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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1WRIGHT
2Sketches f. piano, also f. string quartet w. piano; harmonized and arr. old Norwegian melodies for piano, 4 hands. Author: Scientific, Theoretical and Practical Method of Violin Playing; "The Wrangell Scale System," 1912. Ctbr. to "The Violinist." Mem. Am. Guild of Violinists (treas., 1911, reelected as national treas.), Wis. Music Teachers' Assn.; Mason. Address: 193 12th St., Milwaukee, Wis.
4WRIGHT, Frederick Richter:
5Organist; b. Norwich, Conn., Aug. 5, 1877, s. E. Dunbar and Angelina (Richter) W.; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., 1890-4; A.B., Harvard Coll., 1894-8; LL.B., Denver Univ., 1899-1902; stud. piano w. Herman Strachauer, Charles Capen, Blanche Dingley-Mathews, organ w. James Knox at St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H.; m. Chellie Marguerite Stevens, Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 19, 1904 (1 child). Organist Trinity Methodist Epis. Ch., Denver, 1899-1905. Address: 717 1st National Bank Bldg. Home: 1027 Downing St., Denver, Colo.
7WRIGHT, Nannie Louise:
8Pianist and composer; b. Fayette, Mo., June 30, 1879, d. Dr. U. S. and Caroline (Shafroth) W.; niece of Hon. John F. Shafroth, Denver, Colo., former governor of Colo., now U. S. Senator; grad. Howard Payne Coll., Fayette, Mo.; diplomas in music from Howard Payne Coll. in piano, Columbia Sch. of Music, Chicago; stud. w. Mary Wood Chase in Chicago, Josef Lhévinne in Berlin. Dir. of music and instructor, Howard-Payne Coll., Fayette, Mo., 10 yrs.; gave recital before Epworth Assembly, Ludington, Mich., Aug. 10, 1912; appeared before St. Louis Music Convention, June, 1914, playing group of modern works. Comp.: "The Juggler"; "The Circus Parade." op. 28; 6 Little Pieces, op. 24 (Clayton F. Summy Co.); 12 Preludes, op. 25., 12 Etudes, op. 26 (G. Schirmer); "Autumn, Winter and Spring" (Willis Music Co.); concerto, op. 42 (MS., perf. 1916), 2 sets of instructive piano pieces, 1st and 2nd grade (Schirmer); other works in MS. Pres. Mo. Music Teachers' Assn. Address: Howard-Payne College, Fayette, Mo.
10WRIGHT, William Lyndon:
11Organist, composer, teacher; b. Mahopac Falls, Putnam County, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1891, s. William H. and Jennie Robb (Lyman) W.; ed. Yonkers High Sch.; B.A., New York Univ., 1915; stud. piano w. Frederick S. Andrews in New York, and others, theory with Thomas Tapper, Frank Bibb, Deems Taylor and others, singing w. Carl Dufft, Theodore Van Yorx, organ w. Will R. Reeves; unmarried. Has taught singing, piano and organ in Yonkers, N. Y., since 1911; dir. Prospect House Settlement, Yonkers, N. Y., 1910-4; instructor in music, New York Univ., 1915-; organist Greenburgh Presbyt. Ch., Dobbs Ferry, 1907-10, Central Methodist Ch., Yonkers, 1910-11, Westminster Presbyt. Ch., ib., since 1911; also New York Univ. Chapel, since 1911. Comp.: anthems, "The Lord is my Shepherd"; "Praise ye the Lord"; "God the Lord a King Remaineth"; "How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings"; songs, "They Shall Hunger No More"; "A Song of Joy"; "Invocation"; "Prison Song"; part-songs, "Before Dawn"; "April Wind" (all A. P. Schmidt, 1915-6); 10 songs in MS. (1910-6); 5 Danish Folk-Songs, arr. for chorus (A. P. Schmidt, 1916); Intermezzo f. organ (Univ. Bureau of Mus. Pub., 1912); 31 folk-songs, arr. for piano, violin, cello, prod. by Edith Rubel Trio, Princess Th., N. Y., Apr. 30, 1916 (MS.). Author: "Elgar's Banner of St. George," "Elgar's Dream of Gerontius," ("Colonnade," 1914, 1915); "Russian Choral Music in New York" (ib., Jan., 1915). Mem. Andiron Club, New York. Address: University Heights, New York. Home: Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
13WRIGHT-HERBST, Mme. Ina:
14Lyric-dramatic soprano, teacher of singing; b. Union, Ore., Apr. 16, 1878, d. William Thomas and Bell (Mallory) Wright; ed. high sch., Union, Ore., Portland Univ.; grad. Cons. of Portland, 1896, Univ. School of Music, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1900; stud. singing under Ella Cumming Wetzell, Gardner S. Lamson, Schultzen v. Asten and Wilhelm Müller-Kannberg in Berlin; m. Gottfried Herbst, Coburg, Germany, June, 1908 (3 children). Debut as Agathe in "Der Freischütz," at Court Opera, Coburg, Sept. 6, 1905, leading lyric-dramatic soprano there for 3 yrs. (Micaela to "Carmen" of Mme. Charles Cahier, Gotha, 1907); appeared in concert w. Berlin Philharmonic Orch., 1906, with Kurorchester at Interlaken, and Thun (Switzerland), Bad Nauheim (Germany), Court Orch. symphony concerts, Coburg, 1906-8; teacher and dir. vocal dept. Tietz Cons., Gotha, 1910-2; has sung in concert in America since 1912; soloist w. San Francisco Symphony Orch., 1913; teacher of singing at Washington State Coll. since 1913. Mem. exec. bd. Washington State Music Teachers' Assn., 1916-7; chmn. of com. on standardization for voice in same, 1917. Address: College Station, Pullman, Wash.
16WRIGHTSON, Herbert James:
17Pianist, organist, composer, teacher; b. Sunderland, England, Dec. 20, 1869, s. Thomas Wilton and Martha Morris (Hay) W.; mus. ed. in England and at Leipzig Cons. under Jadassohn, Reinecke and Homeyer; has taught in Philadelphia Musical Acad., Philadelphia, Sherwood Music Sch., Chicago, and extensively in private; has given piano and organ recitals. Comp.: 4 organ sonatas in F-sharp min., B min., F maj (pub.), C min.; Sonata f. violin and piano, Concerto for organ in G, many songs, part-songs, piano pieces, 2 melodramas, etc. (MS.). Author: Text-book on Modern Harmony (partly published in serials); articles in "Musical Quarterly," "Etude," "Musician," etc.; review editor for several journals, incl. "Musical Monitor," and "Music News," Chicago. Address: 1006 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill.
19WRIGHTSON, Sydney Lloyd:
20Singer, teacher, conductor; b. London, Eng., Aug. 4, 1869, s. William Cox and Isabella (Harris) W.; grandson of James Harris, dir. of the Queen's private orch., and Drury Lane opera orch.; ed. St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Sch., London; stud. w. William Shakespeare in London. As a boy was soloist of St. Paul's Cathedral under Sir John Stainer; choir-master in leading churches in America, 1889-99; mus. dir. Chicago Choral Union, 1901-2; dean School of Music, West Virginia Univ., 1902-4; mus. dir. Jamestown Exposition, 1907;
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