Arthur Bird
Arthur Homer Bird (23 July 1856 – 22 December 1923) was an American composer, for many years resident in Germany. Arthur Bird was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied organ and composition in Berlin and spent a year at Weimar with Franz Liszt. He composed a symphonic poem, Eine Karneval-Szene, Op.
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Arthur Bird
The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan., 1943), p. 79. · Public domain
- Name
- Arthur H.
- Birth Name
- Arthur Homer Bird
- Born
- 23 July 1856
- Birthplace
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Died
- 22 December 1923
- Place of death
- Berlin, Germany
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- music
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Arthur Homer Bird (23 July 1856 – 22 December 1923) was an American composer, for many years resident in Germany. Arthur Bird was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied organ and composition in Berlin and spent a year at Weimar with Franz Liszt. He composed a symphonic poem, Eine Karneval-Szene, Op.
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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; 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. Bird died while riding on a train in Berlin in 1923.
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• Name — Arthur H. Bird • Birth Name — Arthur Homer Bird • Born — 23 July 1856 • Birthplace — Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States • Died — 22 December 1923 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Occupation — Composer
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• 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
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- 1.Swift, Richard. Review of Nonet for Woodwinds (Marche miniature); For Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets and 2 Bassoons. Notes. 42. 2. 403. 1985. 0027-4380.
- 2.James T. White & Company. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. IX. 387. 1907.
- 3.MUSIC; Americana Vies With Beethoven. The New York Times.
- 4.Lachmund, Carl. Living with Liszt: From the Diary of Carl Lachmund, an American Pupil of Liszt, 1882–1884. Pendragon Press. 295. 1995. 9780945193562.
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