Alfred Conk Best
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BIRTH
13 February 1877 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
DEATH
8 September 1924 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
PARENTS
Alfred Best
Mary Eliza Conk
SPOUSE
Eva Emma Dean
1889 - 1979 • KWDZ-BG1




Alfred Best
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards
Name:
Alfred Best
Event Type:
Draft Registration
Event Date:
1917-1918
Event Place:
Salt Lake City no 3, Utah, United States
Gender:
Male
Nationality:
United States
Birth Date:
13 Feb 1877
Birthplace:
United States
Affiliate Publication Number: M1509 , Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards , GS Film Number: 001983913 , Digital Folder Number: 005243495 , Image Number: 03899

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Alfred Best
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records
Name:
Alfred Best
Event Date:
08 Sep 1924
Event Type:
Death
Event Place:
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Gender:
Male
Age:
47
Marital Status:
Married
Race:
White
Birth Date:
13 Feb 1877
Birthplace:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Father's Name:
Alfred Best
Mother's Name:
Mary Eliza Conk
Spouse's Name:
Emma Dean Best
Document Type:
Certificate of Death
Digital Folder Number: 004139744 , Image Number: 00376

Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949






Men of Affairs in the State of Utah

ALFRED BEST, one of Salt Lake City's leading musicians and musical teachers, was born in Salt Lake county, February 13, 1877. His parents are Alfred Best and Eliza Conk Best. From childhood he showed a love for music and when 14 years of age he began to study instrumental and vocal music, taking up the study of voice culture when 17 years of age, under local teachers. Later he studied in New York City under Dr. Frank G. Dossertt.

For two years he was instructor of music at the University of Utah. He was one of the principal tenors of the Henry W. Savage Grand Opera Company, during 1905 and 1906. Prof. Best was the first Utah singer to sing principal part in grand opera.

In 1907 he married Miss Emma Dean of Salt Lake City and soon after they left for Berlin. Germany, where Prof. Best spent three years studying with Maestro Georg Fergusson and for one winter with Kappelmeister Carl Mueller, director of the Wagnerian festivals in Bayreuth.

During his stay in Europe he appeared at many notable places. On June 29. 1910. he sang at Antwerp in concert with the Societe Royale D 'Harmonic orchestra of sixty-five pieces, directed by Constant Lenaerts. He appeared later in two concerts at Ostende with an orchestra of 125 pieces, directed by M. Rinskopf.

Returning to Salt Lake City he opened a studio and later accepted the directorate of the vocal department of the Utah Conservatory of Music from which position he retired to private practice in 1914.

In June, 1913, Prof. Best and his pupils produced "Cavaliera Rusticana," the first grand opera produced in Utah by local talent. Prof. Best sang the role of Turridu. He is a member of the Salt Lake Rotary Club and is the father of three beautiful daughters. "

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Son of Alfred Best and Mary Eliza Conk. Husband of Eva Emma Dean Best.