William Waugh Lauder

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

William Waugh Lauder

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]

Notes
  1. According to Liszt, Saffle, & Street-Klindworth, Lauder was born in 1856.[3]
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References
  1. Musical Courier 1891, p. 792.
  2. Canadian University Music Society 1997, p. 27.
  3. Liszt, Saffle & Street-Klindworth 2000, p. 428.
  4. Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 452.
  5. Eureka College. Alumni association 1894, p. 207.

Attribution
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Musical Courier (1891). Musical Courier. 23 (Public domain ed.).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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