Harry T. Burleigh, New York, composer of “Jean,” “Perhaps.”
Robert Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson, New York, musical setting to
Longfellow’s “Hiawatha,” “Idyll for Orchestra,” “Dream Lovers,”
(operetta).
William H. Tyers, composer of “Trocha,” a Cuban dance and other noted
compositions.
Will Marion Cook, New York, “The Casino Girl,” “Bandana Land,” etc.
De Koven Thompson, Chicago, composer of “Dear Lord, Remember Me,” “If I
Forget,” etc.
James Reese Europe, founder of the Clef Club Symphony Orchestra.
Among pianists is Miss Hazel Harrison, of La Porte, Indiana, who is
making her mark as a student of the piano under the celebrated greatest
living pianist, Ferrucco Buconi, of Berlin.
These and other leaders in their art succeeded many illustrious
composers. And you are called upon to prepare to follow the present
leaders.