Elsie Barge (October 12, 1898 – December 16, 1962) was an American pianist, music educator, and clubwoman.
Elsie Thomas Barge was born in Cordele, Georgia and raised in Brookhaven, Mississippi, [1] [2] the daughter of Thomas Cicero Barge and Laura Douglas Wilkins Barge. Her father was a businessman. [3] [4] Both of her parents were from Georgia. Her grandfather James Madison Barge was a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War. As a young woman, she performed with her younger sister Frances, a violinist. [5]
Barge graduated from Brookhaven High School in 1914. [6] She studied piano with Theodor Bohlmann of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, [7] and with Harold von Mickwitz and Rudolph Ganz in Chicago. [8]
Barge was a concert pianist and performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under Eugène Ysaÿe. [9] She accompanied singers including Frances Ingram. [5] [10] She was a piano teacher at the Chicago Musical College, [11] and at Stuart Hall in Virginia. [8] She ran a music school, [12] was a Baptist church music director, [13] and arranged and performed in musical programs in St. Petersburg, Florida, from 1928 into the 1930s. [14] [15]
Later in life, Barge taught music in the schools of Brookhaven. [16] She was also a speaker for the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board. [17] She organized the Fine Artists Series in Brookhaven, and founded the town's music club. [3] She was active in the Mississippi Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, [18] [19] and the Mississippi Federation of Music Clubs. [20] [21] A scholarship to attend the latter federation's Transylvania Music Camp was named for Barge. [3]
Elsie Barge married twice, first to Scottish-born Chicago press agent Gardner Frederick Wilson in 1925. [1] [22] They had a daughter, Patrycia (1926–2000). [23] She married again to chiropractor Morris Cook Hennington Sr. [24] Elsie Barge Hennington died in 1962, aged 64 years, at a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. [16] [25]
Elsie Barge (October 12, 1898 – December 16, 1962) was an American pianist, music educator, and clubwoman.
Elsie Thomas Barge was born in Cordele, Georgia and raised in Brookhaven, Mississippi, [1] [2] the daughter of Thomas Cicero Barge and Laura Douglas Wilkins Barge. Her father was a businessman. [3] [4] Both of her parents were from Georgia. Her grandfather James Madison Barge was a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War. As a young woman, she performed with her younger sister Frances, a violinist. [5]
Barge graduated from Brookhaven High School in 1914. [6] She studied piano with Theodor Bohlmann of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, [7] and with Harold von Mickwitz and Rudolph Ganz in Chicago. [8]
Barge was a concert pianist and performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under Eugène Ysaÿe. [9] She accompanied singers including Frances Ingram. [5] [10] She was a piano teacher at the Chicago Musical College, [11] and at Stuart Hall in Virginia. [8] She ran a music school, [12] was a Baptist church music director, [13] and arranged and performed in musical programs in St. Petersburg, Florida, from 1928 into the 1930s. [14] [15]
Later in life, Barge taught music in the schools of Brookhaven. [16] She was also a speaker for the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board. [17] She organized the Fine Artists Series in Brookhaven, and founded the town's music club. [3] She was active in the Mississippi Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, [18] [19] and the Mississippi Federation of Music Clubs. [20] [21] A scholarship to attend the latter federation's Transylvania Music Camp was named for Barge. [3]
Elsie Barge married twice, first to Scottish-born Chicago press agent Gardner Frederick Wilson in 1925. [1] [22] They had a daughter, Patrycia (1926–2000). [23] She married again to chiropractor Morris Cook Hennington Sr. [24] Elsie Barge Hennington died in 1962, aged 64 years, at a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. [16] [25]