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Antoinette V. Bruce Singing School Sign Oregon

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Antoinette V. Bruce Singing School Sign Oregon
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29 3/4" by 18". Antoinette V. Bruce Certified Representative Garcia Leoni School of Singing Royal Conservatory Milan Italy. This biography appears on pages 931-932 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) It is often said that death loves a shining mark an expression that found verification when Miss Antoinette V. Bruce passed away in Portland, Oregon, on the 18th of September, 1914. South Dakota was proud to number her among those who have stood for art culture in the state. She began her musical education at Yankton College and afterward became a music student in the University of South Dakota. It was recognized that her talents were of superior order and for their further cultivation she went abroad, studying at Leipzig. Germany, and also spending six years under the instruction of famous masters in Milan and Florence. While pursuing her studies abroad Miss Bruce attracted the attention of the best known artists of Europe. She was accorded the distinction of being the only American legally acknowledged as the representative of the old Maestro Leoni, having been given a certificate stamped and registered by the Italian government and the American consul at Milan. She also received flattering testimonials from such famous masters as Maestri Sabatine, Castellano, Braglia and Madame Bonade and Herr Bruno Zavintscher. She was offered a professoressa of a conservatory to be opened in the fall of 1914 at Nottingham, England, under the auspices of the Duke of Portland. Just before her death, Miss Bruce completed arrangements for accepting a position to appear during the winter in the prima donna roles of "Il Trovatore" and "Cavalleria Rusticana" in a tour of Italy. It was with the deepest regret that the news of the death of Miss Bruce was received in Yankton and throughout the state wherever she was known, while her passing was a distinct loss to the artist world, as to few are given the marvelous powers and ability which she displayed.
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