Frederick Bristol

Frederick E. Bristol (4 November 1839 in Brookfield, Connecticut – 1932 in N.Y. City, New York) was a celebrated American voice teacher who operated private studios in Boston and New York City during the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century.

Charles W. Harrison and Frederick E. Bristol in 1918 in New York City

Biography

He began teaching singing in 1869 and the 60th anniversary of his teaching career was recognized by an article in North American Review in 1929.^[1] His pupils included Metropolitan Opera sopranos Olive Fremstad^[2] Alice Nielsen,^[3] and Marie Sundelius;^[4] Chicago Grand Opera Company soprano Myrna Sharlow;^[3] concert sopranos Edith Chapman Goold and Emma Cecilia Thursby;^[5] Broadway and concert tenor Charles W. Harrison; French tenor Edmond Clément;^[3] baritone and longtime head of the voice department at Sarah Lawrence College Jerome Swinford; concert, light opera and vaudeville soprano Bertha Waltzinger; composer W. Otto Miessner; and bass and former head of University of Michigan music department William Howland.^[6] He also operated a summer music camp with the assistance of Enrica Clay Dillon in Harrison, Maine.^[7]

References

1. "The North American review, Volume 228". Google Books. 1929.
2. "Music: Memories of a Diva". Time. January 20, 1936. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008.
3. Ralph Albert Parlette (1922). "The Lewis Concert Party". The Lyceum magazine, Volume 32.
4. Swedish Singers at the Metropolitan (The Opera Quarterly)
5. Hough, Henry Beetle (1936). "Martha's Vineyard, summer resort, 1835-1935, Volume 74". Google Books.
6. William Stocking and Gordon K. Miller (1922). "The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 5, pg 562-563". Google Books.
7. "Enrica Clay Dillon, Sang In 1,800 Operas". The New York Times. 10 October 1946.