Fannie De Grasse Black
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Frances De Grasse Black (November 21, 1856 - August 28, 1930) was a singer and pianist.
Frances "Fannie" De Grasse was born in Canada, on November 21, 1856.[1]
She moved with her parents to the United States and made her home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she was educated in the high and normal schools, graduating in 1874. At ten years of age she began the study of piano and sight singing, continuing until her sixteenth year, when she became a pupil of Prof. William Mickler, formerly director in court to the Duke of Hesse, Germany, studying with him for four years.[1]
