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Woodin, William Hartman |
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Quintet; Three Songs of Tagore; Two Preludes for Organ: Before Dawn and Before Night. Chamber music; From a Far Country; Out-of-Door Suite; Seven Chorale Preludes (Bach); From Norway. Songs: "Ebb Tide"; "Song of Capri"; "The Gull"; "Oxford Garden"; "Snow on the Hills"; "The Tidy Dawn"; Calliope or the Vocal Enchantress (collection of twelve songs). Home: 257 W. 86 St., New York 24, N.Y.
Woodin, William Hartman, composer, industrialist; b. Berwick, Pa., May 27, 1868; d. New York, N.Y., May 3, 1934. ASCAP 1932. Educ.: Wood-bridge School, Berwick, Pa.; Columbia Univ. School of Mines. General Superintendent 1892-95, Vice President 1895-99, Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company, Berwick; chairman of board of American Locomotive Co., 1916; director other industrial and railroad corporations; Secretary U.S. Treasury 1932-33. Music chief avocation. Songs: "My Raggedy Ann"; "The Cheery Scarecrow"; "The Fairy Ring"; "Little Wooden Willie"; "Happy Bluebirds"; "The Cookie Bush"; and Raggedy Ann songs. Other works. "In Seville'; "Gypsy Valse"; "Cradle Song"; "Intermezzo"; "The Witching Hour—in Vienna"; "Souvenir de Montmartre— Meditation"; "Feast of Lanterns"; "El Matador"; 'Tartar Dance." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Woodman, R. Huntington, composer, organist, teacher; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1861; d. Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 25, 1943. ASCAP 1925. Educ.: public schools; Coll. of the City of New York. Counterpoint, harmony, and orchestration with Dudley Buck; organ and improvisation with Cesar Franck, Paris. One of founders of American Guild of Organists, warden from 1901-03; Doctor of Music Grove City Coll. and New York Coll. of Music. Assistant organist St. |
George's Church, Flushing, L.I. 1874-1879. Organist Christ Church, Norwich, Conn. 1879-80; 1880-1941 organist First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. Professor of Music and organist Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1895-1941. Musical editor, N.Y. Evangelist 1895-97; 1889-98 head of organ department Metropolitan Coll. of Music; 1909 head of theory department American Inst, of Applied Music. President of Department of Music Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences 1901-43; 1924-43 President of Philh. Soc. of Brooklyn. Recitalist at Chicago World's Fair 1893; same, Buffalo and St. Louis Expositions and N.Y. World's Fair. Fellow of American Guild of Organists, Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences. Works incl. songs: "The Birthday"; "Love's in My Heart"; "Ashes of Roses"; "I Am Thy Harp"; "An Open Secret." Anthems: "A Song in the Night"; "A Thanksgiving Day Ode"; "The Lord is My Rock"; cantata, Message of the Star. For piano: Romance; The Brook. For organ: Cantilene; Wedding Hymn; Organ Suite, The Gate of the Year. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Woods, Harry M., composer, author; b. North Chelmsford, Mass., Nov. 4, 1896. ASCAP 1925. Educ.: Chicago public schools; Harvard Univ. Always musical, sang in churches; played piano to work way through college. Brief experience as farmer, Cape Cod. World War I, in armed forces. While in service completed groups of songs. Success of "When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along," turned his career from farming to songwriting. Three years in England songwriting; one of first songwriters to join staff of Hollywood producers. Songs: "Just an Echo In the Valley"; "Little Street Where Old Friends Meet"; "River, Stay Way From My Door"; "It Looks Like Love"; "When the Moon Comes |
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