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Added a little more to the description. Added "Early life and family section". Added information from his biography in the Newburgh Journal, 23 February 1895, page 3. Added the section "Career". More information from same article. His partnership with Kordner. His partnership with William B. Gray. Baltimore Sunday Herald article has no title to it. But it details Spaulding's partnership with William B. Gray, 3rd paragraph in from left..
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'''George L. Spaulding''' (December 26, 1864 – June 1, 1921) was an American [[composer]], lyricist, and a successful publisher of music.<ref name=Spau1>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gZHAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2 |title=George Spaulding Visits His Old Home. The Great Success of "Henry Lamb" |newspaper=Newburgh Daily Journal |volume=XXXII |issue=9620 |date=21 October 1893 |page=2 |via=Google Books |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>
'''George L. Spaulding''' (December 26, 1864 – June 1, 1921) was an American [[composer]], lyricist, and a successful publisher of music.<ref name=Spau1>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gZHAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2 |title=George Spaulding Visits His Old Home. The Great Success of "Henry Lamb" |newspaper=Newburgh Daily Journal |volume=XXXII |issue=9620 |date=21 October 1893 |page=2 |via=Google Books |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref> He also composed operettas for children, and easy piano pieces and technical books for elementary level students.<ref name=etude>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=George L. Spaulding 1864 - 1921 |url=https://archive.org/details/EtudeJuly1921/page/n11/mode/2up?q=Spaulding |magazine=The Etude |volume=XXXIX |issue=7 |publisher=Theodore Presser Company |location=New York |date=July 1921 |page=446 |via=Internet Archive |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref>


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Spaulding was born in [[Newburgh, New York]]. His father, William Douglass Spaulding, was a pattern maker by trade, and also a well known singer in the local area who appeared in amateur comic opera productions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6WxRAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4 |title=Obituary. William Douglass Spaulding |newspaper=Newburgh Daily Journal |volume=XXXIII |issue=9882 |date=29 August 1894 |page=4 |via=Google Books |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref> George was a paternal grandson of John D. Spaulding, the founder of the ''Newburgh Journal''.<ref name=Spau1 /> After studying [[piano]] with local teachers, at the age of sixteen he moved to [[Brooklyn]], where he studied [[harmony]] for a short time with an organist. After this he was entirely self-taught. He was in the music publishing and selling business for many years, first as a music clerk, and then later going into partnership with others.<ref name=etude>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=George L. Spaulding 1864 - 1921 |url=https://archive.org/details/EtudeJuly1921/page/n11/mode/2up?q=Spaulding |magazine=The Etude |volume=XXXIX |issue=7 |publisher=Theodore Presser Company |location=New York |date=July 1921 |page=446 |via=Internet Archive |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref>


==Early life and family==
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He began to develop a talent for writing lyrics and composing.<ref name=obit /> In 1883, one of Spaulding's composed songs appeared in a book, with lyrics by his father. This song was called "Sail Ho! (A Sea Song)".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pond |first1=William A |date=1883 |title=Naval Songs: A Collection of Original, Selected, and Traditional Sea Songs |publisher=Wm. A Pond & Co |location=New York |pages=50&ndash;51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiM5AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA50 |via=Google Books |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> In 1891, under the pseudonym of Henry Lamb, he was the lyricist and composer of "My Mary Green".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/acad35b0-c58d-012f-97e8-58d385a7bc34 | title= (notated music) My Mary Green, (1891) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |access-date=30 September 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref> In 1900, he composed a song called "Pretty Jessie Moore", which was sung by the Hawthorne Sisters.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ed93-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (notated music) Pretty Jessie Moore, (1900) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |access-date=30 September 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref> Among his best known songs that were popular included "[[The Volunteer Organist]]", "Two Little Girls in Blue", and "Take Back the Engagement Ring".<ref name=obit>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=George L. Spaulding Dies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5RQAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA25-PA50 |magazine=The Music Trades |volume=LXI |location=New York |date=11 June 1921 |page=50 |via=Google Books |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref>
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Spaulding was born in [[Newburgh, New York]]. His father, William Douglass Spaulding, was a pattern maker by trade, and also a well known singer in the local area who appeared in amateur comic opera productions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6WxRAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4 |title=Obituary. William Douglass Spaulding |newspaper=Newburgh Daily Journal |volume=XXXIII |issue=9882 |date=29 August 1894 |page=4 |via=Google Books |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref> George was a paternal grandson of John D. Spaulding, the founder of the ''Newburgh Journal''.<ref name=Spau1 /> At around the age of eleven, he used to create rhymes to songs known by his father.<ref name=Spau2>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=991GAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3 |title=A Famous Song Writer. He Is A Newburgh Boy |newspaper=Newburgh Daily Journal |volume=XXXIII |issue=10031 |date=23 February 1895 |page=3 |via=Google Books |access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref> After studying [[piano]] with local teachers,<ref name=etude /> he became proficient enough to accompany his father's singing. After leaving school, Spaulding worked in the local music store at Newburgh.<ref name=Spau2 />


