Clare Horan Cawley (1874 – December 26, 1921) was an American pianist.
Early life and education
Clare Horan was born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Patrick J. Horan and Mary A. Garvey Horan.[1][2] All of her grandparents were born in Ireland. Her father was a businessman, born in Ireland. Her uncle was Eugene A. Garvey, the Roman Catholic bishop of Altoona.[3]
She studied piano in Scranton[4] with Professor E. E. Southworth,[5] before pursuing further training in New York City with Charles Lee Tracy. She also went to study in Paris, with Moritz Moszkowski,[6] and in Vienna, with Marie Prentner and Theodor Leschetizky.[7]
Career
Clare Horan was a pianist and piano teacher in Scranton, after she returned from Vienna in 1901.[8] She gave recitals,[5][9] was a soloist in concerts of the Scranton Symphony Orchestra,[10] and accompanied Ernestine Schumann-Heink in her 1902 concert there.[7][11] In widowhood, she reopened her Scranton studio to teach piano.[12]
Polish composer and critic Stanisław Niewiadomski dedicated a composition to Clare Horan in 1901, while she was studying in Vienna.[13]
Personal life
Horan's sister Margaret died soon after childbirth in 1901;[14] Clare Horan married her sister's widower,[15][16] attorney Matthew P. Cawley, in 1903,[17] and raised her nephew, Eugene Horan Cawley, as her stepson. She was widowed in 1906,[18] and she died from a heart attack at her home in Dunmore, in 1921.[6][19] Her grave is in the St. Mary's of Mount Carmel Church cemetery in Dunmore. "The funeral was one of the largest in Dunmore in some time," reported the local newspaper's account.[20]
References
- ^ "Miss Clare Horan's Recital". The Scranton Republican. June 26, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Horan's Piano Recital". The Times-Tribune. January 18, 1902. p. 7. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prominent Man". The Tribune. July 5, 1918. p. 2. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Musical Notes". The Scranton Tribune. July 3, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Recital of Miss Clare Horan". The Scranton Tribune. January 18, 1902. p. 7. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Acute Heart Attack the Cause of Death". The Tribune. December 27, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Prominent Musicians of Scranton" The Musical Courier (January 4, 1905): 30-31.
- ^ "Scranton". The Musical Courier. 44: 41. March 26, 1902.
- ^ "Piano Recital". The Times-Tribune. December 5, 1904. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Music". The Tribune. April 18, 1903. p. 11. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Schumann-Heink Concert". The Tribune. March 29, 1902. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Advertisement". The Scranton Truth. September 18, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Niewiadomski, Stanisław. "Polonaise et Krakowiak, Op.31". IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "Untitled birth announcement". The Times- Tribune. April 13, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pretty June Wedding". The Scranton Tribune. June 13, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Married and Buried in Nuptial Robe". The Wilkes-Barre News. April 24, 1901. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Weddings at the Happy Yuletide". The Times-Tribune. December 26, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Promising Career Ended by Death". The Scranton Truth. November 12, 1906. p. 7. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clare Horan Cawley Died Very Suddenly". Pittston Gazette. December 27, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Many Honor Memory of Mrs. Clare Cawley". The Tribune. December 29, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.