Aler, Edwin B 13.aug.1862-12.feb.1897 USA Maryland, Baltimore - Baltimore
organist, studied music at Peabody Conservatory, 1880-1887 as music teacher and organist of the First Presbyterian Church and the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation residing with his mother at 251 Franklin Street in Baltimore, 1889-1896 as organist of Madison Avenue Temple residing with his mother at 1111 Harlem Avenue in Baltimore, 14.jun.1894 age 31 he applied for a passport to go abroad temporarily intending to return within one year, his main reason was a visit to Bayreuth for the Wagner festival, 12.sep.1894 he returned from Germany to Baltimore, aged 34 he committed suicide by drinking laudanum and arsenic in a room at Hotel Stafford, 15.feb.1897 he was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery ; son of machinist Sylvanus R Aler (Maryland, ?Prince George 1837-5.oct.1867 Baltimore) and Eunice A Washburn (West Virginia 1835-22.dec.1913 Washington DC) ; he never married

Title	Parts

[] For Oh! my love, I love but thee. Song. Soprano pub John F. Ellis & Co., Washington, D.C. 1892
[] Within my heart's still beating (Quand ou perd) words Alfred de Musset, english words C. D. Craigie pub John F. Ellis & Co., Washington, D.C. 1893
[] My heart now turns to thee (Spring is here) (Rappelle-toi). Mezzosoprano or baritone in D words Alfred de Musset, english words C. D. Craigie pub John F. Ellis & Co., Washington, D.C. 1894
[] While sad my heart is longing (Aus meinen grossen schmerzen). Alto or bass in A words Heinrich Heine, english words Thomas S. Baker pub John F. Ellis & Co., Washington, D.C. 1894
[] Thou art like unto a flower (Du bist wie eine blume), Soprano or tenor and piano words Heinrich Heine pub John F. Ellis & Co., Washington, D.C. 1894
[] Du bist wie eine blume. Voice and piano pub K. Buselmeier, Leipzig 1895 pub O. Dietrich, Leipzig 1929
[] Du bist mir nah und doch so fern (Thou art so near, and yet so far) pub John F. Ellis & Co., Washington, D.C.

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