^"Dr. Edward Fisher, Noted Toronto Musician, is Dead". Winnipeg Tribune. Toronto, Ontario. 31 May 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 1 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
edward, fisher, musician, american, rock, musician, eddie, fisher, drummer, edward, fisher, january, 1848, 1913, canadian, conductor, teacher, organist, founder, first, musical, director, toronto, conservatory, music, edward, fisherborn, 1848, january, 1848jam. For the American rock musician see Eddie Fisher drummer Edward Fisher 11 January 1848 31 May 1913 was a Canadian conductor teacher organist and founder and first musical director of the Toronto Conservatory of Music Edward FisherBorn 1848 01 11 11 January 1848Jamaica VermontDied31 May 1913 1913 05 31 aged 65 Toronto OntarioKnown forFounder and first musical director of the Toronto Conservatory of MusicBorn in Jamaica Vermont he studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music in 1867 His teachers included Julius Eichberg Joseph Bennett Sharland and Whitney Eugene Thayer He later studied in Berlin Germany with Carl August Haupt and Carl Albert Loeschhorn In 1875 he moved to Ottawa Ontario Canada becoming music director of the Ottawa Ladies College and conducted the Ottawa Choral Society Fisher moved to Toronto Ontario where he was an organist at St Andrew s Presbyterian Church from 1879 to 1899 He was also a music director of the Ontario Ladies College in Whitby Ontario In 1886 he started the Toronto Conservatory of Music and was appointed musical director He died in Toronto on 31 May 1913 and was succeeded by Augustus Stephen Vogt 1 References edit Dr Edward Fisher Noted Toronto Musician is Dead Winnipeg Tribune Toronto Ontario 31 May 1913 p 1 Retrieved 1 April 2020 via Newspapers com Edward Fisher Dictionary of Canadian Biography online ed University of Toronto Press 1979 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Fisher musician amp oldid 1216663921, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
