Edwin Arthur Kraft
Edwin Arthur Kraft (born January 8, 1883 in New Haven , New Haven County , Connecticut , United States , † July 15, 1962 in Cleveland , Cuyahoga County , Ohio , United States) was an American organist and composer.
Kraft studied at Yale University with Horatio Parker . From 1903 to 1905 he traveled to Europe and studied here a. a. in Paris with Alexandre Guilmant and Charles-Marie Widor . After his return he worked for two years as an organist at St. Matthew Episcopal Church in Wheeling (West Virginia) . From 1907 to 1959 he was organist at the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland / Ohio. In addition, he was music director of Lake Erie College in Painesville from 1933 to 1951 , also head of the organ department of the Cleveland Institute of Music and choirmaster at the Laurel School .
Kraft wrote numerous transcriptions for the organ, but composed only a few of his own works. His only original composition for the organ is a Polish lullaby ( "A Polish Lullaby").
literature
- Robert Cecil Cook: Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States. Volume 10. Who's Who in American Education, Nashville, Tenn., 1941, p. 624.
swell
- William Osborne, "Music in Ohio" , Kent State University Press, 2004, ISBN 9780873387750 , pp. 532-533
- Pupils of Alexandre Guilmant
- Senseney Music - Organ solo - 1812 Overture (short biography)
- Edwin Arthur force in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraft, Edwin Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven , New Haven County , Connecticut , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1962 |
| Place of death | Cleveland , Cuyahoga County , Ohio , United States |