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Ralph Lyford
Ralph Lyford (February 22, 1882 – September 3, 1927) was an American composer and conductor. He rose to prominence as the managing director of the Cincinnati Opera and as a 20th-century advocate for opera to be written and performed in English. He was married to Ella Gillis, a ballet dancer. Biography Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he began studies at age 12 and 6 years later graduated from Boston's New England Conservatory of Music. Lyford studied under George Whitefield Chadwick at the New England Conservatory of Music, and studied under Arthur Nikisch in Leipzig. Ralph Lyford assisted Claude Debussy in preparing his ''Le martyre de Saint Sébastien'' for its premiere. He served as assistant conductor in the US for the San Carlo Opera Company under the management of Henry Russell. Lyford was associate conductor of the Boston Opera Company from 1908–1914, working as a member of Max Rabinoff's staff and for a short time assisted in the opera department at the New Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bain News Service
George Grantham Bain (January 7, 1865 – April 20, 1944) was a New York City photographer. He was known as "the father of foreign photographic news". Biography He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on January 7, 1865, to George Bain and Clara Mather. His family moved from Chicago to St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Saint Louis University as an undergraduate to study chemistry, and later attained a law degree from the same institution. After graduation, Bain became a reporter at the ''St. Louis Globe-Democrat''. The following year he moved to the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', where he became the Washington, DC correspondent. He worked for United Press before he started the Bain News Service in 1898. He died at age 79, on April 20, 1944, at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. George Grantham Bain Collection The George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division comprises approximately 40,000 glass plate negatives and 50,000 photographic prints. Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
