Hershey School of Musical Art

It was established within the Hershey Music Hall in 1875 by Sara Hershey and William Smythe Babcock Mathews, attaining special success in its departments of organ, voice, and composition. Clarence Eddy was general director almost from the first, and it was here that in 1877-79 he gave a series of 100 organ recitals without repeating any work. In 1879, Hershey and Eddy married, and in 1885, they discontinued the School.[1]

Hershey Music Hall was located at 83 & 85 Madison Street.[2] It was built by Sara Hershey's father, Benjamin.[3] Situated opposite McVicker's Theater, it was capable of seating 800 to 1,000 persons. It was furnished with a three manual concert organ built by Johnson & Son, and a Stoneway and Sons' Centennial Grand Piano.[4]

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: G. Grove and J. A. Fuller-Maitland's Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Supplement (1922) This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: J. S. Dwight's Dwight's Journal of Music (1878)

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