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{{Short description|American composer (1890–1974)}}
'''Edwin John Stringham''' (July 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American composer.

==Life==
Stringham was a native of [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]. He earned a bachelor's degree in music from Northwestern University, a doctorate in music from the University of Denver, and a doctorate in teaching from the University of Cincinnati.<ref name="Kenoshan">{{cite news|title=Kenoshan Gets Diploma at 68 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1803049/edwin_stringham_18901974/|newspaper=The Winona Republican-Herald|date=June 13, 1949|page=7|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = February 17, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref> He also studied at the Royal Academy of Rome, the Italian Academy, and the University of Munich.<ref name="Kenoshan"/> He died in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]].

==Career==
Stringham spent much time in [[Colorado]] before moving to New York City, where he served on the faculty of [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Teachers College]] at [[Columbia University]]. Until 1947, he was the director of music instruction at the U. S. Army American University in [[Biarritz]], France.<ref>{{cite news|title=World Famous Composer Joins Faculty at UofT |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1802994/edwin_stringham_18901974/|newspaper=The Corpus Christi Caller-Times|date=September 28, 1947|page=15|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = February 17, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref> Most of his output was orchestral, and would frequently spice his works with elements of [[jazz]]. Among the orchestras to play his work was the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]].

==Politics==
In the late 1940s, Stringham declared that the Communist Party was creating tensions between blacks and whites in the United States, singling out [[Paul Robeson]] as a leading member of a communist group seeking to divide the country along racial lines.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reds Blamed for Racial Rows |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1802968/edwin_stringham_18901974/|newspaper=The Daily Tar Heel|date=March 26, 1949|page=1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = February 17, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last= Howard|first= John Tasker|title= Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It|year= 1939 |publisher= Thomas Y. Crowell Company|location= New York }}

==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Edwin Stringham}}
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/06/archives/dr-edwin-stringham-dies-taught-music-at-columbia.html Edwin Stringham's obituary] at ''The New York Times''

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