Arthur H. Bird

Arthur Homer Bird (23 July 1856 – 22 December 1923) was an American composer, for many years resident in Germany. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied in Europe and spent a year at Weimar with Franz Liszt.[1] He composed a symphonic poem, Eine Karneval-Szene, Op. 5, and a Symphony in A major, Op. 8 (both in 1886); three orchestral suites; some works for wind instruments alone; some music for the ballet; a comic opera; and some chamber music; he was also commissioned by the Mason and Hamlin company to write a suite of short pieces for the reed organ.

Arthur H. Bird
Born	Arthur Homer Bird 23 July 1856 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died	22 December 1923 (aged 67) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Composer
Spouse(s)	Wilhelmine Waldemann ​ ​ (m. 1888)​
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He married Wilhelmine Waldemann in Peterborough, England in 1888.[1]

Bird died while riding on a train in Berlin in 1923.[2]

References

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. IX. James T. White & Company. 1907. p. 387. Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via Google Books.
2. Lachmund, Carl; Saffle, Michael (1995). Living with Liszt: From the Diary of Carl Lachmund, an American Pupil of Liszt, 1882–1884. Pendragon Press. p. 295. ISBN 9780945193562. Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via Google Books.

• Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.

External links

• Free scores by Arthur H. Bird at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)