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William Waugh Lauder (1858 – 1931) was a Canadian pianist, music critic, teacher, virtuoso, essayist, and lecturer.[1]

Early life and education

William Waugh Lauder was born in Oshawa, Canada, 1858.[2][lower-alpha 1] He was of Scotch, Huguenot and German descent— Armstrong ("Belted Will") and Brechleugh, Scotch; the historian Grotius, German; the Huguenot noble De Toof, French. His parents were, Abram William Lauder a parliamentarian and barrister; and Maria Elise Turner Lauder, a travel writer.[4]

His mother was Lauder's sole teacher until he was eleven years old.[4] After traveling in Europe with his parents,[4] he became a pupil of Franz Liszt.[3]

Career

Lauder was pianist of the Toronto, Canada, "Philharmonic Society"; leader of the Anglican Choir of Leipzig, Saxony; member of the "Riedel Verein" of Leipzig; of the St. Caecilia Society of Rome, Italy. He trained choruses in Bloomington, Cincinnati, and London. He served as director of music of Helmuth College, Canada; of Eureka College, Illinois; of Cincinnati Wesleyan College, and Ohio Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati; and Professor of the New England Conservatory of Boston. He was a leading critic, teacher and virtuoso of Chicago; special critical correspondent to the Musical Courier from Chicago for the World's Columbian Exposition, and organist and choirmaster of the Central Church of Christ, Chicago.[5]

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References

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Eureka College. Alumni association (1894). A History of Eureka College with Biographical Sketches and Reminiscences. Illustrated (Public domain ed.). Christian publishing Company.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Musical Courier (1891). Musical Courier. Vol. 23 (Public domain ed.).
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Charles Wells Moulton.

Bibliography

• Canadian University Music Society (1997). Revue de Musique Des Universités Canadiennes. Canadian University Music Society = Société de musique des universités canadiennes.
• Liszt, Franz; Saffle, Michael; Street-Klindworth, Agnes (2000). Franz Liszt and Agnes Street-Klindworth: A Correspondence, 1854-1886. Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-1-57647-006-0.

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- [en] William Waugh Lauder

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[ru] Лаудер, Уильям

Уильям Во Лаудер (англ. William Waugh Lauder; 1858 (1858) — 1931) — канадский пианист, музыкальный критик и публицист[1].

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