Saba Doak
Saba Doak (1879 – December 8, 1918) was an American soprano from Chicago, Illinois.
Early life[edit]
Saba Regina Doak was born in Texas,[1] and raised in Huntsville, Alabama,[2] the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, Algernon Sidney Doak, and his wife, Emma Regina Smith Doak. Both of her parents were originally from Tennessee. Her father served in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.[3] She was a descendant of Samuel Doak. She also lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee as a girl.[4] Saba Doak trained as a singer with Oscar Seagle, Charles W. Clark, and in Paris with Jean de Reszke.[5][6]
Career[edit]
Doak sang in concerts and as a church soloist in Chicago. In 1917 she toured in the American South,[7][8] and performed with Pablo Casals in Chicago.[9][10] She announced that she would donate a percentage of her performance income to the Red Cross during World War I.[11] Also during the war, she sang for the troops stationed in Illinois, at Fort Sheridan and at the Great Lakes Training Station.[1] She sang at a reception for the Political Equality League, a suffrage organization in Chicago.[12]
Personal life[edit]
Doak died from pneumonia during the 1918 flu pandemic, aged 39 years.[13] Her remains were buried in Huntsville, Alabama.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Obituary:Saba Doak" Chattanooga News (December 9, 1918): 7. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Saba Doak" Musical Courier (December 19, 1918): 19.
- ^ Bruce Long, "NC Civil War Sailors Project".
- ^ "Saba Doak's Patriotism" Musical Courier (May 17, 1917): 44-45.
- ^ "The Chicago Band and Miss Saba Doak" Musical Monitor (March 1915): 233.
- ^ "Saba Doak, Concert and Oratorio Soprano" Musical Monitor (April 1917): 384.
- ^ "Saba Doak to Make Southern Trip" Musical Courier (January 4, 1917): 17.
- ^ "Saba Doak Scores on Southern Tour" Musical Courier (July 11, 1918): 38.
- ^ Casals and Saba Doak at the Illinois" Music News (March 9, 1917): 12.
- ^ "Saba Doak Substitutes for Mme. Casals" Musical Monitor (March 1917): 363.
- ^ "Miss Saba Doak Aids War Cause" Musical Monitor (May 1917): 507.
- ^ "Miss Saba Doak" Chicago Tribune (March 25, 1917): 40. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Death of Saba Doak" Musical Leader (December 19, 1918): 586.
- ^ "Miss Saba Doak Buried in Alabama" The Tennessean (December 12, 1918): 2. via Newspapers.com
External links[edit]
- A Saba Doak promotional brochure from the 1910s, from Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century, Redpath Chautauqua Collection, University of Iowa Libraries.
- Saba Doak's gravesite on Find a Grave.