeland) W.; ed. pub. schs., College of the City of New York (3 yrs.); stud. piano w. his father, harmony, counterpoint and orchestration w. Dudley Buck, 1881-5, and w. César Franck in Paris; m. Ethel Field Righter, of Brooklyn, June 14, 1892. Was alto singer at St. George's Ch., Flushing, L. I., under his father as organist; asst. organist to his father Christ Ch., Norwich, Conn., 1879-80; organist and choirm. First Presbyterian Ch., Brooklyn, since 1880; concert organist, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893), and other expositions. Professor of music, Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn; also head of organ dept. Metropolitan Coll. of Music, New York; Editor church music dept., "New York Evangelist," 1894-7. Composer of over 100 songs, anthems, choruses, part-songs and piano pieces, incl. 3 "Album Leaves," "Romance," and "The Brook." Fellow Am. Guild of Organists (former warden). Address: 131 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
12WOODS, Francis Cunningham:
13Organist, teacher, composer; b. London, Aug. 29, 1862; ed. City of London Sch. and at Neuwied-on-the-Rhine; stud. music w. Sullivan, Stainer, Bridge, Prout, Cowen and O'Leary at the National Training Sch. for Music; Mus. B. Oxon, 1891. Organist Brasenose Coll., Oxford, 1883-6; organist and choirm., Exeter Coll., 1886-95; organist to the Duke of Marlborough, 1891-4; teacher of organ and lecturer at Oxford, 1890-5, organist and music master, Highgate Sch., 1896; cond. Finsbury Choral Assn., 1897-1901. Comp.: cantatas, "King Harold"; "A Greyport Legend"; "Old May Day"; Suite in F maj. for small orch.; incidental music to "The Tempest"; ode, "The Lords of Labor"; anthems and songs. Fellow Royal Coll. of Organists. Address: 11 Bisham Gardens, Highgate, London, N., England.
15WOODWORTH, Mabel Eames:
16Violinist; b. West Chicago, Ill., May 2, 1891, d. Charles A. and Lena (Fessler) W.; ed. high sch. and Chicago Univ.; stud. music w. Adolf Weidig at Am. Cons. of Music, Chicago, w. Henri Marteau in Berlin; m. Peter Jensen, Nov. 22, 1916. Debut in Chicago, 1910; mem. faculty Coe Cons., Coe Coll., Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1910-2; teacher of violin, theory and ensemble, Am. Cons., Chicago, since 1912; has given concerts throughout the U. S.; repertoire includes all the standard sonatas, concertos and general violin literature. Mem. Am. Guild of Violinists, the Cordon, Musicians Club, Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority, Chicago. Address: Kimball Hall, American Conservatory of Music. Home: 137 Glen Ave., Council Bluffs, Iowa.
18WOOLDRIDGE, H. Ellis:
19Musicologist; b. Winchester, March 28, 1845; moved to London 1854; entered the Royal Academy of Arts to study painting, 1865; at the same time pursued studies in musical history in the libraries in London and Oxford; m. 1894. Became widely known as a painter of frescoes and designer of cartoons for stained glass windows; was appointed
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