George Putnam Upton Explained
| George Putnam Upton |
| Birth Date: | 25 October 1834 |
| Birth Place: | Roxbury, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Resting Place: | Oak Woods Cemetery |
| Occupation: | Journalist, writer |
| Education: | Brown University |
| Signature: | Signature of George Putnam Upton.png |
George Putnam Upton (18341919) was an American journalist and author.
Biography
George Putnam Upton was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on October 25, 1834.[1] He took an MA at Brown University in 1854, and soon after started writing for newspapers in Chicago. In 1862, Upton became the music critic for the Chicago Tribune.[2] He became the senior editor at the Tribune in 1881 and remained in the post until 1905. A. C. McLurg & Co. published several of his books.
He married Sara E. Bliss in 1861. He remarried to Georgiana S. Wood on September 21, 1880.[1]
Upton died from pneumonia at his home in Chicago on May 19, 1919.[3] He was interred at Oak Woods Cemetery.[4]
Select bibliography
- The standard oratorios: their stories, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1866)
- Letters of Peregrine Pickle (1869)[5]
- Woman in music (1880)
- The standard operas, their plots and their music (1885)
- The standard operas: their plots, their music, and their composers (1886)
- The standard cantatas; their stories, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1887)
- The standard symphonies, their history, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1888)
- Musical Pastels (1902)
- Theodore Thomas
A Musical Autobiography (editor) (1905)
- Musical memories : my recollections of celebrities of the half century, 1850-1900 (1908)
- The standard concert guide (1909)[6]
Notes and References
- Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . XVIII . James T. White & Company . 392 . 1922 . 2020-12-30 . Google Books.
- Upton, George Putnam (1834–1919), journalist, writer on music. Grove Music Online. 2001. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.28818. Feldman. Mary Ann.
- News: George P. Upton, Staff Veteran of 'Tribune,' Dies . . 21 . 1919-05-20 . 2020-12-30 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Funeral Tomorrow for Veteran Newspaper Man . . 23 . 1919-05-21 . 2020-12-30 . Newspapers.com.
- Web site: Letters of Peregrine Pickle [pseud]]. George P. (George Putnam). Upton. May 17, 1869. Chicago, The Western News Company. May 17, 2020. Internet Archive.
- Web site: Upton, George P. 1834-1919 (George Putnam) [WorldCat Identities]]. May 17, 2020.
