The Portland daily press., 1897-10-21
SKETCHES OF ARTISTS.
These Are the Ones Who Sang Yester.
day.

The sketches of the principal artists of
the Festival have already. been given.
Besides those these. sang at yesterdays
concerts:
Antonio Savage Sawyer, the prominent
contralto, was born in Wateryille and
spent her early life there. She studied
vocal music in Boston, New York. Lon
don, and Paris with finest teachers. She
has full, rich, and sympathetic voice,
and sings with understanding and artis-
tic finish. Mrs. Sawyer has been for sew
eral season the solo oontralto in the First
Presbyterian church in New York, and
has become public favorite on the con i.
cert stage both in this country and Eng
land. Another Maine singer for the state
to be proud of Is Mrs. Sawyer with her
marked talent and charming personality.
Miss Ethel Hyde, the charming young
prima donna, was born in Bath. She
is cousin of Emma Eames and has ap-
peared with her in private musicales in
Paris Miss Hyde has studied two win
tres in Boston with Miss Clara Munger
and Olivieri, and two years in Paris with
Medames Ernesto de Picciotto and Calvo
de Picciotto, and with Vanden Henvel
and Mausury. Miss Hyde has pure
soprano voice of dramatic force and feel
ing. Size has a most delightful stage
presence, and is considered to be one of
the coming stars in the musical world.
Bath is justly proud of her and her tai
ented brother, Arthur S. Hyde, the COM
poser. ~
Grace Haskell Barnum was born in Port
land, Me. She gave proof of talent in
music in early childhood, and was placed
under the best training possible, study
ing with Errani and Madame Ashforth of
New York. Her voice is of rare soprano
quality, fresh and true, and she sings
with excellent style. Her beauty and
charming personality added to her vocal
ability make her favorite on the concert
stage. She resides now in Brooklyn, N.
T., but has appeared frequently in con-
certs in her native state.N
Mrs. Jennie King Morrison, daughter
of the late j. K. King, was born in Port
land, Me-, and has possessed from her
earliest youth contralto voice of remark
able compass and quality, which was
carefully trained by Mr.. William Henry
BENNETT, Portland's great vocal teacher,
whose pupils everywhere command sue
cess in their public work Mrs. Morri-
son has become a g1eit favorite with the
public, not only in her native state, but
in Washington and many of the large
cities of the United States, and has made
q brilliant career upon the concert stage
Recently Mrs Morrison has sung with
great success in Paris and in Florence,
where the press has commented enthu-
siastically upon the style of her singing
and the remarkable timber of her bril-
liant voice.
Mrs. Lou Duncan Barney was born in
Rockland. Me-, April II, 1868. Her ear
lier musical studies were pursued in Bos-
ton, under the direction of Miss Clara
Smart and Miss Anna Granger Dow, and
lately under Prof. Chapman. Mrs. Bar.
new has a soprano voice of sympathetic.
pleasing quality which she uses artisti-
cally, and is already favorite on the
concert stage. She is gifted primarily
with a delightfully."- attractive personal
charm, and brilliant future is predicted
for her.
Harry Merrill is Portland boy, the
son of the late Deputy Marshal Merrill.
He has strong, rich bass voice that has
been most artistically cultivated under
the instruction of BENNETT here, and the
,reat teachers in Paris and Florence.
He ia one of tho famous Haydn Quartette
Of this city thai nolude Rto Misses ST.
Stookbridge.