Irish Hearts
Evans, Everett J.
Irish Hearts
by: Everett J. Evans
Original Copyright: 1906
By: F. B. Haviland, Pub. Co.
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Evans, Everette J.
DO
B:
June 2
7
, 1868 (Balti
more, Ma
ryla
nd)
DO
D:
June 2
0
, 1951 (Pe
rry, Florida)
Everette J. Evans was b
o
rn in Baltimore
, Maryland,
on Ju
ne 27, 1
868. After graduatin
g from
a four-yea
r
cou
rse of stu
d
y at the Chicago Con
s
erv
a
tory of
Musi
c, he reportedly became a pupil of John Philip
Sousa. Late
r, he played flute in Sousa
's
ban
d.
Evans pu
rsue
d a varied career a
s
a teacher,
comp
oser, m
u
si
cian, an
d condu
ctor, the
s
e
ende
avors taking him to m
any parts of t
he co
untry.
Tiring of the profe
ssi
onal
musi
cian
's lif
e, he settled i
n
Perry, Flori
da, and
confin
ed hi
s compo
s
itional
efforts to wr
iti
ng many so
n
g
s ab
out Taylor Co
unty.
He also org
a
n
ize
d
and di
rected the first
band of Taylor Co
unty Hig
h
School. He
held this p
o
sit
ion until his retireme
nt in 1945, wh
ere
u
p
on he an
d his wife, who
wa
s also a teach
e
r, ope
ne
d a musi
c stu
d
io in their Pe
rry home. He
re they
provide
d
priv
ate musi
cal in
stru
cti
on to m
any young pe
ople of the area.
Evans died at
his home o
n
Jun
e
20, 195
1, after a two month illne
ss,
and wa
s
buried in the Perry City Cemetery. He
h
ad no childre
n. Resid
ents
of Perry
remem
b
e
r hi
m as an out
st
andin
g
musi
ci
an. He had a
pleasant person
a
lity and
as a tea
c
he
r wa
s re
spo
n
si
ble for provid
ing many of his pupil
s
with t
heir only
musi
c inst
ru
ct
ion.
1
Irish Hearts
(cha
ra
cteri
s
tic march or two
-step
)
was p
u
b
lish
ed in 19
06 by the F.B.
H
a
vila
nd
Pu
blis
h
ing
C
o
mpa
n
y
(
N
ew
Yo
rk
, N
Y
).
Program n
o
te re
searched b
y
M
a
rc
us L. Neiman
Medina, Ohio
Additional information on either th
e composer
or c
o
mposition w
oul
d be
w
e
lcomed.
Please send
information to
1
R
ehrig
, Wil
liam
H. , Bier
ley
, Pau
l E
. (E
di
tor), T
he
Heri
ta
ge enc
yc
lopedi
a of
band mus
ic
, Robert
Hoe
Fo
undat
ion, C
ol
umbus
, OH., 2005
CD, us
ed wit
h permi
ss
ion.
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