Maplewood Music Seminary

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Bird's eye view depiction of East Haddam, Connecticut in 1880 showing Maplewood Music Seminary's location as well as an inset image of it at bottom right View of East Haddam, Connecticut, and Goodspeeds Landing - 1880. LOC 2008624295.jpg
Bird's eye view depiction of East Haddam, Connecticut in 1880 showing Maplewood Music Seminary's location as well as an inset image of it at bottom right

Maplewood Music Seminary was a music school for young women in East Haddam, Connecticut. In 1875 it had more than one hundred enrolled students. [1] It was located above Upper Landing and performances it hosted included light operas, plays, and pageants although it was best known for opera. [2] It was described as "posh, and the spring commencement ceremony was a noted social event. [3] Its graduation program was housed in the Connecticut River Museum. [4]

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It was established around 1865 by Dwight Babcock, and operated for twelve years before malarial outbreaks caused its struggle and decline. [5] Professor Dwight S. Babcock afterwards "removed" to Rhode Island. [6] [7]

Personnel

D. S. Babcock was its principal. He taught piano, organ, harp, and guitar. The girls sang and could be heard from Champion House. Their songs included those from the opera Martha [8] by Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883). Maltbie Babcock (August 3, 1858-May 18,1901) [9] taught at the school. In 1872, the Connecticut School Journal praised Babcock and his school noting the views from it over the Connecticut River. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ B.; U., A. S. (1875). "Colleges". New England Journal of Education. 1 (12): 143. ISSN   2578-4145. JSTOR   44763005.
  2. ↑ "A Bird's-eye View of East Haddam". Connecticut History. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
  3. ↑ https://saybrookhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/18.-End-of-an-Era-Aug-22.pdf page 6
  4. ↑ "'From Combs to Keyboards': A Startling Tale of Ivory (Published 1990)". The New York Times . 1990-07-01. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
  5. ↑ Niles, Hosford B. (1887). "The Old Chimney Stacks of East Haddam" (PDF).
  6. ↑ dunhamwilcox.net/town_hist/ehaddam_hist.htm
  7. ↑ "History of Middlesex county, Connecticut, with biographical sketches of its prominent men". Dalcassian Publishing Company. January 1, 1884 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Hesselberg, Erik (July 15, 2022). Night Boat to New York: Steamboats on the Connecticut, 1815–1931. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-4930-4450-4 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Robinson, Charles Edward (August 16, 1904). "Maltbie Davenport Babcock: A Reminiscent Sketch and Memorial". Fleming H. Revell – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "The Connecticut School Journal". August 16, 1872 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ Babcock, Dwight Samuel (August 16, 1867). "Grand Musical Entertainment, at Champion Hall, East Haddam, Conn., on Tuesday, April 16, 1867". Hartford Steam Print. Company – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Seminary, Maplewood Music (August 16, 1872). "Annual Catalogue of the Faculty and Students of Maplewood Music Seminary, East Haddam, Conn. 1871-72". Case, Lockwood & Brainard, printers, Htfd, Ct. – via Google Books.

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