Background
Penfield, Smith Newell was born on April 4, 1837 in at Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of Anson and Minerva (Dayton) Penfield.
Penfield, Smith Newell was born on April 4, 1837 in at Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of Anson and Minerva (Dayton) Penfield.
Penfield studied at Oberlin College and in New York, and later in Leipzig with Ignaz Moscheles, Carl Reinecke, Ernst Richter, and Moritz Hauptmann.
President Music Teachers’ National Association, 1885, New York State Music Teachers’ Association, 1888-1890. Member North.E. Society of Brooklyn, Manuscript Society of New York, Society of Sciences, American Institute of New York, Society of Science, Letters and Art, London. Composer: (cantata) The Eighteenth Psalm, and much sheet music
Has contributed many articles to Étude, Philadelphia, and other musical journals Address: 296 Manhattan Avenue, New York, New New York
Member North.E. Society of Brooklyn, Manuscript Society of New York, Society of Sciences, American Institute of New York, Society of Science, Letters and Art, London.
Married Sarah Elizabeth Hoyt, of Henry, Illinois, March 26, 1860.