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in 1917 at the academy of music, Philadelphia and sang at a joint concert with her mother in 1921 in
Carnegie Hall. Louise Homer's daughter Kay (Katherine, or Kat) had studied music in New York and was a fine pianist. In 1926, at the age of 19 years, Kay Homer toured with her mother Madame Louise Homer playing piano accompanyment at her mother's concerts and also handling the travel arrangements & consultation responsibilities for the same. Louise Homer Jnr would also perform together at some of these recitals.
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Madame Louise Homer, together with her daughter Louise Homer Jnr, sang a repertoire of duets and recorded several hymns for Victor records, including O' Morning Land, Sabbat Mater, my Ain
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whom she married in 1895. They remained married until her death more than five decades later and had six children together, including authors
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