James Cutler Dunn Parker
James Cutler Dunn Parker (born June 2, 1828 in Boston , † November 27, 1916 in Brookline / Massachusetts ) was an American composer .
Life
Parker graduated from Harvard University with a law degree . In 1851 he went to Leipzig , where he studied piano with Ignaz Moscheles and Louis Plaidy and composition with Julius Rietz and Ernst Friedrich Richter . From 1864 to 1897 he was organist at Trinity Church in Boston, from 1871 to 1897 he taught at the local conservatory and at times also at the university piano, organ and harmony .
He composed hymns , cantatas , oratorios , church music and piano works. He also wrote two textbooks and translated Ernst Friedrich Richter's theory of harmony into English.
literature
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . tape 4 . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 257 .
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| SURNAME | Parker, James Cutler Dunn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1916 |
| Place of death | Brookline , Massachusetts |