Carl McKinley
Carl McKinley (born October 9, 1895 in Yarmouth , Maine , † July 24, 1966 in Boston ) was an American composer.
McKinley studied at the Yalesburg / Illinois Conservatory and Harvard University . With a Naumburg scholarship from Harvard University, he continued his education from 1917-18 with Rubin Goldmark , Gaston Dethier and Walter Henry Rothwell in New York. He was organist in Hartford / Connecticut and at the Capitol Theater in New York. From 1929 he taught at the New England Conservatory .
In addition to an oratorio and a cantata, he composed three symphonic poems, an Indian Summer Idyll for orchestra (premiered in 1919 by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra ) and chamber music works.
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| SURNAME | McKinley, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yarmouth (Maine) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1966 |
| Place of death | Boston |