Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . W. P, SHEFFIELD, JR. working. He has also been an advocate for asystem of manual training in the public married, October 16, 1889, Miss Mary StevensBurdick ; they have three children : Margaret Bur-dick, William Paine and Mary Morse Sheffield. MEN OF PROGRESS. 71 SPRAGUE, Nathan Brown, musician and com-poser, Providence, was born in Greenville, R. I.,April 25, 1864, son of John S. and Lelotina(Phetteplace) Sprague. He received hi
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . W. P, SHEFFIELD, JR. working. He has also been an advocate for asystem of manual training in the public married, October 16, 1889, Miss Mary StevensBurdick ; they have three children : Margaret Bur-dick, William Paine and Mary Morse Sheffield. MEN OF PROGRESS. 71 SPRAGUE, Nathan Brown, musician and com-poser, Providence, was born in Greenville, R. I.,April 25, 1864, son of John S. and Lelotina(Phetteplace) Sprague. He received his early and of the Masonic order. He married, June 24,1884, Miss Lydia A. Irons; they have one son,Stanley N. B. SPRAGUE. education in the public schools and in the Englishand Classical schools of Providence. He was earlyattracted to musical studies and pursued them inProvidence, Boston and New York, and under lead-ing masters in England and Germany, acquiring athorough knowledge of the principles of both vocaland instrumental harmony. Since 1881 he hastaught the pianoforte, organ, the cultivation of thevoice and musical theory in Providence, having alarge clientage. As a composer, Mr. Sprague hasproduced four complete operas, two of which havebeen performed, about fifty songs, some of whichhave been very popular, a large amount of churchmusic, and many pieces for violin, piano andorchestra. He is the organist and director ofmusic at Grace Episcopal Church, Providence, con-ductor of the Narragansett Choral Society ofPeacedale, R. I., President of the Rhode IslandMusic Teachers Association, also a member of theexecutive committee and organist and pianist ofthe Arion Club, the leading musica
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