Arthur H. Otto

Arthur Hermann Otto (10 February 1876 – ?) was an organist, composer, singer and teacher of music in Adelaide, South Australia. He had a later singing and teaching career in England as Arthur Kingston-Stewart. History Otto was the only son of Frederick Hermann Otto (c. 1848 – 4 October 1894) and his wife Margaret Otto, née Stewart, (c. 1852 – 13 February 1934) who married in 1874. Frederick, a tobacconist, was a fine singer, a member and secretary of Adelaide Liedertafel. Their family home, from around 1890 to 1923, was “Bonella Villa”, 204 Halifax Street, Adelaide. He studied piano as a boy and by age 12 he was accompanying his father’s singing at public concerts. and was appointed his assistant organist and choirmaster of St. Peter’s Cathedral sometime before 1896, when he himself was advertising for students. In 1902 Rev. W. S. Hopcraft appointed Otto as organist and choirmaster for St John’s Church, Adelaide, with the aim of reorganising and training the choir into the traditional Anglican cathedral model. He acted as accompanist to visiting artists Ada Crossley, Evangeline Florence and Johann Kruse. His voice students include Harold Gard. In 1908 he began giving vocal concerts