American tenor Ellison Van Hoose (1869-1926) / Oh, come with me in the summer night (van der Stucken, Op. 21 No. 2) / Recorded: October 31. 1905 -- From Murfreesboro, Tennessee, after first lessons from his mother, Ellison Van Hoose studied in New York for five years with Perry Averill and Isadore Luckstone, then with Fidele Koenig and Jean De Reszke in Paris, Sir Henry Wood and Franco Navora in London and Antonio Cotogni in Rome. He sang tenor in New York church choirs until 1897, when he was engaged by the Damrosch-Ellis Opera Co., and made his debut in Philadelphia as Tannhauser. During the following two seasons he continued with the same company, and appeared in orchestral concerts in London and elsewhere in England. In 1899-1900 he was at the Mayence Opera, and for the next ten years sang variously in concert, opera and oratorio. In 1903-1905 he made two American tours with Mme. Melba, and in 1906-07 with Mme. Sembrich. In 1911-12 he sang with the Chicago Opera Company, and at the Metropolitan Opera in 1912-13, later specializing in oratorio and concert work. With the New York Oratorio Society he participated in the American premiere of Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius' on Dec, 6, 1903. From 1905-10 he made twelve recordings on Victor's prestigious Red Seal label. (Source: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, by Waldo Selden Pratt & Charles Newell Boyd - 1920 / Metropolitan Opera Annals, complied by William H. Seltsam - The HW Wilson Company - 1947 / The <b>...</b>
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