Maro Loomis Bartlett

Bartlett was born on October 25, 1847 in Browhelm, Ohio. He was a chor­al con­duct­or, com­posed ma­ny pop­u­lar tunes, and wrote sev­er­al books on mu­sic. As of 1905, he was Di­rect­or of the Des Moines, Io­wa, Coll­ege of Mu­sic. He died in 1919 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Sources:
Hughes, p. 307
Nutter, p. 453
Price, p. 195

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The publication Bartlett's Music Reader (1901) states that the editor, M.L. Bartlett, was "President of the Des Moines, Ia., Music College and formerly Teacher of Music in the Schools of New York City." This same M.L. Bartlett edited The Sunday School Serial.

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