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<h2>Horatio William Parker</h2>
<h2>1863-1919</h2>
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<td><em>Born:</em> September 15, 1863, Auburndale, Massachusetts.<p><em>Died:</em> December 18, 1919, Cedarhurst, New York. He caught pneumonia while preparing for a trip to the West Indies for health reasons.</p><p><em>Buried:</em> St Mary&#8217;s Church, Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts.</td>
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<p>Parker, who had begun to write music at age 15, studied composition in Boston, Massachusetts, under <a href = "./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_c_h_chadwick_gw.html" >George Chadwick</a>. He served as a church organist in Dedham, Massachusetts (1880-1882), then went on to study at the Munich Conservatory in Germany (1882-1885). Later he taught and served as church musician in New York City (1886-1893). In 1893, his <em>The Dream King and His Love</em> won a prize from the National Conservatory. His oratory &#8220;Hora Novissima&#8221; premiered in New York in 1893, and in 1899 became the first American work to be performed at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester, England.</p>
<p>Parker was organist and choirmaster at Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts (1893-1902), then Professor of Music (1894) and dean of the School of Music at Yale University (1904). He conducted the New Haven Symphony (1895-1918) and the New Haven Choral Society (1903-1914), and served as organist and choirmaster at St. Nicholas&#8217; Church, New York City (1902-1910). He also wrote operas, <em>Mona</em> (1912) and <em>Fairyland</em> (1915) being the best known.</p>
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