Kurt Schindler
Kurt Schindler in 1917
Kurt Schindler (17 February 1882 – 16 November 1935) was a German-born American composer and conductor.
Biography
He was born on 17 February 1882. He came to the United States in 1905 to serve as an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, and founded the MacDowell Chorus. He was married to the singer, writer and editor Ursula Greville.[1] He died on 16 November 1935.
Legacy
Much of his choral output consisted of folksong arrangements, though he composed original pieces as well. Folk Music and Poetry of Spain and Portugal/Música Y Poesía Popular De España Y Portugal by Kurt Schindler was published by the New York Hispanic Institute in the U. S in 1941.
Inline references
- ↑ Hess, Carol A. (2005) Sacred Passions: The Life and Music of Manuel de Falla, Oxford University Press
Sources
- Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
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