Background
Delamarter, Eric was born on February 18, 1880 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Review Louis and Mary Elizabeth (Baker) Delamarter.
Delamarter, Eric was born on February 18, 1880 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Review Louis and Mary Elizabeth (Baker) Delamarter.
Educated Kalamazoo (Michigan) High School, Albion College. Honorary Doctor of Music, Wooster (Ohio) College, 1931. Professional study under Wilhelm Middelschulte and Mary Wood Chase, Chicago.
With Charles Marie Widor and Alexandre Guilmant, Paris, France, 1900-1902.
Organist and choirmaster, New England Congressional Church, Chicago, 1900-1912. Later organist 1st Church of Christ, Scientist. Organist and choirmaster 4th Presbyterian Church, 1914-1936.
Member of faculty, Olivet (Michigan) College, 1904-1905, Chicago Museum College, 1909-1910.
Professor of University of Missouri, Ohio State University, University of Texas, in the 1940’son Music critic, Chicago Record-Herald, Tribune, and Inter Ocean, 1901-1914.
Appointed conductor Museum Art Society, Chicago, 1911-1913. Associate conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1918-1936.
Member of faculty, Olivet (Michigan) College, 1904-1905, Chicago Museum College, 1909-1910. Member Sigma Chirurgical
Married Rubee B. Wilson, April. Married second, Alice Young Maine, June 9, 1925. Children: Jeanne, Marjorie.