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The '''Birmingham Conservatory of Music''', founded by [[Benjamin Guckenberger]] in [[1895]], was a notable music school with a full time faculty in several specialties. It was located at 1816 [[2nd Avenue North]].
The '''Birmingham Conservatory of Music''', founded by [[Benjamin Guckenberger]] in [[1895]], was a notable music school with a full time faculty in several specialties. It originally held lessons in the [[Morris Hotel|Morris Block]] at [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]].  


[[Edna Gockel Gussen]] served as the school's director in the mid 1920s.
[[William Gussen]] became the director in [[1903]], and was succeeded at his death in [[1920]] by his widow, [[Edna Gockel Gussen]], who was also the conservatory's first graduate.  


In [[1953]] the school's programs were absorbed into the Music Department of [[Birmingham-Southern College]] as the [[Birmingham-Southern College Conservatory of Fine and Performing Arts]].
From [[1912]] to at least [[1923]] the school was located at in "[[Cable Hall]]" above the [[Cable-Shelby-Burton Piano Co.]] at 1816 [[2nd Avenue North]]. It later occupied a dedicated building opposite [[Phillips High School]] on [[7th Avenue North]]. That building held 16 studios with offices, reception and waiting rooms, and a 300-seat recital hall.


[[Dorsey Whittington]] took over as director in [[1930]]. In the mid-1930s the Conservatory also held some classes in a mansion on [[Highland Avenue]]. A branch of the conservatory operated in Florence (Lauderdale County).
In [[1940]] the conservatory moved into the ground floor of the [[Simpson Building]] on the campus of [[Birmingham-Southern College]]. A system of sharing facilities and transferring credits between the institutions was initiated immediately, and in [[1953]] the conservatory was fully merged into BSC's music department, as the [[Birmingham-Southern College Conservatory of Fine and Performing Arts]].
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==Notable faculty==
==Notable faculty==
* [[Ottokar Cadek]]
* [[Ottokar Cadek]]
* [[Abigail Crawford]] (1922)
* [[Adolf Dahm-Peterson]], baritone (1915)
* [[Joe Gauggel]]
* [[Joe Gauggel]]
* [[Benjamin Guckenberger]]
* [[William Gussen]]
* [[Edna Gockel Gussen]]
* [[Lowela Hanlin]], voice (1922)
* [[Sara Mallam]], piano (1922)
* Mrs [[E. G. McLin]] (1922)
* [[Pearl Moor]] (1922)
* [[Lyda Palmer]] (1922)
* [[Carolyn Pfau]]
* [[Carolyn Pfau]]
* Mrs [[A. W. Randall]] (1922)
* [[Clara Steele]] (1922)
* [[Hugh Thomas]]
* [[Hugh Thomas]]
* [[Albert Urbach]]
* [[Albert Urbach]]
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* [[Billie Anderton]]
* [[Billie Anderton]]
* [[Ollie Backus]]
* [[Ollie Backus]]
* [[Edna Gockel Gussen]], composer
* [[Amos Hudson]]
* [[Amos Hudson]]
* [[Hugh Martin]]
* [[Hugh Martin]], pianist and lyricist
* [[Ruth Matthews]]
* [[Ruth Matthews]]
* [[Madelyn Poole]]
* [[Madelyn Poole]], pianist
* [[Ray Reach]]
* [[Ray Reach]], pianist, bandleader
* [[Ezra Sims]]
* [[McNeil Robinson]], organist and composer
* [[Ezra Sims]], microtonal composer
* [[LaDonna Smith]], violinist and improvisor
* [[Ben Summerford]]
* [[Ben Summerford]]


==References==
* ''Musical Alabama'' (1925) Montgomery: Alabama Federation of Music Clubs/Paragon Press
* ''Musical Alabama'' Volume 2 (1936) Federated Music Clubs of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: Weatherford Printing Company
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 13 January 2024

The Birmingham Conservatory of Music, founded by Benjamin Guckenberger in 1895, was a notable music school with a full time faculty in several specialties. It originally held lessons in the Morris Block at 1st Avenue North and 19th Street.

William Gussen became the director in 1903, and was succeeded at his death in 1920 by his widow, Edna Gockel Gussen, who was also the conservatory's first graduate.

From 1912 to at least 1923 the school was located at in "Cable Hall" above the Cable-Shelby-Burton Piano Co. at 1816 2nd Avenue North. It later occupied a dedicated building opposite Phillips High School on 7th Avenue North. That building held 16 studios with offices, reception and waiting rooms, and a 300-seat recital hall.

Dorsey Whittington took over as director in 1930. In the mid-1930s the Conservatory also held some classes in a mansion on Highland Avenue. A branch of the conservatory operated in Florence (Lauderdale County).

In 1940 the conservatory moved into the ground floor of the Simpson Building on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College. A system of sharing facilities and transferring credits between the institutions was initiated immediately, and in 1953 the conservatory was fully merged into BSC's music department, as the Birmingham-Southern College Conservatory of Fine and Performing Arts.

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Notable faculty

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References

  • Musical Alabama (1925) Montgomery: Alabama Federation of Music Clubs/Paragon Press
  • Musical Alabama Volume 2 (1936) Federated Music Clubs of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: Weatherford Printing Company
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