Philip Hale
Philip Hale (born March 5, 1854 in Norwich / Vermont , † November 30, 1934 in Boston ) was an American music critic and organist .
Hale had piano and organ lessons in his childhood and became an organist at the Unitarian Church in Northampton / Massachusetts at the age of fourteen . He studied at the Phillips Exeter Academy and until 1876 at Yale University .
After graduation, he worked for an uncle's law firm in Albany. He became a member of the New York State Bar Association in 1880 and practiced law for two years. At the same time he took over the position of organist at St. Peter's Church and worked as a music critic for the Albany Times .
From 1882 he went on a study trip through Europe. He visited u. a. Berlin, Dresden and Paris, where he took organ lessons from Alexandre Guilmant . On his return to Albany he became organist at St. John's Church in Troy and wrote music reviews for various newspapers.
In 1889 he took over the position of organist at the First Religious Society in Roxbury / Massachusetts, which he held for seventeen years. From 1890–91 he was a music critic for the Boston Post , then he moved to the Boston Journal . From 1903 to 1934 he was a music and theater critic for the Boston Herold .
His program introductions to the concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra , which he published from 1902 until his death, and of which a collection was published as a book in 1935, were famous . Hale also worked as the editor of the Musical Record (1897-1901) and the Musical World (1901-1902).
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| SURNAME | Hale, Philip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American organist and music critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norwich (Vermont) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1934 |
| Place of death | Boston |