Antha Minerva Patchen Virgil Bergman (c. 1852-1939) was an American author, composer,[1] and music educator[2] who helped develop and patent the Virgil silent practice keyboard, also known as the Virgil clavier.[3] She used the name "Antha M. Virgil" professionally.
Antha was born in Elmira, New York, to Minerva Ruth Cole and Uriah Patchen.[4] Little is known about her education following her graduation from high school in Burlington, Iowa.[5] She began teaching piano at Almon Kincaid Virgil's music conservatory in Burlington in 1877, then married Almon in 1878.[6] In 1879, they moved to Peoria, Illinois, where they opened a music school which continued for four years.[7]
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