Hershey School of Musical Art

Hershey School of Musical Art was an American school located in Chicago, Illinois.

History[]

It was established within the in 1875 by Sara Hershey and , attaining special success in its departments of organ, voice, and composition. Clarence Eddy was general director almost from the first, and it was here that in 1877-79 he gave a series of 100 organ recitals without repeating any work. In 1879, Hershey and Eddy married, and in 1885, they discontinued the School.^[1]

Hershey Music Hall[]

Hershey Music Hall was located at 83 & 85 Madison Street.^[2] It was built by Sara Hershey's father, Benjamin.^[3] Situated opposite McVicker's Theater, it was capable of seating 800 to 1,000 persons. It was furnished with a three manual concert organ built by Johnson & Son, and a Stoneway and Sons' Centennial Grand Piano.^[4]

References[]

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: G. Grove and J. A. Fuller-Maitland's Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Supplement (1922) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: J. S. Dwight's Dwight's Journal of Music (1878)

Bibliography[]

• The Courier (1881). Musical Courier (Public domain ed.). Blumenberg & Floersheim.
• Dwight, John S. (1878). Dwight's Journal of Music (Public domain ed.). Boston: Oliver Ditson & Company.
• Grove, George; Fuller-Maitland, John Alexander (1922). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Supplement. Presse. p. 239.
• Hotchkiss, George Woodward (1898). History of the Lumber and Forest Industry of the Northwest (Public domain ed.). G.W. Hotchkiss & Company.

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