I can't answer this, but I believe the ancestry of composer John Alden
Carpenter is known. I was once told it would be found in a book called
something like "Dictionary of American Music." Alas, I never did follow
that up, and it's too long ago to be sure of the title.
Robin C.
At 04:03 AM 3/15/03 -0600, you wrote:
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.
----- Original Message -----
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
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> 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
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