George Balch Nevin
Template:Short description George Balch Nevin (March 15, 1859 – April 17, 1933) was an American composer and businessman. A member of the Nevin musical family, his cousins were the composers Ethelbert and Arthur Nevin; his son, Gordon Balch Nevin, also became a composer.[1] His brother, David W. Nevin, was mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1920.[2]
Nevin was born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania,[3] and spent most of his life in the town of Easton. His output consisted mainly of cantatas, and included such works as The Crown of Life and The Incarnation; he was also known for his setting of Sidney Lanier's poem "A Ballad of Trees and the Master", and wrote a number of hymns as well. Helen Tretbar translated at least one of his songs ("Ho! Fill Me a Flagon!") into German.[4] For nearly thirty years, he ran a wholesale paper business in addition to composing.[1]
Nevin was also a historian and lecturer, and would sometimes give lectures on subjects related to music history to local historical societies. Some of these have survived in manuscript form.[5]
Nevin died in 1933.
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External links
- Free scores by George Balch Nevin at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free George Balch Nevin sheet music from the Ball State University Digital Media Repository
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- Composers with IMSLP links
- Articles with International Music Score Library Project links
- 1859 births
- 1933 deaths
- American male composers
- American composers
- Musicians from Easton, Pennsylvania
- Businesspeople from Pennsylvania
- People from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
- 19th-century American merchants