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Arthur H. Bird

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Arthur H. Bird
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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.

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

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

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Selected Compositions

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

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