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W. Lauder
W. Waugh Lauder was born in 1856 in Canada. He is of Scotch, Huguenot and German descent--Armstrong ("Belted Will") and Brechleugh, Scotch; the famed historian Grotius, German; the Hugue not noble De Toof, French. His father was a well known parliamentarian and barrister.
Mr. Lauder has been pianist of the Toronto, Canada, "Philharmonic Society;" leader of the Anglican Choir of Leipzig, Saxony; member of the famous " Riedel Verein " of Leipzig ; of the St. Cecilia Society of Rome, Italy; and has trained choruses in Bloomington, Cincinnati and London.
He has been director of music of Helmuth College, Canada ; of Eureka College, Illinois; of Cincinnati Wesleyan College, and Ohio Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati ; and Professor of the New England Conservatory of Boston.
He is now a leading critic, teacher and virtuoso of Chicago; special critical correspondent to the Musical Courier from Chicago for the Columbian Exposition, and organist and choir-master of the Central Church of Christ, Chicago.
Source:
A History of Eureka College, St. Louis: Christian Publishing
Company, 1894.
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