Born: December 6, 1857 in Amsterdam, Holland, The Netherlands.
Education: Literary training took place at the Real Gymnasium, which is comparable to American preparatory colleges. Music training was from tutors in Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris and included lessons in piano and music theory. Was a student at the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, for the purpose of learning to speak and write English. After some teaching experience, he gave up the position and devoted himself to further study. While at the College of Music of Cincinnati he took class work in sight-reading.
Professional: In 1881 was an instructor at Bowling Green Female College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. In 1885 he taught for four years at Oxford College at Oxford, Ohio. He taught in the public schools in Piqua, Ohio, for five years and, in 1893, was called to a position at the College of Music of Cincinnati as a teacher of piano and theory. In 1898 he was made the assistant director of the college and in 1901 he was elected manager; a position he held for 25 years. While there he published two books. He left that position and taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has been identified with the National Education Association, president of the Music Section Association, president of the National Music Teacher's , president of the Ohio State Music Teacher's Association.
Married: 1881 to Miss Nettie Looker, of Harrison, Ohio, and granddaughter of Othniel Looker, former Governor of Ohio.
Children: *Carl, a grand opera singer; Hermann, a professional singer; Gertrude, a piano and voice teacher; Bertha, a piano and voice teacher; Brunhilde; Elsa; and Helen. *This name does not appear on the list of survivors written in his obituary.
Death: May 18, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Gantvoort, Arnold Johann. Familiar Talks On The History of Music. New York, G. Schirmer, 1913. University of Cincinnati library call number: ML161.G2.
Gantvoort, Arnold Johann. Gantvoort's Progressive Course in Harmony. Cincinnati, The Willis Music Company, 1915. University of Cincinnati library call number: MT50.G27.
Sources of Information on this Member
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Sixth edition. Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky. New York: Schirmer Books; London: Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1978.
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Seventh edition. Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky. New York: Macmillan, Schirmer Books, 1984.
Biographical Dictionary of American Educators. Three volumes. Edited by John F. Ohles. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.
Biography Index. Volume 4: September, 1955-August, 1958. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1960.
Cincinnati: The Queen City, 1788-1912, Illustrated. Vol. III, Cincinnati: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.
Dictionary of North American Authors Deceased before 1950. Compiled by W. Stewart Wallace. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1951. Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research, 1968.
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 40. New York: James T. White & Co., 1955. Reprint. Volumes 1-50. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1967-1971.
Ohio Authors and Their Books. Edited by William Coyle. Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1962.
Who Was Who in America. Volume 1, 1897-1942. Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co., 1943.
Who Was Who among North American Authors, 1921-1939. Volumes 1-7, 1921-1939.
Sound recording: Golden Crown
Artists; Gantvoort-Graves / Homer Rodeheaver Baritone with Orchestra Acc.
From the ULCA Music Library, Special Collections Dept., Gennet Collection, S13
Label and number: Gennett 4862-B.
Other sources of information: Linda Bailey, Cincinnati Museum Center and Anna Horton, Public Library of Cincinnati.
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Keith Preston
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Circa
1908
