Arthur H. Bird
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Arthur Homer Bird in Halifax (before 1881)
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Born | Arthur Homer Bird 23 July 1856 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
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Occupation | Composer |
Spouse(s) | Wilhelmine Waldemann (m. 1888) |
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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 ensemble
- Marche miniature, for woodwind nonet[1]
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