Arthur H. Bird

Arthur H. Bird
Arthur Homer Bird in Halifax (before 1881)
Born	Arthur Homer Bird (1856-07-23)23 July 1856 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died	22 December 1923(1923-12-22) (aged 67) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Composer
Spouse	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]

References

• Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.

External links

• Free scores by Arthur H. Bird at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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