Arthur Battelle Whiting 1861- 1936

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Arthur Battelle Whiting  Born 20.6.1861  Cambridge, Mass.   Died  20.7.1936  Beverly, Mass

ABT was educated at the New England Conservatory, studying under William H Sherwood, Louis Maas and George Chadwick.  From 1883 he spent two years in Munich where he studied under Josef Rheinberger.

In 1889 he married Grace Kneeland Gorham  28.11.1855- 26.12.1936

He was a nephew of the composer George Whiting  1842-1923.

Orchestra


Piano Concerto in D minor  Op.6  1888
Fantasia for piano and orchestra  in B flat  Op.11  pub. by G Schirmer  1897
Concert overture  1886
The Golden Cage  - dance pageant  1926
Suite for strings and four horns  1891

Chamber

Piano Quintet
Piano trio
String quartet
Violin sonata

Piano

Concert Etude, Quasi Sarabande, Valse Caprice  Op.5 pub by Boston Music Co. 1886
Six Bagatelles - Caprice in C major, Humoresque in E minor, Bagatelle in E flat major, Scherzino in G major, Idylle in D flat major, Albumleaf in F major  pub. by G Schirmer  1895
Three Fantasy Waltzes - piano 4 hands  pub. by Boston Music Co.
La Fileuse, Etude Melodique, Le Cortege qui passé, Nocturne, Polonaise. pub. by G Schirmer1904
Suite Moderne  Op.15  pub. by G  Schirmer1900
Five Lyrique Morceau - La Fileuse, Etude Melodique, Le Cortege qui passe, Nocturne, Polonaise.  Op.20
Three Characteristic Waltzes  Op.14  pub. by G Schirmer1899
Valse Brillante  pub. by G  Schirmer1901

Song

O love, stay by and sing words by Thomas Russell Sullivan  for voice and piano  pub. by Boston Music Co.  1889
Love me not for comely grace  for vice and piano pub. by Boston Music Co.  1892
My true love hath my heart  for voice and piano  words by Philip Sidney  pub. by Boston Music Co.  1892
On the walls of Salamanca  for voice and piano  words by Heinrich Heine pub by Boston Music Co. 
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind  pub. by C C Birchard & Co.  1901
Floriana  words by Oliver Herford  1901 pub. by G Schirmer
Barrack Room Ballads for baritone and piano. words by Rudyard Kipling
My Delight and thy Delight  duet for soprano and tenor  words by Robert Bridges  1903  pub. by G Schirmer
Three songs for soprano and piano Op.18; When I am dead my Dearest, The Sunrise wakes the Lark to sing, A Birthday. Words by C G Rossetti  pub. by G Schirmer 1904
Fair and fair  duet for mezzo and baritone  words by George Peele OP.20/1 Pub. by G Schirmer1903
Love is life's end  duet for mezzo and baritone  words by Edmund  SpencerOp.20/2  pub. by G Schirmer 1903
Oh, there's a Heart for everyone  for mezzo and baritone  words by C Swaine Op.20/3 pub. by G Schirmer
A Cycle of old Irish melodies for four solo voices and piano  1912  pub. by G Schirmer 
A Cycle of old Scottish melodies for four solo voices and piano  1917  pub. by G Schirmer
Musical settings from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam for baritone and piano  Op.18  1901

Two folk songs arranged for four part chorus of men's voices and piano four hands: Lament of Owen Roc O'Neill, The Hundred Pipers.  pub. by G Schirmer

Church


Offeratory in B flat major for organ  pub. by J B Millet & Co. 1896
Service prelude for organ  pub. by J B Millet  1896
Recitaitve and Aria for voice and organ  pub. by G Schirmer  1893
O God, my heart is ready - for mixed voices Op.17  pub. by G Schirmer  1899
Though art fairer than the children of men.  anthem for Christmastide    pub. by G Schirmer 1897
They that wait upon the Lord  anthem for baritone, chorus and organ    pub. by G Schirmer 1903
Sweet Joy sacred song  words by G Herbert
Still, still with thee  sacred song  words by H B Stowe pub. by G Schirmer  1903
God of the ernest heart  sacred song for tenor and organ words by S Johnson pub. by G Schirmer  1903
When winds are raging  sacred song for bass and organ words by H B Stowe pub. by G Schirmer  1903
Give Ear, o Shepherd of Israel  - anthem for four voices  pub. by Novello
Five settings of the Venite, ex ultemus Domino  pub. by G Schirmer