Tag Archives: 1890s – 1910s

b. George Washington Johnson, 29 Oct 1846, Virginia, USA, d. 1914, NEW YORK, NY, USA. Delivered into slavery, during Reconstruction, Johnson transferred north, ultimately settling in NY. With the 1870s and 80s he led a precarious lifetime before beginning a profession being a documenting artist. Provided the time, around 1889, …

Perhaps one of the most colorful turn-of-the-century Spanish music artists, composer and pianist Enrique Granados is most beneficial remembered for his evocative single piano functions; his output also contains significant amounts of orchestral music and six operas (just the last which provides gained any popularity). Blessed in 1867 for an …

b. Harry Bache Smith, 28 Dec 1860, Buffalo, NY, USA, d. 2 January 1936, Atlantic Town, NJ, USA. Elevated in Chicago, Smith became a newspapers reporter and was also theatre critic for The Chicago Daily Information. In the middle-1870s he published songs and total musical displays and operettas. Among the …

Oskar Merikanto was undoubtedly overshadowed by his Finnish countryman and modern, Jean Sibelius. Having said that, Merikanto was a significant musical physique in his sphere still, especially for his function in opera, track, and chapel music. He was instrumental in getting operatic performances to the level in Finland, and his …

Born the kid of the Prague leather vendor, pianist and composer Alfred Grünfeld was considered by the end of his existence as you of Vienna’s most celebrated music artists, having for a long time served as courtroom keyboardist for the Austrian Imperial family members. Grünfeld was created in 1852; his …