George Chadwick
George Whitefield Chadwick (born November 13, 1854 in Lowell , Massachusetts , USA , † April 4, 1931 in Boston ) was an American composer .
Life
Chadwick developed an independent, self-reliant character early in his life. He was a high school dropout and self-taught in many ways . Since 1872 he conducted studies in music theory at the New England Conservatory of Music . Like many others of his generation, however, he was drawn to Europe to study music. From 1877 he studied for two years at the Leipzig Conservatory with Reinecke and Jadassohn , after which he traveled with a group of young artists, the so-called "Duveneck Boys", under the leadership of the charismatic Frank Duveneck through Europe and stayed in France for a longer period. He then continued his music studies with Rheinberger in Munich and returned to Boston in 1880. In the United States he had a successful career as a composer and conductor. In 1897 he became director of the New England Conservatory of Music; he held this position until his death.
In 1898 Chadwick was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1913 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
plant
Together with Horatio Parker and Edward MacDowell , Chadwick was a representative of what can be described as the New England School of American composers, a generation before Charles Ives .
Of all the composers of his generation in the United States, Chadwick displayed perhaps the most progressive tendencies. He used various musical material from other cultures (for example melodies of Afro-American origin in his 2nd symphony , years before Antonín Dvořák encouraged American composers to do the same with his well-known role model). Stylistically, he was not only influenced by German composers he had met in Munich, but also picked up on Caribbean elements and American folk music.
His work includes several operas, three symphonies, five string quartets, symphonic poems, incidental music as well as songs and hymns for choir.
Web links
- George Whitefield Chadwick ( Memento June 7, 1997 in the Internet Archive ) on Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing (English)
- List of works ( Memento of March 3, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- Sheet music and audio files by George Chadwick in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ^ Members: George W. Chadwick. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed February 21, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chadwick, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chadwick, George Whitefield (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lowell , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1931 |
| Place of death | Boston |