Clarence Dickinson

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Clarence Dickinson (born March 7, 1873 in Lafayette , Tippecanoe County , Indiana , † August 2, 1969 in New York City , New York ) was an American organist , composer and music teacher .

After studying music in the USA, from 1898 on, Dickinson was an organ student of Heinrich Reimann , the organist of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, and continued his studies with Moritz Moszkowski , Alexandre Guilmant and Gabriel Pierné in Paris.

He was then organist and choirmaster at the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York for 50 years , founding director of the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary, and founding member of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). He was also active as a concert organist and composer, author of numerous articles on church music and music history, and publisher of historical editions.

In 1977, AGO members formed a Clarence Dickinson Society . A Clarence Dickinson Memorial Organ Festival has been held annually since 2007 . The Dickinson's estate is owned by the William Caray University Library .

Works

  • Berceuse , 1908
  • Exaltation for organ or for organ, violin and cello, 1916
  • Andante Serioso for organ, 1917
  • Canzona for organ, 1917
  • Organ Symphony "Storm King" , 1920
  • Romance for organ, 1922
  • Memories , 1925
  • Old Dutch Lullaby for organ and harp, 1928
  • Two Preludes on Ancient Melodies for organ, 1936
  • Meditation on “Herzliebster Jesu” for organ, 1936
  • Joy of the Redeemed for Organ and Brass, 1950

literature

  • William Howard Benjamin: Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America. Benjamin Publishing Company, Albany, NY, 1908, p. 47.
  • Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall: The American history and encyclopedia of music .... Irving Squire, Toledo, New York, 1910, p. 324.
  • Alberta Chamberlain Lawrence: Who's who Among North American Authors. : Volume 3. Golden Syndicate Publishing Company, Los Angeles, Calif., 1927, p. 252.
  • Thomas Scott Godfrey Burhrman (Ed.): The American Organist. : Volume 52. American Guild of Organists, New York, NY., 1969, p. 8.
  • Donald Eugene Thompson, RE Banta, Wabash College: Indiana authors and their books, 1917-1966: a continuation of Indiana authors and their books, 1816-1916, and containing additional names from the earlier period. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., 1974, p. 167.
  • Rollin Smith: The Aeolian Pipe Organ and Its Music. Organ Historical Society, Richmond, Va., 1998, p. 217.
  • John Ogasapian: Church Music in America, 1620-2000. 1st ed., Mercer University Press, Macon, Ga., 2007. p. 243.
  • Neil Butterworth: Dictionary of American Classical Composers. 2nd ed., Taylor and Francis, Hoboken, 2013, p. 119.

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personal data
SURNAME Dickinson, Clarence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American organist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Lafayette , Tippecanoe County , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH 2nd August 1969
Place of death New York City , New York