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University. Her voice teacher at Drake was the schoolâs dean, Frederick Howard. She graduated from the conservatory after one year of study in June 1906. She later studied singing in
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Bechtel Alcock in Manhattan. Merle and her husband would often perform together. By 1912, she was still referred to by her maiden name in some newspapers, but was also referred to as Merle Tillotson Alcock. By 1914 she was using the name Marie Alcock
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