William A. Lafferty

Life

Born: 1851

Died: 1924

Biography

William A. Lafferty was born in Ohio, and became a music teacher in Independence, Kansas. He took an interim position as assistant conductor of the New York Choral Union, directed by Horatio Richmond Palmer, before becoming conductor of the Musical Association of Allegheny in Pennsylvania. He also was a faculty member at the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Music and director of the Orpheus Club, a male chorus in the Pittsburg area. With Lyman S. Leason, he wrote and compiled music books for normal schools, singing schools and music conventions.

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List of choral works

• The Honey Bee
• Whittier’s April

 
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Publications

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