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Agnes Gardner Eyre
Agnes Gardner Eyre
	Agnes Gardner Eyre (Boston Public Library, Philip Hale Collection)
Born	December 10, 1881; Minnesota
Died	July 16, 1950 (aged 68); Fresno, California
Other names	Gardner Eyre, Agnes de Jahn
Occupation	Pianist
Relatives	Gunnar Jahn (brother-in-law)

Agnes Gardner Eyre de Jahn (December 10, 1881 – July 16, 1950) was an American pianist, composer, and piano teacher, a student of Theodor Leschetizky.

Early life and education

Eyre was born in Ortonville, Minnesota,^[1] the daughter of Lewis John Eyre and Agnes Augusta Gardner Eyre (later Norrish).^[2]^[3]^[4] Her father was a salesman, born in England. She studied composition and harmony with George Whitefield Chadwick and Edward Shippen Barnes at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston,^[3] and for four years with Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna.^[5]

Career

Eyre was a concert pianist; she toured in Europe, Great Britain, and North America, and appeared with violinist Jan Kubelik^[6]^[7] and sopranos Corinne Rider-Kelsey,^[8] Abby Beecher Longyear^[9] and Ella Russell.^[5] She performed at the 1905 Proms.^[10] "She played with really brilliant success," said a reviewer in Santa Barbara in 1906.^[11]

As Gardner Eyre,^[12] she composed songs, hymns, and works for piano, including "Love Radiant", "Some Day", "Adoration", "God is Ever Near", "Be Thou Our Guide",^[13] "Were I a Pirate of the Sea"^[14] "Drifting",^[12] and "Beyond the Mist".^[15]

Eyre taught piano students at the Institute of Musical Art in New York,^[16] and in California in her later years.^[3] She attended the 1927 convention of the California Music Teachers Association.^[17] In 1931, she was guest soloist at the first concert of the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra.^[18] She was a judge for the 1938 National Piano Playing Tournament, sponsored by the National Guild of Piano Teachers.^[19]

During World War I, Eyre served in the National League for Women's Service, with the rank of lieutenant. She organized an auxiliary transportation unit in Scarsdale, New York.^[20] She was a member of the New York Antivivisection Society.^[21]

Personal life

Eyre married Norwegian-born Fredrik Wexelsen Jahn in 1909, in San Francisco.^[22] They divorced before 1930. Her brother-in-law was economist Gunnar Jahn. She died in 1950, aged 68 years, in Fresno, California.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Agnes de Jahn, 69, Fresno Pianist, Composer, Dies". The Fresno Bee. July 17, 1950. p. 13. Retrieved July 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Boston University, Year Book (1900): 41.
^ ^a ^b ^c Richard Drake Sauners (1948). Music And Dance In California And The West. Universal Digital Library. Bureau of Musical Research, Inc. p. 216 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Agnes Augusta Norrish, Banker's Widow, Dies". The Fresno Bee. May 23, 1949. p. 17. Retrieved July 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Agnes Gardner Eyre, Talented Pianist" Musical Courier 57(September 23, 1908): 19.
^ Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (1906). Yearbook of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. p. 157.
^ "Abroad". The Violin Times. 13: 68. May 1906.
^ "Programmes and Plans for the Coming Season". The New Music Review and Church Music Review. 7: 681. November 1908.
^ Boston Symphony Orchestra (1908). Programme. The Orchestra.
^ "Proms 1905: Performers" BBC.
^ "Kubelik Wins His Audience". Santa Barbara Weekly Press. April 5, 1906. p. 8. Retrieved July 5, 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
^ ^a ^b "Soprano and pianist to Give Recital". The Fresno Morning Republican. October 18, 1925. p. 17. Retrieved July 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Gardner Eyre". Pacific Coast Music Review. 55: 65. December 5–19, 1927 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Attractive Song Miscellany". Musical Observer. 25 (5): 29. May 1926.
^ "Offer Maderans Musical Feast". Madera Tribune. September 27, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved July 5, 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
^ Elson, Louis Charles (1912). University Musical Encyclopedia. University society. p. 436.
^ "California Music Teachers in Annual Convention". Pacific Coast Music Review. 53: 36. December 5–19, 1927 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Fresno, Cal., Has New Orchestra". Musical Courier. 102 (8): 37. February 21, 1931 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Piano Playing Tournament". The Southwestern Musician and Texas Music Educator. 4 (7): 15. May–June 1938 – via Internet Archive.
^ Hutton, Thomas Radcliffe (1919). H-a-l-tt!--Wha-zaa?: Being a History of the First Provisional Regiment and the Answer of a State Militant to the Threat of Berlin, Ed. and Comp. Aqueduct guard citizens' committee. pp. 330, 337.
^ Women of 1923 International. John C. Winston. 1923. p. 179.
^ "Marriage Licenses". San Francisco Call. September 14, 1909. p. 11. Retrieved July 5, 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

[:2-1] "Agnes de Jahn, 69, Fresno Pianist, Composer, Dies". The Fresno Bee. July 17, 1950. p. 13. Retrieved July 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] Boston University, Year Book (1900): 41.

[:1-3] Richard Drake Sauners (1948). Music And Dance In California And The West. Universal Digital Library. Bureau of Musical Research, Inc. p. 216 – via Internet Archive.

[4] "Agnes Augusta Norrish, Banker's Widow, Dies". The Fresno Bee. May 23, 1949. p. 17. Retrieved July 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[:0-5] "Agnes Gardner Eyre, Talented Pianist" Musical Courier 57(September 23, 1908): 19.

[6] Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (1906). Yearbook of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. p. 157.

[7] "Abroad". The Violin Times. 13: 68. May 1906.

[8] "Programmes and Plans for the Coming Season". The New Music Review and Church Music Review. 7: 681. November 1908.

[9] Boston Symphony Orchestra (1908). Programme. The Orchestra.

[10] "Proms 1905: Performers" BBC.

[11] "Kubelik Wins His Audience". Santa Barbara Weekly Press. April 5, 1906. p. 8. Retrieved July 5, 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

[:3-12] "Soprano and pianist to Give Recital". The Fresno Morning Republican. October 18, 1925. p. 17. Retrieved July 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[13] "Gardner Eyre". Pacific Coast Music Review. 55: 65. December 5–19, 1927 – via Internet Archive.

[14] "Attractive Song Miscellany". Musical Observer. 25 (5): 29. May 1926.

[15] "Offer Maderans Musical Feast". Madera Tribune. September 27, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved July 5, 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

[16] Elson, Louis Charles (1912). University Musical Encyclopedia. University society. p. 436.

[17] "California Music Teachers in Annual Convention". Pacific Coast Music Review. 53: 36. December 5–19, 1927 – via Internet Archive.

[18] "Fresno, Cal., Has New Orchestra". Musical Courier. 102 (8): 37. February 21, 1931 – via Internet Archive.

[19] "Piano Playing Tournament". The Southwestern Musician and Texas Music Educator. 4 (7): 15. May–June 1938 – via Internet Archive.

[20] Hutton, Thomas Radcliffe (1919). H-a-l-tt!--Wha-zaa?: Being a History of the First Provisional Regiment and the Answer of a State Militant to the Threat of Berlin, Ed. and Comp. Aqueduct guard citizens' committee. pp. 330, 337.

[21] Women of 1923 International. John C. Winston. 1923. p. 179.

[22] "Marriage Licenses". San Francisco Call. September 14, 1909. p. 11. Retrieved July 5, 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

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Agnes Gardner Eyre

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