As Augustus Juilliard grew old he tired of making money and opera became his interest. Nearly every night he was to be seen in Box No. 2, where in 1919 he was seized with his fatal illness.

The tribute to Augustus Juilliard, who grew up in Louisville and in 1919 bequeathed the money that funded the Juilliard School of Music, began with a reception and tours of the Juilliard Center ...

The school was named for Augustus Juilliard, a textile merchant who gave a very large bequest to the school in 1919. Juilliard maintains a reputation for training the actors, ...

While Augustus Juilliard never lived in the “Juilliard Home” in Louisville, he did stay there often while visiting family members. He was raised for a time in the Louisville area and began a ...

A rich man's ghost walked the faded red corridors of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House last week. Singers backstage talked of little else. Board members held consultations over it.

The Juilliard School, which focuses on the performing arts, is one of the most prestigious and selective schools in the nation. The fall 2011 acceptance rate was 6 percent, according to U.S. News ...

The distinctive carriage house once belonging to Augustus D. Juilliard. "We live in a fancy barn!" jokes Fischer. In 1897, Matthew Watson DeBaun and Henry DeBaun, ...

-- Music patron Augustus Juilliard in 1836-- Actor Hugh O'Brian in 1925-- Actor Jayne Mansfield in 1933-- Actor Dudley Moore in 1935-- Actor Elinor Donahue in 1937 (age 88) ...

On many Sunday evenings during the summer, you can enjoy a free concert at Juilliard Park. It helps us remember a music lover who was born in the middle of the Atlantic, and his nephew, who gave ...

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 ...