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EBERS, C. F. Line 2 of article, for 20 read 25.
EBERWEIN, T. M. Add day of birth, Oct. 27.
ECCLES. P. 481 b, l. 15, add the productions of ‘Loves of Mars and Venus’ (with Finger), 1696, and ‘Macbeth,’ 1696. Correct lines 17–19 by a reference to Macbeth Music, vol. ii. 185 a. Line 20, for 1698 read 1705.
ECKERT, C. A. F. Add date of death, Oct. 14, 1879.
EDDY, Clarence, an excellent and well-known American organist, teacher and composer, was born at Greenfield, Massachusetts, June 23, 1851.
His musical leanings were manifested during his childhood, when he showed also a notable skill in improvisation. Such instruction as was procurable in his native town was given to him until he had reached the age of sixteen, when he was sent to Hartford, Connecticut, and placed under the care of Mr. Dudley Buck. Within a year he was appointed organist of the Bethany Congregationalist Church, Montpelier, Vermont. In 1871 Eddy went to Berlin, where for two years and a half he studied under August Haupt and A. Loeschhorn. His progress was rapid and thorough, and he afterwards undertook a successful concert tour through Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Holland. On his return to the United States in 1875 he was appointed organist of the First Congregational Church, Chicago. He soon took a prominent position in the musical life of the young city, and has ever since held it.
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- A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450–1880)By Eminent Writers, English and Foreign, pp. 625 - 630Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009