Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-23

People Generally Throughout This
Community.
PITTSBURGH Pa, October 22.-Fred-
eric Archer. the great organist at Car
negie Music Hall. died at his home.
! No. 5525 Ellsworth avenue. East End,
| at $50 o'clock this morning. He has
been long a sufferer, and while his
| death was not unexpected. the an
| nouncement that the end had come
caused much sorrow throughout the
city, where he performed on one of the
largest and finest organs in the country
had won him great rencwn. and he was
| known not only In this city, but
| throughout the breadth and length of
| the land.
Mr.. Archer had suffered from cancer
for months. He returned few weeks
| ago from New Hampshire. where he had
gone last summer. with the hope that
| the change would improve his condition.
| He became very sick, and for weeks ii
was feared he would die away from his
| home in the New England hills. He
rallied, and as soon as his strength per-
mitted he was brought here. His con-
dition has been precarious since. and
his strength gradually gave way under
the ravages of the insidious disease. He
has been growing weaker gradually.
and sank from day to day until the end
came this forenoon.
| Mr. Archer was born in Oxford, Eng
land. on June 18th, 1888. He was edu-
Gated by his father and also studied in
London and Leipsig. In 1853 he became
organist Of st. Clements church and
Merton College chapel. He was later
organist at the Royal Panopticon. Lon
don. In 1863 he was Joint conductor
with Sir Julius Benedict of the London
Vocal Association. In 1865 he became
organist and choir master OF Christ
church. Lancaster Gate, London, and
later occupied the same position In the
| church of the Jesuit Fathers, London.
| In 1873 he became organist and orches-
| trail and choral director at the Alex
andra palace. In 1879 he accepted po-
sitioff as musical examiner at the Glas-
gov University, and incidentally be-
came conductor OF the Glasgow select
| choir.
He went to New York in 1881, be-
came organist of Plymouth church.
Brooklyn, and later organist OF the
| Church of the Incarnation, New YORK
| In 1885 be founded the music weekly,
The Keynote" of which he was the
editor In 1887 he assumed the duties
of conductor of the Boston Oratorio So
ciety From 1896 until 1898 he was con-
ductor Of the Pittsburg Orchestra, being
| succeeded by Victor Herbert. He was
one of the founders OF the Pittsburg
Symphony Orchestra. From 1895 until
the present time he has held the POSI-
! ton of organist at the Carnegie 1nsti-
| tute. Since 1898 he has been musical
examiner of the University of Toronto,
Canada. During the past few years lie
has given many concerts and recitals,
and delivered many lectures and adj
dresses on musical subjects. through
out the United States and Canada.
SinceS 1899 he has also been organist
and choir master of the Church OF the
Ascension. this city.
Following are some of the musicians
most famous works For organ, Adagio
Maestoso; Fugue in d minor; Grand
Fantasia in F; Andante in D, r and A;
CONGRATULATIONS Marche Triom-
phale; IL pieces. For pianoforte: Polk
de salon; 2 gavots Cd and E); ! I'm
promptus; Cantata. King Witlafs
Drinking Horn" songs, part songs.
etc.
He did much writing also. He was
the author of 1.-THE Organ" q theoret-
ieal text book; '"The Collegiate Organ
Tutor and other text books.
Industrial Pittsburg became also
Musical Pittsburg soon after Frederic
Archer assumed the duties of conductor
of the Pittsburg Orchestra when the
Carnegie Institute was opened in 1895.
and that Pittsburg should now hold a
worthy position among towns noted for
their musical culture is due largely to
his efforts.
In the three years he had charge Of
the orchestra it steadily improved. and
became an organization Of marked ex-
cellence. He had high opinion Of the
sacredness of music as an art and a
horror of having it degraded by pander-
ing to popular taste in the matter of
lemonade and jingles. Some little
time before his last sickness he express
ed himself on this subject somewhat
forcibly in one of his lectures.
His weekly organ recitals at the Car
negie Music Hall were always well at
tended, and many people were delighted