Whitney Eugene Thayer
Whitney Eugene Thayer (December 11, 1838, Mendon, Massachusetts – June 27, 1889, Burlington, Vermont) was an American organist and composer. Thayer gave his first concert just after the installation of the new organ in the Boston Music Hall in 1863. An early student of John Knowles Paine, he advanced to studied organ and counterpoint in Berlin with Carl August Haupt (who also taught Paine).
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Whitney Eugene Thayer
- Born
- 1838 · Mendon.
- Died
- 1889 · Burlington.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- composer
- Teachers
- John Knowles Paine · Carl August Haupt
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Whitney Eugene Thayer (December 11, 1838, Mendon, Massachusetts – June 27, 1889, Burlington, Vermont) was an American organist and composer. Thayer gave his first concert just after the installation of the new organ in the Boston Music Hall in 1863. An early student of John Knowles Paine, he advanced to studied organ and counterpoint in Berlin with Carl August Haupt (who also taught Paine).
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Born at Mendon in 1838, died in Burlington in 1889.
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