McKinley, Carl
McKinley, Carl
McKinley, Carl, American composer and organist; b. Yarmouth, Maine, Oct. 9, 1895; d. Boston, July 24, 1966. He studied with E.B. Hill at Harvard Univ., and in 1929 was appointed instructor of organ and composition at the New England Cons, of Music in Boston. Many of his works were inspired by American subjects. He wrote The Blue Flower, symphonic poem (N.Y., Jan. 18, 1924), Masquerade, American rhapsody for Orch. (his most popular work; Chicago North Shore Festival, May 29, 1926), Caribbean Holiday (Boston, Nov. 18, 1948), String Quartet, Cello Sonata, and other pieces of chamber music, and organ pieces and songs.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire
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