Background
Steiner, Williams Kossuth was born on June 9, 1874 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Kossuth L. and Marie (Williams) Steiner.
Steiner, Williams Kossuth was born on June 9, 1874 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Kossuth L. and Marie (Williams) Steiner.
Pupil of South. Bissell, F. Zitterbart, Theodor Salmon. Walter East. Hall, and Heinrich Germer (Dresden), 1894-1899.
Organist Grace Reformed Church and Trinity Lutheran Church, 1891, North Avenue Methodist Church, 1893-1894, Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, 1899-1904, all of Pittsburgh. Designed organ, 1907, for Rodelph Shalom Temple, Pittsburgh, and organist same, 1904-1925. Teacher of piano, organ and theory.
Has given 50 recitals at Carnegie Institute.
Played at Buffalo and Saint Louis expns., also with various symphony orchestras. Composer anthems and organ and piano music
Director the Germer Piano School, Pittsburgh. Musical director Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind since September 1927.
Associate American Guild Organists, by examination, 1899, local examiner since 1908.
Member Musicians.
Married Edna A. Steiner, July 2, 1902. Children: Margaret Brown (Mistress Charles Graham Kiskaddon), Jane Louise, Edwina Lewis, Stuart Grey, Howard Markley.