Frederic May Lillebridge (December 14, 1857 – September 8, 1934) was a professional American pianist, composer and professor at

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, a

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that merged with

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in 1968. Among others, he was attached to the

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Biography

Fredric Lillebridge was born on December 14, 1857, in

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, 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

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and

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in Berlin. He also attributed much of his success in piano work to

Rafael Joseffy Rafael Joseffy (July 3, 1852 – June 25, 1915) was a Hungarian Jewish pianist, teacher and composer. Life Rafael Joseffy was born in Hunfalu, Szepes County (now Huncovce, Slovakia) in 1852. His youth was spent in Miskolc, and he began his s ...

. Lillebridge married the

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singer Charlotte Lachs, a graduate from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Munich,

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

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, together with his wife, Charlotte Lachs, who was in charge of its Department of vocal music, the music faculty of the Texas Woman's College, future merger of

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, and the Music Conservatory at

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. Furthermore, he was the

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of the music department of the National University in

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. In addition, he was

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of the Co-operative Teachers' Association. Fredric Lillebridge died on September 8, 1934, in

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, Texas, and was buried in

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Works

* ''Master Course of Piano Playing and Composition'' * ''Studies in Musical Education History and Aesthetics'' (1916),

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* ''Progressive Exercises for Stretching and Making the Fingers Independent'' (1913), with

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, St. Louis: Art Publication Society, * ''Papers and proceedings at its thirty-seventh annual meeting, Buffalo, N. Y.'' (1916),

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, 320 p. * * * ''Instrumental Work with Juveniles: Its Value and Significance'' (1915)

Bibliography

* ''Missouri Music'' (1924) by Ernst Christopher Krohn ( Da Capo Press, Incorporated)

References

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