Adella Prentiss Hughes
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Adella Prentiss Hughes (29 November 1869 - 2 August 1950) was a pianist and impresario best known as the main organiser of Cleveland Orchestra
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She was born in Cleveland, Ohio
the third child of Loren Prentiss and Ellen Rebecca Rouse. She earned a degree in music at Vassar College in 1890, and went to Europe for further study the following year. Adella played piano in early-1890s as soloist and accompanist. Then she became more interested in promoting music. She held Cleveland Grand orchestras from 1904 till 1912 when this orchestra disbanded. Then in 1918 Hughes the new Cleveland Orchestra and invited Nikolai Sokoloff
to head it. She served as a manager of this orchestra for 15 years, and as administrator of the Musical Arts Association for thirty years. She also worked to include children's music education in Cleveland schools.
She married Felix Hughes in 1904; they divorced in 1923. Hughes died on 23 August 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1918, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall...
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She was born in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
the third child of Loren Prentiss and Ellen Rebecca Rouse. She earned a degree in music at Vassar College in 1890, and went to Europe for further study the following year. Adella played piano in early-1890s as soloist and accompanist. Then she became more interested in promoting music. She held Cleveland Grand orchestras from 1904 till 1912 when this orchestra disbanded. Then in 1918 Hughes the new Cleveland Orchestra and invited Nikolai Sokoloff
Nikolai Sokoloff
Nikolai Sokoloff , was a Russia-American conductor and violinist. He was born in Kiev, and studied music at Yale. From 1916 to 1917 he was musical director of the San Francisco People's Philharmonic Orchestra, where he insisted on including women in his orchestra and paying them the same as men...
to head it. She served as a manager of this orchestra for 15 years, and as administrator of the Musical Arts Association for thirty years. She also worked to include children's music education in Cleveland schools.
She married Felix Hughes in 1904; they divorced in 1923. Hughes died on 23 August 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio.