George Frederick Bristow
George Frederick Bristow (born December 19, 1825 in New York City , † December 13, 1898 there ) was an American composer .
Bristow studied harmony, counterpoint and orchestration a. a. with Henry Christian Timm and violin with Ole Bull . In 1843 he became principal violinist with the New York Philharmonic Society . From 1851 he was conductor of the New York Harmonic Society and worked at the same time as an organist and as a singing teacher in state schools.
He composed two operas , two oratorios , two cantatas , six symphonies , two string quartets , piano pieces and songs . His opera Rip Van Winkle (1855) and his third symphony in F sharp minor (1858) are well known. Other works included a Niagara Symphony (1893), a cantata The Pioneer (1872) and The Great Republic (1880), an ode to the United States. In keeping with the local taste of the time, Bristow's compositions are very much based on the music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy . Like Anthony Philip Heinrich and William Henry Fry , he wanted to establish an independent style of classical American music.
literature
- Gregory Martin Fried: A Study of the Orchestral Music of George Frederick Bristow . University of Texas, Austin 1989, OCLC 22499449 (PhD thesis).
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by George Frederick Bristow in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Delmer D. Rogers: Bristow, George Frederick. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bristow, George Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1898 |
| Place of death | New York City |