Frank Lynes

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Frank Lynes (* 1858 in Cambridge / Massachusetts ; † 1913 in New Hampshire ) was an American composer, organist and music teacher.

Life

Lynes first studied piano, organ and music theory at the New England Conservatory . His teachers were Benjamin Johnson Lang and John Knowles Paine . From 1883 to 1885 he stayed in Leipzig and was a student of Carl Reinecke and Bruno Zwintscher (piano), Alfred Richter (music theory) and Salomon Jadassohn (composition) at the Leipzig Conservatory .

On his return he became organist at St. Paul's Church in Boston in 1887 and at the Church of the Disciples in 1899 , and he was also the conductor of the Cantabrigia Choral Class . Lynes is best known for his sonatinas for teaching, which are stylistically reminiscent of composers such as Heinrich Lichner , Antonio Diabelli , Friedrich Kuhlau and his teacher Reinecke, of which he published seventeen collections. Lynes also composed sacred and secular songs and anthems, a Te Deum and chamber music works, including a Gavotte for piano and violin and a Romance for violin, cello, organ and piano.

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