Wilson G. Smith

Wilson G. Smith (19 August 1855[n 1], Elyria – 26 February 1929, Cleveland) was an American composer and writer. Smith's full name was Wilson George Smith.[1] He was a student of Otto Singer,[2] as well as a student of Moritz Moszkowski, Oskar Raif, and Xavier Scharwenka during his time in Berlin. One of his major works is Homage to Edward Grieg.[3]

Wilson G. Smith

Notes
  1. The 1929 edition of Jahrbuch der Musikbibliothek Peters suggests that he was born in 1855 based on his age, not 1856 according to late 20th century sources.

References
  1. Brainard's Biographies of American Musicians. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1999. p. 257. ISBN 978-0313307829.
  2. Smythe Babcock Mathews, William (1889). A Hundred Years of Music in America: an Account of Musical Effort in America. Chicago: G.L. Howe. p. 662.
  3. "SMITH, WILSON G." Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
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