Frederick A. Williams (March 3, 1869 – July 31, 1942) was an American pianist and composer from Cleveland, Ohio.[1][2]
Williams was born in Oberlin, Ohio, the son of Charles Williams and Martha Maria Sabin Williams.[3][4] Williams headed the department of piano and theory at the Cleveland School of Music.[5] Much of his output consisted of pedagogical pieces for piano; he also composed a handful of songs. He[3][5] is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland.[3]
References
edit- ^ Mu Phi Epsilon Quarterly 13 (1918): 68.
- ^ "Clionan Club". The Piqua Daily Call. March 11, 1939. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZRL-5FG : accessed 9 February 2015), Frederick A Williams, 31 Jul 1942; citing Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, reference fn 45046; FHL microfilm 2,024,009.
- ^ "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD8F-DYS : accessed 9 February 2015), Charles Williams and Martha Maria Sabin, 19 Jan 1851; citing Hamilton, Ohio, reference 2:3JT7750; FHL microfilm 344,463.
- ^ a b Rose, William Ganson. 1950. Cleveland: The Making of a City. Cleveland: World Pub. Co., p. 943.
- Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
External links
edit- Frederick A Williams at Find a Grave
- MIDI sequence of "The Jolly Comrades", a piano piece by Frederick A. Williams