Emery, Stephen Albert
Emery, Stephen Albert
Emery, Stephen Albert, American music teacher, writer, and composer; b. Paris, Maine, Oct. 4, 1841; d. Boston, April 15, 1891. His first teacher was H.S. Edwards, of Portland, Maine, and in 1862 he went to Leipzig, where he studied with Plaidy, Papperitz, Richter, and Hauptmann. He returned to Portland in 1864, and in 1866 he went to Boston, where he taught at the New England Cons, from 1867. He publ. 2 textbooks, Foundation Studies in Pianoforte Playing (1882) and Elements of Harmony (1880; 2nd ed., 1907).
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