Agnes Moore Fryberger (May 30, 1868 - September 16, 1939) was an American music educator, lecturer, and author, as well as a clubwoman. She was a pioneer in the northwestern U.S. in lecture recitals on opera. Fryberger served as the Educational Director of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (1924-25),[1] and of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (1926-30).[2] She was the first director of music appreciation at the University of Louisville. Her book, Listening Lessons in Music (1916), used in France, England, and the Philippines, was the first text that incorporated phonograph records into a school lesson's grading process.[3]
Agnes Moore Fryberger | |
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| Born | Agnes Ruth Moore May 30, 1868 Madison, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 16, 1939 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Subject | Music |
| Notable works | Listening Lessons in Music |
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William Othneil Fryberger
(m. 1891; died 1923) |
Early life and education
editAgnes Ruth Moore[4] was born in Madison, Indiana, May 30, 1868.[2] She was the daughter of Benjamin F. Moore and Florence Virginia Wilber,[3] descendants of Colonial families, who moved to Minneapolis in 1883.[5]
She was a graduate of Central High School and the University of Minnesota. Fryberger was also a graduate of the Northwestern Conservatory of Music. She held a licentiate degree from the Minnesota Music Teachers' Association, a diploma from the American Institute Normal Methods, and was a student at the Teachers College, Columbia University.[5] She also trained with George Armstrong in Leipzig, and C. F. Morse in Brooklyn.[3]
Career
editMusic educator
editShe was the official lecturer for the Chicago Opera Company, 1907 to 1910. In 1911, she began distinctive educational work as assistant music supervisor in the Minneapolis Public Schools.[3] She went on to become a member of the Examining Board of the Minnesota Music Teachers' Association.[5]
From 1914 to 1916, she was the director of the public school music department at the Minneapolis School of Music and Oratory. She was also the faculty teacher at the American Normal Institute (summer school) in Evanston, Illinois, 1914 to 1917.[3] Fryberger was an instructor at McPhail Music School, 1916 to 1920; and at the College of Education, University of Minnesota, 1918 to 1920. In 1920, Fryberger developed a new method of teaching music appreciation through phonograph, and published a text, Listening Lessons in Music. She also wrote program notes for children's concerts and articles for music journals. She taught summer sessions at the American Institute Normal Methods, Cleveland School of Education, Indiana University, and numerous county institutions.[5] She was the Director of Music at the Teacher's College in San Diego, California.[6]
Fryberger came to the University of Louisville in 1932 as the school's first director of music appreciation. She retired from her professional career and closed her music studio on campus in 1938. At the same time, the student council established an annual song festival in her honor,[6] first held on May 18, 1938.[7]
Clubwoman
editFryberger was identified with club movements since 1891. She served as president of the Tourist Club and the Thursday Musical Clubs (1906-09); chair of the Music Department, Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs (1908-12); and vice-chair of the Music Department, General Federation of Women's Clubs (1909-11).[3] She was the professional representative in the Women's Rotary Club; music chair, Business Women's Club; director, Civic Music League; and identified with various philanthropic societies.[5]
Personal life
editOn August 24, 1891, she married William Othneil Fryberger (1860-1923).[4]
She was a Congregationalist, Republican, and a member the Filson Club (Kentucky ancestors) and Daughters of the American Revolution.[5][8]
Agnes Moore Fryberger died unexpectedly in Minneapolis, September 16, 1939.[2]
Selected works
editReferences
edit- ^ "THESE MUSIC EDUCATORS ARE BUILDING A GENERATION OF INTELLIGENT LISTENERS". Music Supervisors' Journal. XI (3). Tulsa, Oklahoma: Music Educators National Conference: 5. February 1925. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c "Noted Teacher Who Lived Here Recently Dies in Minneapolis". Great Falls Tribune. 18 September 1939. p. 10. Retrieved 21 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f International Who's who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: A Contemporary Biographical Dictionary and a Record of the World's Musical Activity. Current Literature Publishing Company. 1918. p. 206. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Agnes Ruth Moore May 1868 – 17 September 1939 • LYBH-6RB". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Foster, Mary Dillon (1924). "Agnes Moore Fryberger". Who's who Among Minnesota Women: A History of Woman's Work in Minnesota from Pioneer Days to Date, Told in Biographies, Memorials and Records of Organizations. Mary Dillon Foster. p. 113. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Pioneer In Music Education Closes Career". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. 15 May 1938. p. 23. Retrieved 21 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cox, Dwayne D.; Morison, William J. (17 October 2014). The University of Louisville. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-5755-9. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Daughters of the American Revolution (1900). Lineage Book. The Society. p. 213. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Music Educators National Conference (U.S.) (1920). Yearbook. p. 57. Retrieved 21 June 2022.