Chittenden, Kate Sara 17.apr.1856-16.sep.1949 Canada Ontario, Hamilton - NY, New York
organist, pianist, 1865-1870 studied piano with Jules Fossier and 1870-1876 with Lucie H Clinton, 1872 studied at Hellmuth College in London Canada, 1873-1876 taught at Hellmuth College, 1876 moved to New York, 1879-1906 organist/choirmaster of Calvary Baptist Church New York, 1890-1914 teacher piano at the Catherine Aiken School in Stamford Connecticut, 1892-1900 teacher/president of the Metropolitan College of Music, 1900-1933 teacher/dean of the American Institute of Applied Music in New York, 1892-1919 with baritone C Judson Bushnell lecturer for the New York Board of Education free lecture courses in New York, 1894 specialized in training music teachers in harmony in New York City, 1894 still single and named Miss Chittenden, 1899-1946 professor at Vassar College Poughkeepsie, charter member American Guild of Organists, member MacDowell Club, boardmember Music Teachers National Assosiation, life member New York Music Teachers Association, president Synthetic Guild of Pianoforte Teachers, 1918 residing at 212 West 59th Street New York City, 1949 at 853 Seventh Avenue Manhattan, buried at Chestnut Hill Cemetery Union Springs ; daughter of dentist Curtis Strong Chittenden (Vermont, Shelburne 29.apr.1825-8.may.1889 Hamilton) and Caroline Young Peterson (NY, Union Springs 16.may.1834-7.sep.1897) ; sister of soprano and pianist Ellen Lizzie Chittenden (Hamilton 26.nov.1857-) ; she was never married

Title	Parts

[] The Synthetic method for the piano. 1890 with Albert Ross Parsons
[] Synthetic Catechism, five hundred thirty-eight questions and answers for use in connection with the Synthetic method for the pianoforte
[] Preparatory studies for parallel scale fingering. Major scales, harmonic and melodic scales. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York 1894
[] Tetrad arpeggios. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York 1895
[] Dissected scales. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York 1895
[] Appogiaturas, turns and trills. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York 1897
[] Exercises in expansion and contraction. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York 1898
[] Broken chords. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York 1900
[] Tetrads, dominant seventh technics. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York 1900
[] Dispersed harmonies. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York 1900
[] 60 Possible three-finger groups. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York 1901
[] Homonyms, studies in broken triads. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York 1902
[] By the fireside, frolic in the hayloft. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York
[] Five-note melodies. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York
[] In a hammock. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York
[] Silent exchange of fingers. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York
[] The Stars. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York
[] Triad arpeggios. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York
[] Try again. Piano pub Silver, Burdett & Co., New York
[] Sleepy clovers music with Steen pub National Music Co., Chicago

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