Edna Howland (born Sadie Edna Howland; September , â€" October , )
was an American vaudeville artist. She was best known for her piano
playing and soprano voice. Between and , she toured with Jack
Kammerer, an acrobatic comedian. Billed as Kammerer & Howland, the duo
described themselves as a “Classical Comedy Singing and Talking
Act,†and as performers of “Jollity and Jingles Mirthfully
Mingled.†Howland retired from show business in the early s.Edna
Howland was born Sadie Edna Howland on September , , to Benjamin L.
Howland and Mary (Murray) Howland, in Somerset, Massachusetts. Her
father, Benjamin L. Howland, served in the American Civil War. He
spent eight months as a prisoner of war after the Second Battle of the
Weldon Railroad. The Howland family moved to Providence, Rhode Island
between and . Howland's first documented piano solo was at a church
social given by the Junior Society of the Stewart Street Baptist
Church.In , Howland began taking piano lessons from Mr. and Mrs. Ernst
Fischer. The Fischers were educated at the University of Music and
Theatre Leipzig, founded by Felix Mendelssohn. They instructed in
singing, piano, harmony, and composition from their studio in the
Conrad Building on Westminster Street. During her years as a pupil of
the Fischers, Howland frequently performed classical piano music for
public audiences. She was featured in numerous public recitals hosted
by the Fischers. In , Howland headlined a benefit for the Women's
Christian Temperance Union at Frances Willard Hall on Snow Street. A
year later she joined Providence Mayor, Patrick J. McCarthy, to
entertain members of the Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Association at
their annual conference.
was an American vaudeville artist. She was best known for her piano
playing and soprano voice. Between and , she toured with Jack
Kammerer, an acrobatic comedian. Billed as Kammerer & Howland, the duo
described themselves as a “Classical Comedy Singing and Talking
Act,†and as performers of “Jollity and Jingles Mirthfully
Mingled.†Howland retired from show business in the early s.Edna
Howland was born Sadie Edna Howland on September , , to Benjamin L.
Howland and Mary (Murray) Howland, in Somerset, Massachusetts. Her
father, Benjamin L. Howland, served in the American Civil War. He
spent eight months as a prisoner of war after the Second Battle of the
Weldon Railroad. The Howland family moved to Providence, Rhode Island
between and . Howland's first documented piano solo was at a church
social given by the Junior Society of the Stewart Street Baptist
Church.In , Howland began taking piano lessons from Mr. and Mrs. Ernst
Fischer. The Fischers were educated at the University of Music and
Theatre Leipzig, founded by Felix Mendelssohn. They instructed in
singing, piano, harmony, and composition from their studio in the
Conrad Building on Westminster Street. During her years as a pupil of
the Fischers, Howland frequently performed classical piano music for
public audiences. She was featured in numerous public recitals hosted
by the Fischers. In , Howland headlined a benefit for the Women's
Christian Temperance Union at Frances Willard Hall on Snow Street. A
year later she joined Providence Mayor, Patrick J. McCarthy, to
entertain members of the Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Association at
their annual conference.
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