Arthur H. Bird Explained
| Arthur H. Bird |
| Birth Name: | Arthur Homer Bird |
| Birth Date: | 23 July 1856 |
| Birth Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Death Place: | Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation: | Composer |
| Signature: | Signature of Arthur Homer Bird.png |
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
References
- Book: Howard, John Tasker. Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. 1939. Thomas Y. Crowell Company. New York.
Notes and References
- 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 . 10.2307/897456 . 897456 . 0027-4380.
- Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . IX . James T. White & Company . 387 . 1907 . 2020-11-16 . Google Books.
- News: MUSIC; Americana Vies With Beethoven . en . The New York Times . 2023-05-25.
- Book: Living with Liszt: From the Diary of Carl Lachmund, an American Pupil of Liszt, 1882–1884 . Carl . Lachmund . Carl Lachmund . Michael . Saffle . Pendragon Press . 9780945193562 . 295 . 1995 . 2020-11-16 . Google Books.
