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J.
W. Metcalf
John W. Metcalf is a native of Illinois, having been born at Waverly, Morgan county, December 10, 1856, of American parents.
At an early age he developed a talent for music and was placed in charge of the best instructors obtainable. His literary education was secured at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, and at Chicago University, Chicago. He took charge of the Music department in Eureka College in September, 1874, and remained through two school years. In the fall of 1877 he went abroad to further pursue the study of music. Was accepted as a regular student at the Royal Academy of Music, at Leipsic, Germany, where he remained four years, finishing
with honor, and was awarded a prize and a special diploma.
On his return to America he again took up the work at Eureka, where he spent several years, then taught a few years in the Boston Conservatory of Music.
The last two years he has been teaching in Leland Stanford, Jr., University, his home being in Oakland, California. He has composed quite a number of works for the piano forte that have been published, and has been quite prominent as a public performer.
Source:
A History of Eureka College, St. Louis: Christian Publishing
Company, 1894.
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