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American soprano
Antoinette Garnes
Antoinette Garnes, from a 1919 publication.
Born about 1887 Died July 2, 1938Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Nationality American Occupation(s) Soprano singer, music educator
Antoinette Smythe Garnes (about 1887 – July 2, 1938) was an American soprano singer active in the 1920s.
Antoinette Smythe Garnes was born about 1887, in Detroit. She studied at
Detroit Central High School ,
Detroit Conservatory of Music ,
Howard University , and
Chicago Musical College ; at the last institution she studied with Edoardo Sacerdote,
[1] earned a bachelor of music degree in 1919,
[2] and was the college's first black winner of the
Alexander Revell diamond medal.
[3]
[4] She also played violin and piano. She earned a master of music degree from Chicago Musical College in 1920.
[5]
In 1923 Garnes was the only African American member of the
Chicago Grand Opera Company .
[6] She was a member of the Chicago Opera Association.
[7] Erma Morris accompanied her for a performance in Detroit.
[8] She sang at a meeting of the
NAACP in Chicago in 1919.
[3] Music critic Agnes Beldon noted Garnes's "sterling vocal ability and fine training".
[9] Her solo recitals were sponsored by local black women's clubs, and benefited charities such as the Phyllis Wheatley Orphan's Home in Wichita.
[10] She performed with
Naida McCullough in California in 1932.
[11] She also performed at Howard University with Sadie B Davis under the auspices of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
[12]
Garnes taught voice at
Lincoln University ,
Wilberforce University and
Hampton Institute .
[13] She recorded on
Harry Pace 's
Black Swan Records ,
[14]
[15] and her recording of two arias was promoted as "the first grand opera record ever made by a colored singer."
[16] She was given an honorary membership in the
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at the organization's boule (annual meeting) in 1923.
[17]
Antoinette Smythe Garnes married twice; her first husband was Rev. Dr Theobold Augustus Smythe.
[18] She was widowed when he died in Chicago.
[19] Her second husband was dentist Harry W. Garnes.
[20]
[21] She died from liver disease in 1938, in
Cape Girardeau, Missouri .
[13]
[19]
[22]
"Caro Nome" (1923) Black Swan Records 7101
"Ah, F'ors 'E Lui" (1923) Black Swan Records 7102
"My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair" Black Swan Records
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"Second Young Artists' Concert of Chicago Musical College at Orchestra Hall" . Music News . 14 : 26. December 1, 1922.
^ Chicago Musical College (1911).
Catalog of the Chicago Musical College . The College.
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a
b Phelps, Howard A. (September 1919).
"Persons of Note" . Half-Century Magazine . 7 : 9.
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"General Race News" . The Half Century Magazine . 7 : 15. August 1919.
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"Madam Antoinette Smythe Garnes" . The Broad Ax . 1922-07-22. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-06-09 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Suisman, David (2009).
Selling sounds : the commercial revolution in American music . Harvard University Press. p. 227.
ISBN
9780674033375 . Retrieved 14 April 2020 .
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"Antoinette Garnes in Song Recital" . Music News . 14 : 23. July 14, 1922.
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"Musical program featuring Antoinette Garnes presented by the Detroit Study Club | DPL DAMS" . Detroit Public Library Digital Collections .
^ Beldon, Agnes (August 4, 1922).
"Chicago Musical College" . Music News . 14 : 4.
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"Antoinette Garnes, Lyric Soprano" . The Negro Star . 1922-01-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-06-09 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Soprano to Give Half Hour at U. C." Daily Gazette . August 17, 1932. p. 5. Retrieved June 9, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
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"Alpha Kappa Alpha Presents Miss Virginia Moore" . Howard University Journal . 6 (15): 1. February 5, 1909.
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a
b
"Antoinette Garnes" . Discogs . Retrieved 2020-06-09 .
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"Black Swan Records: July Releases (advertisement)" . The Crisis . 24 : 139. July 1922.
^ Kenney, William Howland (1999-07-08).
Recorded Music in American Life: The Phonograph and Popular Memory, 1890-1945 . Oxford University Press.
ISBN
978-0-19-988014-0 .
^ Abbott, Lynn; Seroff, Doug (2017-02-27).
The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville . Univ. Press of Mississippi.
ISBN
978-1-4968-1003-8 .
^ Johnson, Charles Spurgeon (February 1924).
"Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Boule" . Opportunity . 2 : 64.
^ U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current
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b
"Mrs. Antoinette Garnes Dies" . The Indianapolis News . 1938-07-02. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-06-09 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Madam Antoinette Smythe Garnes" . The Broad Ax . September 6, 1919. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
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"Mrs. Antoinette Smythe Garnes" . The Broad Ax . 1919-09-06. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-06-09 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Member Local Colored Teachers Training Group Dies Rather Suddenly" . The Democrat-Argus . 1938-06-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-06-09 – via Newspapers.com.
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