Carmichael, Mary
in Who Was Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Music; Military History; Warfare and Defence; Architecture; Art. 212 words.
Born Birkenhead, Cheshire, 1850; died 17 March 1935
composer and accompanist
Aix-la-Chapelle, Bonn, Lausanne
Musical studies, London (Ebenezer...
Chávez, Carlos
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art Education; Music Criticism and Journalism; Conducting; Composition; Education. 1505 words.
Chávez, Carlos (13 June 1899–02 August 1978), influential Mexican composer/conductor, author, and educator, of Spanish and some Indian descent, was born Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y...
Cornish, Nellie Centennial
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art; Education; Keyboard. 616 words.
Cornish, Nellie Centennial (09 July 1876–07 April 1956), pianist and arts educator, was born in Greenwood, Nebraska, the daughter of Nathan Cornish, a businessman, and Jeannette Simpson....
Europe, James Reese
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Art; Conducting; Composition; Law; Criminology and Criminal Justice. 1460 words.
Europe, James Reese (22 February 1880–09 May 1919), music administrator, conductor, and composer, was born in Mobile, Alabama, the son of Henry J. Europe, an Internal Revenue Service...
Gill, Adrian Anthony
in Who's Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Literature; Publishing; Music; Law; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Architecture; Art. 157 words.
Born 28 June 1954; s of George Michael Gill and Yvonne Gilan Gill; m 1st, 1983, Cressida Connoly; 2nd, 1991, Amber Rudd (marr. diss.); one ...
Horniman, Frederick John (1835–1906), tea merchant and founder of the Horniman Museum, London
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Instrument-building Firms; Manufacturing; History of Manufacturing and Construction; Art; Museums, Libraries, and Information Sciences. 1226 words.
Horniman, Frederick John (1835–1906), tea merchant and founder of the Horniman Museum, London, was born on 8 October 1835 at Bridgwater, Somerset, the fourth of six children of John...
Rose, Billy
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Financial Aspects of Art; Social and Cultural History; Society and Culture; Composition; Manufacturing; History of Manufacturing and Construction; Music Business, Institutions, and Organizations. 2051 words.
Rose, Billy (06 September 1899–10 February 1966), songwriter, show business impresario, and philanthropist, was born on the Lower East Side of New York City, the son of David Rosenberg, a...
Rutland, (Marion Margaret) Violet
in Who Was Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Politics; Genealogy, Heraldry, Names, and Honours; Music; Military History; Warfare and Defence; Business Finance; Architecture; Art. 70 words.
Born d of Col Hon. C. H. Lindsay, CB (3rd s of 7th Earl of Balcarres and 24th of Crawford), and Emelia, d of Hon. Very Rev. Henry M. Browne, of Lord Kilmaine; ...
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