Hazel G. Kinscella

(1893-1960) lived in Lincoln. Musician, composer, educator, author, originated the Kinscella Plan for piano instruction in 1919, one of the first American experiments in state school piano teaching that became popular nationwide and in some foreign countries, published more than 100 articles, one series of six books, and five books, including Music on the Air (Viking, 1934), a 500-page reference for all listeners of music on radio, taught piano from 1916 to 1958 at the University of Nebraska and the University of Washington, selected as one of three piano consultants to represent America at the Anglo-American Music Conference in Switzerland. Consult Nebraskana (Baldwin, 1932) 660 and UNL Nebraska Alumnus, May 1934, pp. 5, 8 and Who's Who in America, Vol 26 (1950-51) 1495 and Alice G. Harvey, Nebraska Writers, Rev Ed (Citizen, 1964) 48-49 and New Grove Dictionary of American Music, Vol 2 (1986) 635 and Arlington, Virginia Maud Powell Foundation Signature, Summer 1995, pp. 16-17.

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