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 organ and composition in Berlin[1] and spent a year at Weimar with Franz Liszt.[2] 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 including a Suite in D;[3] 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
Arthur Homer Bird in Halifax (before 1881)
Born
Arthur Homer Bird

(1856-07-23)23 July 1856
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died22 December 1923(1923-12-22) (aged 67)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationComposer
Spouse
Wilhelmine Waldemann
(m. 1888)
Signature

He married Wilhelmine Waldemann in Peterborough, England in 1888.[2]

Bird died while riding on a train in Berlin in 1923.[4]

Selected Compositions

  • Eine Karneval-Szene, Op. 5, symphonic poem (1886)
  • Symphony in A Major, Op. 8 (1886)
  • Suite in D, for wind ensemble
  • Marche miniature, for woodwind nonet[1]

References

  1. Swift, Richard (1985). "Review of Nonet for Woodwinds (Marche miniature); For Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets and 2 Bassoons". Notes. 42 (2): 403. doi:10.2307/897456. ISSN 0027-4380. JSTOR 897456.
  2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. IX. James T. White & Company. 1907. p. 387. Retrieved 16 November 2020 via Google Books.
  3. "MUSIC; Americana Vies With Beethoven". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. 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.


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