Bruce, I can't tell where J A Carpenter fits into the family or even for
sure that he does, but he was a New Englander and a talented and skilled
composer......wrote some beautiful music.
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From: "Bruce E. Carpenter" <carp(a)whidbey.com>
To: <CARPENTER-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:03 PM
Subject: [CARPENTER] who is this?
Carpenter, John Alden
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951, American composer, b. Park Ridge, Ill.;
pupil of J. K. Paine at Harvard and of Elgar. His music, refined and
skillfully written, influenced by French impressionism, often conveys the
spirit and the scenes of American life in such works as the orchestral
suite
Adventures in a Perambulator (1914) and the ballets Krazy Kat
(Chicago,
1921) and Skyscrapers (New York, 1926). A Spanish flavor and jazz,
frequently elements in his music, are both found in Patterns (1932) for
orchestra. Other important works are his ballet The Birthday of the
Infanta
(Chicago, 1919), a violin concerto (1937), a concertino for piano
and
orchestra (1915), songs, symphonies, and chamber music.
Who is this?
BC
Clinton, WA