Edith Haines Kuester
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May 8, 1870
Edith Haines Kuester | |
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 Edith Haines Kuester, from a 1908 publication | |
| Born | Mary Edith Haines May 8, 1870 Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 1956 (aged 86) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Pianist, composer, songwriter, music educator |
Mary Edith Haines Kuester (May 8, 1870 – June 6, 1956) was an American composer, songwriter, pianist, singer, and music educator.
Haines was born in Indiana[1] and raised in Michigan, Colorado, and California, the daughter of Henry O. Haines and Margaret Leonardson Haines. She showed musical aptitude from an early age,[2] and studied with composer Bruno Huhn and other musicians.[3]
Career
Kuester was a concert pianist,[4][5] church organist, accompanist,[6] vocal coach, and piano teacher.[3] She also composed music,[7][8] and published a book of music for piano students.[9] She gave a concert with singer Delia Donal Ayer and violinist Estelle Franklin Gray in Santa Fe in 1911,[10] and a recital with her husband and pianist Olga Lieber in 1930, in Montreal.[11]
Kuester assisted the musical director of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915.[12] In 1920 she was the director of the Wednesday Musical Club in Burlingame, California.[13] In 1928 she directed a musicale for the Westmount Women's Club in Montreal.[14] In 1940 she taught classes at the Warren Conservatory of Music in Pennsylvania, where her husband was head of the voice department.[15]