Hamlin

(1) George John, Elgin, IIl., 1868—New York, 1923; tenor; sang in concert after 1895, and from ro11 a mem. of Chicago Op. with notable succ. as recitalist and as soloist at fests. (2) Anna, b. Chicago, Sept. 10, 1902; daughter of preceding; soprano; début, Albenga, Italy, 1926; sang with Chicago Op., also in concerts. Angul, Copenhagen, Ham/merich, Nov. 25, 1848—April 26, 19313 ’cellist; pupil of Riidinger Neruda; 1896 prof. of musical science Copenhagen University; brother of Asger Hamerik (q.v.) (him’-mér-shmit), Ands., Briix, Bohemia, 1611—Zittau, Oct. 29, 1675; organist, 1639, at Zittau; c. important and original concertos, motets, madrigals, etc. Hammer stein, (1) Oscar, Berlin, 1847 —New York, Aug. 1, 1919, impresario; came to America at 16; made a fortune by the invention of a cigar-making machine; wrote a comic opera in 24 hours on a wager, and produced it at his own theatre; built five theatres in N. Y. and the Manhattan Opera House; where he gave opposition to the Metropolitan, 1906-08; built also an opera house in Philadelphia; sold out his interests to the Metropolitan Co., and built opera house in London; opened, 1911, but it was a complete fiasco and closed after one season; he then built the Lexington Op. House in N. Y. and planned te open opera season there, but the Met. prevented it by legal measures; he died while in the midst of other plans. His son (2) Arthur, a leading producer of operettas and musical shows in N. Y. Hammond, (1) Richard, b. Kent, England, Aug. 26, 1896; composer; grad. Yale Univ. where studied music, Mortimer. Nadia Boulanger; mem. board of dir., League of Comps., N. Y.; c. (ballet) ‘‘Fiesta,”’ also chamber and orch. works, piano pieces, songs. (2) John Hays, Jr., his bro., invented novel contrivance known as “sustaining pedal” for piano, which makes tones on that instrument capable of being held or released at the player’s will; this was demonstrated in concerts under the sponsorship of Stokowski and Phila. Orch. and promised to make po ible technical innovations in comp. (3) Church ill, b. Rockville, Conn., Nov. 25, 1860; organist, pupil of Allen and S. P. Warren; gave notable series of more than 1,000 recitals at Holyoke, Ma .; 1890, teacher of org., Smith Coll., North amp ton, Ma .; after 1900 head wf mus. dept., Mount Holyoke Coll.