William Harold Neidlinger (July 20, 1863 – December 5, 1924[1]) was an American music pedagogue and composer. He was well known for his musical compositions spanning from religious topics to children's entertainment and was active as a choral conductor and organist.[2] [3]
Neidlinger was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a student of Dudley Buck,[1] making Buck's influences and preferred themes being imprinted in his works. Before settling in Chicago in 1901, Niedlinger was a music teacher in Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and studied in Paris and London.[4] He became the founder of a school for children with Intellectual disability.[1]
Neidlinger was also the composer[5] of multiple songs for Camp Fire Girls of America that were used for the social rituals at that time. His most famous composition is The Birthday of a King.[6] [7] He died in 1924 in East Orange, New Jersey.