Ernest Trow Carter (September 3, 1866 – June 22, 1953) was an organist and composer. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or Orchestra, or accompany A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance [1]
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Biography
He was born in Orange, New Jersey to Aaron Carter and Sarah Swift Trow. The City of Orange is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. At age seven, in 1873 he started eight years of study of piano and harmony, with Mary Bradshaw. At age thirteen he organized an amateur orchestra, studied the cornet, was assistant conductor of the school orchestra; and at sixteen he was playing cornet in a professional orchestra. [2]
He graduated from Princeton University, cum laude, in 1888, and while there he became leader of the Glee Club and Chapel Choir. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. [1] He composed Princeton's "Steps Song" and arranged much of the music sung by the glee club. A glee club is a Choir, historically of men but also of just women or mixed voices which traditionally specializes in singing short songs He also studied piano with William Mason and singing with Francis Fisher Powers. He studied the French Horn with Hermann Hand of the New York Symphony Orchestra. The New York Symphony Society was an Orchestra founded in New York City by Leopold Damrosch in 1878 [2] He then received a Master's Degree from Columbia University. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. [1]
He went to California in 1892 as musical director of the Thacher School. The Thacher School is a Co-educational independent Boarding school located on 425 Acres (1 [1] In 1894, he went to Berlin where he studied composition with Royal Music Director Wilhelm Freudenberg, composer and director of opera, and with O. B. Boise; and organ with Arthur Egidi. [2]
He returned to New York around 1898, and studied organ with Homer N. Bartlett. From 1899 to 1901 he was lecturer on music, organist and choirmaster, at Princeton University. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. He then resigned, and devoted his time to composition and singing. For one year he sang in the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera Company. The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. [2]
He died in 1953 after a long illness at Wallick Point in Stanford, Connecticut. Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. [1]
Operas
- The White Bird
- The Blonde Donna
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ernest T. The White Bird ( L'Oiseau Blanc or The White Dove) was a French Biplane which disappeared in 1927, during an attempt to Carter Dead, Composer, was 86. ", New York Times, June 22, 1953. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-12-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies "Former Organist at Princeton Who Won Bispham Award for U. S. Opera Is Dead. "
- ^ a b c d Hipsher, Edward Ellsworth. American Opera and Its Composers. ISBN 0306775166. Retrieved on 2007-12-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies
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