Smith Newell Penfield
Smith Newell Penfield (born April 4, 1837 in Oberlin , Ohio , † January 7, 1920 in New York City ) was an American composer.
Life
Penfield studied at Oberlin College and in New York, then in Leipzig with Ignaz Moscheles , Carl Reinecke , Ernst Friedrich Richter and Moritz Hauptmann . He worked as a music teacher in Rochester and founded the Mozart Club and the Conservatory in Savannah . In 1885 he became president of The Music Teachers National Association .
Works
He composed a setting of the 18th Psalm , an overture , a string quintet, organ and piano pieces, choral works and songs .
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. 288-289 .
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| SURNAME | Penfield, Smith Newell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberlin , Ohio , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1920 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York , United States |