Adam Itzel Jr.

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Adam Itzel Jr. (November 30, 1864 – September 5, 1893) was a 19th-century American conductor and composer. He was the conductor of the Academy of Music in Baltimore, Maryland. Composer Eliza Woods was one of his students.[1] Itzel's best-known composition was the light opera The Tar and the Tartar which had its New York premiere on May 11, 1891.[2]

Adam Itzel died at the age of 29 of consumption in Baltimore, Maryland, September 5, 1893.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Woods, Eliza (10 May 1895). "The Sun". Proquest Historical Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2000-02-29. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  2. ^ a b Thomas Allston Brown, A History of the New York Stage: From the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903), v. 3, 343.