THE KING'S BUSINESS

Composer: Flora Hamilton Cassel

Flora Hamilton Cassel, 1852-1911 Born: Au­gust 21, 1852, Ot­ter­ville, Il­li­nois. Died: No­vem­ber 17, 1911, Den­ver, Co­lo­ra­do, in a bug­gy ac­ci­dent. Buried: Park­view Cem­e­tery, Hast­ings, Ne­bras­ka. Cassel spent most of her child­hood in White­hall, Il­li­nois, where her fa­ther was pas­tor of the Bap­tist church. She was quite mu­sic­al from child­hood, and could sing and ac­com­pa­ny her­self as a small girl. At age 16, Cas­sel went to live with her mo­ther’s sis­ter, Mrs. Tit­comb, in Brook­lyn, New York. She event­u­al­ly went to the Ma­ple­wood In­sti­tute in Pitts­field, Mass­a­chu­setts, to stu­dy pi­a­no, har­mo­ny, and com­po­si­tion under Dr. B.C. Blo… Go to person page >