Seven years ago Augustus D. Juilliard, Manhattan textile manufacturer, died, leaving some $20,000,000 as the largest bequest ever made to music. Great indeed was the responsibility of the five ...

Price: $150,000. The buyer was the Juilliard Musical Foundation, created by the late Augustus D. Juilliard, a native of Stark County, Ohio, who migrated to Manhattan and made a fortune in textiles.

The school was named for Augustus Juilliard. He was born in Ohio, the son of Burgundian Huguenots who had come to this country in 1836. His principal business was the dry-goods firm of A.D. Juilliard ...

To many music lovers, the most significant part of the life of Augustus D. Juilliard was his death. “On June 27 the musical world was surprised by the announcement on the specifics of his will ...

Frederic shared his uncle’s love for music. On Augustus’ death in 1919, his estate included a $5 million bequest to create the Juilliard Music Foundation. Frederic was named one of the trustees.

It was his fortune, which he began to earn as a worker in Martin’s Store in Louisville and mostly accumulated as owner of A.D ... by Juilliard’s brother, Charles Louis Juilliard. Augustus ...