Augustus Stephen Vogt

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Augustus Stephen Vogt (August 14, 1861 – September 17, 1926) was a German Canadian organist, choral conductor, music educator, composer and author. Vogt was born on 14 August 1861 in Washington, Oxford County, Canada West, Province of Canada. His father, John George Vogt, was a German Roman Catholic who emigrated to Canada to avoid the German revolutions of 1848–1849. His mother was a Swiss Lutheran woman named Marianna Zingg, who immigrated to Canada with her parents in the 1830s. Vogt grew up in Elmira, Ontario. Vogt's father was a hotel-keeper and also built organs. Vogt was appointed organist at the local church and later studied in Hamilton. He was appointed organist of First Methodist Church in St Thomas, Ontario. From 1881 to 1884, he studied at the New England Conservatory of Music rdf:langString
Augustus Stephen Vogt (* 14. August 1861 in /Ontario; † 17. September 1926 in Toronto) war ein kanadischer Musikpädagoge, Chorleiter, Organist und Komponist. Vogt war bereits im Alter von zwölf Jahren Organist an der St. James Lutheran Church in Elmira. Nach einer Ausbildung bei wurde er 1878 Organist an der First Methodist Church in St. Thomas/Ontario. Von 1881 bis 1884 studierte er am New England Conservatory in Boston bei und , danach von 1885 bis 1888 am Leipziger Konservatorium bei Salomon Jadassohn, Willy Rehberg, Carl Reinecke und Adolf Ruthardt. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Founder of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir & musical director of the Toronto Conservatory of Music
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rdf:langString Augustus Stephen Vogt (* 14. August 1861 in /Ontario; † 17. September 1926 in Toronto) war ein kanadischer Musikpädagoge, Chorleiter, Organist und Komponist. Vogt war bereits im Alter von zwölf Jahren Organist an der St. James Lutheran Church in Elmira. Nach einer Ausbildung bei wurde er 1878 Organist an der First Methodist Church in St. Thomas/Ontario. Von 1881 bis 1884 studierte er am New England Conservatory in Boston bei und , danach von 1885 bis 1888 am Leipziger Konservatorium bei Salomon Jadassohn, Willy Rehberg, Carl Reinecke und Adolf Ruthardt. Von 1888 bis 1906 war er Organist und Chorleiter an der Jarvis Street Baptist Church in Toronto. Daneben unterrichtete er Orgel und Klavier am Toronto College of Music, verschiedenen Mädchenschulen und ab 1892 am Toronto College of Music, dessen Direktor er 1913 (als Nachfolger von ) wurde. Er war Sekretär des Canadian College of Organists (1889–92), Präsident der Canadian Society of Musicians (1893–95) und Fellow des Royal College of Organists. Bei der Weltausstellung von Chicago trat er als Organist auf. Seit Mitte der 1890er Jahre schrieb Vogt als Musikkritiker unter dem Pseudonym Moderato für die Zeitschrift Saturday Night. 1894 gründete er den Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, den er bis 1917 leitete und mit dem er ab 1902 jährliche Festivals mit Orchestern wie dem Pittsburgh Orchestra und dem Chicago Orchestra organisierte. Nach einer Studienreise durch Europa 1913–14 widmete er sich der Reform des Ausbildungssystems am Toronto Conservatory nach europäischem Vorbild. Er beteiligte sich an der Gründung der Musikfakultät an der Universität Toronto und wurde 1918 deren Dekan. In den mehr als 30 Jahren seiner Lehrtätigkeit unterrichtete Vogt Musiker wie , , Mona Bates, , , William Hewlett, , , und George Ziegler. Er gab ein zweibändiges Standard Anthem Book und (mit Healey Willan) das The School and Community Song Book (Gage, 1922) heraus und verfasste eine Klavierschule (His Modern Pianoforte Technique, 1900). Neben Prelude and Fugue for Organ komponierte Vogt vor allem einige Chorwerke wie An Indian Lullaby (1906) und The Sea (1911) sowie Arrangements von The Lord's Prayer (1900) und Crossing the Bar (1906).
rdf:langString Augustus Stephen Vogt (August 14, 1861 – September 17, 1926) was a German Canadian organist, choral conductor, music educator, composer and author. Vogt was born on 14 August 1861 in Washington, Oxford County, Canada West, Province of Canada. His father, John George Vogt, was a German Roman Catholic who emigrated to Canada to avoid the German revolutions of 1848–1849. His mother was a Swiss Lutheran woman named Marianna Zingg, who immigrated to Canada with her parents in the 1830s. Vogt grew up in Elmira, Ontario. Vogt's father was a hotel-keeper and also built organs. Vogt was appointed organist at the local church and later studied in Hamilton. He was appointed organist of First Methodist Church in St Thomas, Ontario. From 1881 to 1884, he studied at the New England Conservatory of Music. From 1885 to 1888, he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany. In 1888, he returned to Canada and was organist-choirmaster of the Jarvis Street Baptist Church in Toronto, where he would stay until 1906. He taught at the Toronto College of Music and at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Organists. Among his notable pupils were W. H. Hewlett and Ernest Seitz. In 1894, he founded the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. In 1913, he was appointed musical director of the Toronto Conservatory of Music and resigned from the Mendelssohn Choir in 1917. He began suffering from heart problems in 1918, but continued with his career, which he found demanding. He died on 17 September 1926 of a heart attack while suffering from influenza.
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