Frederic Lillebridge

Frederic May Lillebridge (December 14, 1857 – September 8, 1934) was an American pianist, composer[1] and professor at New York College of Music,[2][3][4] a music conservatory that merged with New York University in 1968. Among others, he was attached to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.[5]

Frederic Lillebridge
Born(1857-12-14)December 14, 1857
New York, United States
DiedSeptember 8, 1934(1934-09-08) (aged 76)
Dallas, United States
NationalityUnited States
OccupationPianist, composer, professor, Dean
Spouse(s)Charlotte Lachs
Academic background
InfluencesRafael Joseffy
Hans von Bülow
Carl Tausig
Academic work
DisciplineMusic
InstitutionsNew York College of Music
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Texas Woman's College
University of Colorado
National University, St. Louis

Biography

Fredric Lillebridge was born on December 14, 1857 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

He studied music, specialising in piano, in America as well as in Europe, where he studied in England, France, Spain and (Germany). Among his teachers where Hans von Bülow and Carl Tausig in Berlin.[6] He also attributed much of his success in piano work to Rafael Joseffy.

Lillebridge married the Bavarian-Swedish soprano singer Charlotte Lachs, a graduate from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria.

Frederic Lillebridge made multiple well-received concerts around Europe and America.

Where these measures in Guntram (Opera by Richard Strauss) they would be the most beautiful in the whole opera. They are in the highest degree interesting.

— German-American music theorist Bernhard Ziehn (1845–1912) on Frederic Lillebridge

Besides his appointment as professor in New York, he served as music director to several other academic institutions. Among them were the Department of Instrumental music of Minnesota State University, Mankato in Mankato, Minnesota, together with his wife, Charlotte Lachs, who was in charge of its Department of vocal music,[7] the music faculty of the Texas Woman's College, future merger of Texas Wesleyan University, University of Colorado, and the Music Conservatory at Ripon, Wisconsin. Furthermore, he was the dean of the music department of the National University in St. Louis.

In addition, he was president of the Co-operative Teachers' Association.

Fredric Lillebridge died on September 8, 1934 in Dallas, Texas, and was buried in St. Louis, Missouri.

Works
  • Master Course of Piano Playing and Composition
  • Studies in Musical Education History and Aesthetics (1916), Music Teachers National Association
  • Progressive Exercises for Stretching and Making the Fingers Independent (1913), with Leopold Godowsky, St. Louis: Art Publication Society,[8][9]
  • Papers and proceedings at its thirty-seventh annual meeting, Buffalo, N. Y. (1916), Hartford, 320 p.
  • Erb, J. Lawrence; Seashore, Carl E.; Wodell, F. W.; Dykema, P. W.; Pratt, Waldo S.; Whitmer, T. Carl; Earhart, Will; Lillebridge, Frederic (January 1, 1916). "Significant Papers from the M.T.N.A.". Music Supervisors' Journal. 2 (3): 12–28. doi:10.2307/3383175. JSTOR 3383175.
  • "Five Hundred Musicians Wanted". Music Supervisors' Journal. 2 (2): 18–20. January 1, 1915. JSTOR 3383124.
  • Instrumental Work with Juveniles: Its Value and Significance (1915)

Bibliography
  • Missouri Music (1924) by Ernst Christopher Krohn (Da Capo Press, Incorporated)[10]

References
  1. http://scans.library.utoronto.ca/pdf/2/30/musicalbluebooko00trapuoft/musicalbluebooko00trapuoft.pdf
  2. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. January 1, 1941.
  3. "Wichita Weekly Times from Wichita Falls, Texas · Page 18".
  4. Handel, George Frideric; Lillebridge, Frederic (January 1, 1910). "The celebrated Largo". St. Louis, Mo. : Columbian Conservatory of Music – via Internet Archive.
  5. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth321607/m1/2/?q=lillebridge
  6. "Mankato School of Music". The Mankatonian. Mankato State Normal School. 10 (1). July 1898.
  7. http://arch.lib.mnsu.edu/islandora/object/MSUrepository%3A11185/datastream/OCR/view
  8. http://waltercosand.com/CosandScores/Composers%20E-K/Godowsky,%20Leopold/Progressive%20Exercises/Exercises_in_Crossing.pdf
  9. "Bach Bibliography".
  10. Krohn, Ernst Christopher (January 1, 1924). Missouri Music. Da Capo Press, Incorporated. ISBN 9780306709326.
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