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The Boston Classicists were first referred to as a "school" in the second edition of Gilbert Chase's America’s Music (1966). [1]We must attempt to define the prevailing New England attitude toward musical art, that is to say, the attitude that dominated the musical thinking of those New England composers who, in the final decade of the nineteenth century and the first of the twentieth ...
Arthur Fiedler (December 17, 1894 – July 10, 1979) [1] was an American conductor known for his association with both the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops orchestras. With a combination of musicianship and showmanship, he made the Boston Pops one of the best-known orchestras in the United States.
Leroy Anderson (/ l ə ˈ r ɔɪ / lə-ROY) (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler.
William Robert Dixon (October 5, 1925 [1] – June 16, 2010) [2] was an American composer and educator. Dixon was one of the seminal figures in free jazz and late twentieth-century contemporary music.
James Lord Pierpont (April 25, 1822 – August 5, 1893) [1] was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, organist, and Confederate States soldier. Pierpont wrote and composed "Jingle Bells" in 1857, originally titled "The One Horse Open Sleigh". He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Winter Haven, Florida. Although Pierpont is ...
Ordway was born in Salem, Massachusetts.In the mid-1840s John Ordway and his father Aaron opened a music store in Boston. John was also a music publisher and composer; his song Twinkling Stars are Laughing, Love (1855) was recorded by the Hayden Quartet as late as 1904.
A prolific composer, he composed some 700 pieces, including psalm tunes and anthems and occasional pieces, some with instrumental accompaniment. In 1793, Holyoke helped to found Groton Academy in Groton, Massachusetts , where he served as the first headmaster. [ 1 ]
He made his debut with the Greater Boston Youth Symphony at Jordan Hall when he was 16, conducting the premiere of his orchestral work Antigone. He went on to study with Yehudi Wyner and Jacob Druckman at Yale College , graduating summa cum laude , Phi Beta Kappa in 1976, and later received his Master of Music, M.M.A. and Doctor of Musical Arts ...