Arthur H. Bird
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Arthur H. Bird | |
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 Arthur Homer Bird in Halifax (before 1881) | |
| Born | Arthur Homer Bird 23 July 1856 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | 22 December 1923 (aged 67) Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Spouse |
Wilhelmine Waldemann
(m. 1888) |
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Arthur Homer Bird (23 July 1856 – 22 December 1923) was an American composer, for many years resident in Germany. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied organ and composition in Berlin[1] and spent a year at Weimar with Franz Liszt.[2] He composed a symphonic poem, Eine Karneval-Szene, Op. 5, and a Symphony in A major, Op. 8 (both in 1886); three orchestral suites; some works for wind instruments alone including a Suite in D;[3] some music for the ballet; a comic opera; and some chamber music; he was also commissioned by the Mason and Hamlin company to write a suite of short pieces for the reed organ.
He married Wilhelmine Waldemann in Peterborough, England in 1888.[2]
Bird died while riding on a train in Berlin in 1923.[4]
Selected Compositions
- Eine Karneval-Szene, Op. 5, symphonic poem (1886)
- Symphony in A Major, Op. 8 (1886)
- Suite in D, for wind dectet
- Serenade for wind dectet
- Marche miniature, for woodwind nonet[1]
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Swift, Richard (1985). "Review of Nonet for Woodwinds (Marche miniature); For Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets and 2 Bassoons". Notes. 42 (2): 403. doi:10.2307/897456. ISSN 0027-4380. JSTOR 897456.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. IX. James T. White & Company. 1907. p. 387. Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ "MUSIC; Americana Vies With Beethoven". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ Lachmund, Carl; Saffle, Michael (1995). Living with Liszt: From the Diary of Carl Lachmund, an American Pupil of Liszt, 1882–1884. Pendragon Press. p. 295. ISBN 9780945193562. Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via Google Books.
- Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
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