Gleason, Frederick Grant
Gleason, Frederick Grant
Gleason, Frederick Grant, American organist, composer, and critic; b. Middletown, Conn., Dec. 17, 1848; d. Chicago, Dec. 6, 1903. He studied in Hartford with Dudley Buck, and later at the Leipzig Cons., in Berlin, and in London. Upon his return to the U.S., he was active as a church organist, teacher, and music critic. He wrote 2 operas, Otho Visconti (1877-90; Chicago, June 4, 1907) and Montezuma, as well as 4 cantatas, a symphonic poem, Edris (1896), a Piano Concerto, 3 piano trios, organ and piano pieces, songs, and 2 Episcopal church services.
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