Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar (born June 2, 1857, Broadheath, Worcestershire, England—died February 23, 1934, Worcester, Worcestershire) was an English composer whose works in the orchestral idiom of late 19th-century Romanticism—characterized by bold tunes, striking color effects, and mastery of large forms—stimulated a renaissance of English music. The son of an organist and music dealer, Elgar left school at age 15 and worked briefly […]
Horatio Parker
Horatio Parker (born Sept. 15, 1863, Auburndale, Mass., U.S.—died Dec. 18, 1919, Cedarhurst, N.Y.) was a composer, conductor, and teacher, and a prominent member of the turn-of-the-century Boston school of American composers. Parker studied in Boston and Munich. Returning to New York, he taught at the National Conservatory of Music, then directed by Antonin Dvořák. In 1894 he became professor of music at […]
Charles Ives
Charles Ives (born October 20, 1874, Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.—died May 19, 1954, New York City) was a significant American composer who is known for a number of innovations that anticipated most of the later musical developments of the 20th century. Ives received his earliest musical instruction from his father, who was a bandleader, music teacher, and acoustician who experimented with the sound of […]
Pipe Dreams
The organ is central to our fourth Masterworks. Vero’s brilliant Andrew Galuska will guide us in this rare opportunity to hear Horatio Parker’s Concerto for Organ. A late-19th Century American composer, organist, and renowned pedagogue, Horatio Parker was one of the most influential musicians of his day, spending fifteen years as a both a professor […]