McKinley wrote mainly for orchestra, and had pieces performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. He also composed for organ, for chorus, and for piano, and wrote a handful of songs. He has been described as a "conservative modernist" who acknowledged that his own style borrows something from Richard Wagner.
carl, mckinley, carl, mckinley, october, 1895, july, 1966, american, composer, classical, music, born, yarmouth, maine, spent, some, time, paris, guggenheim, fellowship, studied, music, harvard, university, granted, naumberg, fellowship, study, york, city, 191. Carl K McKinley October 9 1895 July 24 1966 was an American composer of classical music Born in Yarmouth Maine he spent some time in Paris on a Guggenheim Fellowship He studied music at Harvard University and was granted a Naumberg Fellowship to study in New York City for the 1917 1918 school year There he worked with Rubin Goldmark Gaston Dethier and Walter Henry Rothwell He later played the organ in a church in Hartford Connecticut after which he spent four years playing the instrument in New York s Capitol Theatre In 1929 he became a member of the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music His students there included Ivana Marburger Themmen McKinley wrote mainly for orchestra and had pieces performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic He also composed for organ for chorus and for piano and wrote a handful of songs He has been described as a conservative modernist who acknowledged that his own style borrows something from Richard Wagner He died in Centerville Massachusetts in 1966 aged 71 References editHoward John Tasker 1939 Our American Music Three Hundred Years of It New York Thomas Y Crowell Company This article about a United States composer born in the 19th century is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carl McKinley amp oldid 1149459244, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
