Frederick Bristol
Frederick E. Bristol (4 November 1839 in Brookfield, Connecticut – 1932 in N.Y. City, New York) was a celebrated American voice teacher who operated private studios in Boston and New York City during the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century.
Biography[edit]
He began teaching singing in 1869 and the 60th anniversary of his teaching career was recognized by an article in North American Review in 1929.[1] His pupils included Metropolitan Opera sopranos Olive Fremstad[2] Alice Nielsen,[3] and Marie Sundelius;[4] Chicago Grand Opera Company soprano Myrna Sharlow;[3] concert sopranos Edith Chapman Goold and Emma Cecilia Thursby;[5] Broadway and concert tenor Charles W. Harrison; French tenor Edmond Clément;[3] baritone and longtime head of the voice department at Sarah Lawrence College Jerome Swinford; concert, light opera and vaudeville soprano Bertha Waltzinger; composer W. Otto Miessner; and bass and former head of University of Michigan music department William Howland.[6] He also operated a summer music camp with the assistance of Enrica Clay Dillon in Harrison, Maine.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "The North American review, Volume 228". Google Books. 1929.
- ^ "Music: Memories of a Diva". Time. January 20, 1936. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c Ralph Albert Parlette (1922). "The Lewis Concert Party". The Lyceum magazine, Volume 32.
- ^ Swedish Singers at the Metropolitan (The Opera Quarterly)
- ^ Hough, Henry Beetle (1936). "Martha's Vineyard, summer resort, 1835-1935, Volume 74". Google Books.
- ^ William Stocking and Gordon K. Miller (1922). "The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 5, pg 562-563". Google Books.
- ^ "Enrica Clay Dillon, Sang In 1,800 Operas". The New York Times. 10 October 1946.