Louis Charles Elson ( born Louis Charles Elson ; April 17, 1848 , Boston - February 14, 1920 , Boston ) is an American music critic, music teacher and composer. Arthur Elson 's father.
He began to study piano in Boston. Then he studied vocal with August Chrysman , studied composition at the Leipzig Conservatory under the direction of Karl Gloggner-Castelli .
Upon his return to the United States in 1876 he made his debut as a music critic, as well as as editor of the organ music magazine Vox Humana. From 1880 he taught at the New England Conservatory , in 1862 he headed the department of music theory. He enjoyed considerable authority on a national scale, in 1904 he was elected president of the National Association of Music Teachers.
Elson's most significant work is The History of American Music ; 1904 . Among his other works - books " German songs and songwriters" ( English German songs and song writers ; 1882 ) and "History of German song" ( English The history of German song ; 1903 ), a textbook of music theory ( 1890 ), monograph Shakespeare in Music ( English Shakespeare in Music ; 1901 ). Elson also composed The Musical Dictionary ( 1905 ). Elson's composer's legacy consists of piano and vocal miniatures, various piano arrangements.
Literature
- Roger H. Jones. ELSON, Louis Charles // Biographical dictionary of American educators / Ed. by John F. Ohles - Greenwood Publishing Group, 1978. - Vol. 1, p. 430-431. (eng.)
Links
- Elson, Louis Charles: Sheet Music at International Music Score Library Project
- Books by L. C. Elson (English)