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

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e composer

or c

o

mposition w

oul

d be

w

e

lcomed.

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information to

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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

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ed wit

h permi

ss

ion.

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