The Story of the "Caged Songster": Sister Mary Agnes Gubert, VHM
"Perhaps you have heard of Louise Gubert?" Born in Philadelphia in 1832, she gained fame for her singing while meeting famous musicians. After a brief stay at the Georgetown Monastery of the Sisters of the Visitation of Holy Mary (VHM, Visitandines), she moved to Wheeling in 1856, entering...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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American catholic studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 133, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-57 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RD Hymnology |
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| Summary: | "Perhaps you have heard of Louise Gubert?" Born in Philadelphia in 1832, she gained fame for her singing while meeting famous musicians. After a brief stay at the Georgetown Monastery of the Sisters of the Visitation of Holy Mary (VHM, Visitandines), she moved to Wheeling in 1856, entering the order as Sister Mary Agnes. While cloistered she developed a nationally recognized music program at the Visitandines' Wheeling Female Academy and, after 1865, at their Mount de Chantal Academy while continuing to garner national recognition for herself, performing for the public and prominent touring singers, and contributing to music education among Catholics throughout the country. When she died in 1882, newspapers nationwide published her obituary. This biography explores her family history, conflicting records about her life, and "alerts" of her "last concert." With no personal papers or histories of Catholic women's academy music programs for context, we hear and know her as others did—both as a "caged songster" and "probably the most widely known teacher of vocal music connected with the Catholic Sisterhood in this country." |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8534 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American catholic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/acs.2022.0013 |