John Morrill Abbott

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John Morrill Abbott (born January 4, 1829 in Lowell , Massachusetts , United States , † July 1, 1868 in Rochester , New York , United States) was an American organist and composer.

Life

John M. Abbott's father was Abiel Abbott, a poet. His sister was Ruth Abbott. From 1839 he went to the Dickinson Classical School in Jersey City. With Ruth he gave a concert on June 29, 1849 at the Iroquois Hall in Jersey City , where she sang and he played the piano himself. Abbott was Secretary of the Musical Association in Jersey City on November 25, 1858 . John M. Abbott was organist at the Pierrepont Street Baptist Church, also known as the Church of our Savior , in Brooklyn from at least 1863 . On June 14, 1868, he was the organist at a concert at Elm Place Congregational Church . He died in 1868 at the age of 39. The cause of death was congestion of the brain indicated .

Works (selection)

  • The Princess Waltz , 1847
  • La Coralie, Polka Schottisch, for piano, dedicated to Kate E. Stoutenburg, published by JE Gould and Co, New York, 1851
  • L'Esperance , Scottish brilliant , dedicated to Helen F. Backus for piano, published by Stephen T. Gordon, New York>
  • Le rêve d'amour , Marche sentimentale for piano, published by William Hall & Son, New York, 1858
  • Evening prayer , quartet, published by Henry S. Mackie Rochester
  • Father, breathe an evening blessing! , Vesper Hymn , published by Sawyer & Thompson, Brooklyn, New York
  • Hear our Prayer, trio for soprano, alto and bass, dedicated to Henry Murray Scott, published in 1868 by Charles C Sawyer, Brooklyn

Web links

Digital copies

  1. ^ L'Esperance as a digitized version in the Library of Congress
  2. ↑ Father, breathe an evening blessing! as a digitized version in The Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection at Johns Hopkins University
  3. ↑ Hear our Prayer as a digitized version in the Digital Collections of Duke University

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William H. Richardson: William Leverett Dickinson, an appreciation . The Jersey City printing company, Jersey City 1919, p. 39; 40 (English, archive.org [accessed April 11, 2018]).
  2. ^ A b The Library of Congress: William Leverett Dickinson, an appreciation; . [Jersey City] The Jersey City printing company, 1919 ( archive.org [accessed April 11, 2018]).
  3. ^ Charles H. Kaufman: Music in New Jersey, 1655-1860: A Study of Musical Activity and Musicians in New Jersey from Its First Settlement to the Civil War . Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1981, ISBN 978-0-8386-2270-4 ( google.de [accessed April 11, 2018]).
  4. ^ A b Connecticut College: Weeping, Sad and Lonely or When This Cruel War is Over . 1868 ( archive.org [accessed April 11, 2018]).
  5. ↑ 26 Mar 1864, Page 2 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle at Newspapers.com . In: Newspapers.com . ( newspapers.com [accessed April 11, 2018]).
  6. ↑ 17 Feb 1868, Page 1 - Pittsburgh Daily Post at Newspapers.com . In: Newspapers.com . ( newspapers.com [accessed April 11, 2018]).
  7. ^ 9 Jun 1864, Page 3 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle at Newspapers.com . In: Newspapers.com . ( newspapers.com [accessed April 11, 2018]).
  8. ↑ 3 Jul 1868, 4 - Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express at Newspapers.com . In: Newspapers.com . ( newspapers.com [accessed April 11, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Sep 28, 1847, 3 - The Buffalo Commercial at Newspapers.com . In: Newspapers.com . ( newspapers.com [accessed April 11, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Box 12. (PDF) In: https://www.esm.rochester.edu . Eastman School of Music, accessed April 11, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Sheet Music Collection, 1827-1974. (No longer available online.) In: http://scdb.swem.wm.edu . Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, formerly the original ; accessed on April 11, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / scdb.swem.wm.edu  
  12. ^ Primary Source Media's Online Guides. In: http://microformguides.gale.com . Gale, accessed April 11, 2018 .
  13. ^ Connecticut College: Belle Mahone . 1867 ( archive.org [accessed April 11, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Abbott, John Morrill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abbot, John M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Lowell , Massachusetts , United States
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1868
Place of death Rochester , New York , United States