==Career==
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He also had a great talent for writing simple piano pieces with effective harmony and well defined melodies. Some of the most popular examples of these were:
At the age of sixteen he moved to [[Brooklyn]], where he worked in the music store of the Oliver Ditson Company,<ref name=Spau2 /> and studied [[harmony]] for a short time with an organist.<ref name=etude />
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He began to develop a talent for writing lyrics and composing.<ref name=obit /> In 1883, one of Spaulding's composed songs appeared in a book, with lyrics by his father. This song was called "Sail Ho! (A Sea Song)".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pond |first1=William A |date=1883 |title=Naval Songs: A Collection of Original, Selected, and Traditional Sea Songs |publisher=Wm. A Pond & Co |location=New York |pages=50&ndash;51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiM5AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA50 |via=Google Books |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> He left the Oliver Ditson Company, and opened a music shop in Brooklyn under the firm name of Spaulding & Kornder.<ref name=Spau2 /> In 1891, under the pseudonym of Henry Lamb, he was the lyricist and composer of "My Mary Green".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/acad35b0-c58d-012f-97e8-58d385a7bc34 | title= (notated music) My Mary Green, (1891) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |access-date=30 September 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref> George sold all the rights of this song to a music publisher named Frank Harding for only fifteen dollars. It was however, very popular all over the United States, and also in England. The success of the song encouraged Spaulding to go into the music publishing business himself with Kornder, adding this arm to their music store business.<ref name=Spau2 /> In 1893 George Spaulding formed a music publishing partnership with William B. Gray.<ref name=Gray /> Their first success came with the song "Two Little Girls In Blue". Gray purchased the rights of the song from its composer Charles Graham, for just ten dollars, changed the music and words of the original song, but still credited Charles Graham with being the author.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-f468-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (notated music) Two little girls in blue, (1893) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |access-date=3 October 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref> Spaulding and Gray published it in 1893 and the song made thirty five thousand dollars. In the same year, Gray bought the rights to the song "The Fatal Wedding" from [[Gussie Davis]], for just $25 and rewrote it. Spaulding and Gray published it, crediting Davis as the composer and the sales from that song made more than "Two Little Girls In Blue".<ref name=Gray>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6mRFAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA30 |newspaper=Baltimore Sunday Herald |issue=2009 |date=13 October 1901 |page=30 |via=Google Books |access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-f4c8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (notated music) The fatal wedding, (1893) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |access-date=3 October 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref> Among their other best known published songs that were popular included "[[The Volunteer Organist]]", and "Take Back the Engagement Ring".<ref name=obit>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=George L. Spaulding Dies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5RQAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA25-PA50 |magazine=The Music Trades |volume=LXI |location=New York |date=11 June 1921 |page=50 |via=Google Books |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> In 1900, Spaulding a song called "Pretty Jessie Moore", which was sung by the Hawthorne Sisters.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ed93-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (notated music) Pretty Jessie Moore, (1900) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |access-date=30 September 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

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George Spaulding also had a great talent for writing simple piano pieces with effective harmony and well defined melodies. Some of the most popular examples of these were:
"Sing, Robin", "Sing - Pretty Little Song Bird", "Airy Fairies", "Child's Good Night", "Dollie's Dream", "June Roses", "Just a Bunch of Flowers", "Mountain Pink" and "Dreaming Poppies".<ref name=etude />
"Sing, Robin", "Sing - Pretty Little Song Bird", "Airy Fairies", "Child's Good Night", "Dollie's Dream", "June Roses", "Just a Bunch of Flowers", "Mountain Pink" and "Dreaming Poppies".<ref name=etude />


Revision as of 16:32, 3 October 2024

For the American architect, see George W. Spaulding.

George L. Spaulding (December 26, 1864 – June 1, 1921) was an American composer, lyricist, and a successful publisher of music.[1] He also composed operettas for children, and easy piano pieces and technical books for elementary level students.[2]


Early life and family

Spaulding was born in Newburgh, New York. His father, William Douglass Spaulding, was a pattern maker by trade, and also a well known singer in the local area who appeared in amateur comic opera productions.[3] George was a paternal grandson of John D. Spaulding, the founder of the Newburgh Journal.[1] At around the age of eleven, he used to create rhymes to songs known by his father.[4] After studying piano with local teachers,[2] he became proficient enough to accompany his father's singing. After leaving school, Spaulding worked in the local music store at Newburgh.[4]

Career

At the age of sixteen he moved to Brooklyn, where he worked in the music store of the Oliver Ditson Company,[4] and studied harmony for a short time with an organist.[2] He began to develop a talent for writing lyrics and composing.[5] In 1883, one of Spaulding's composed songs appeared in a book, with lyrics by his father. This song was called "Sail Ho! (A Sea Song)".[6] He left the Oliver Ditson Company, and opened a music shop in Brooklyn under the firm name of Spaulding & Kornder.[4] In 1891, under the pseudonym of Henry Lamb, he was the lyricist and composer of "My Mary Green".[7] George sold all the rights of this song to a music publisher named Frank Harding for only fifteen dollars. It was however, very popular all over the United States, and also in England. The success of the song encouraged Spaulding to go into the music publishing business himself with Kornder, adding this arm to their music store business.[4] In 1893 George Spaulding formed a music publishing partnership with William B. Gray.[8] Their first success came with the song "Two Little Girls In Blue". Gray purchased the rights of the song from its composer Charles Graham, for just ten dollars, changed the music and words of the original song, but still credited Charles Graham with being the author.[9] Spaulding and Gray published it in 1893 and the song made thirty five thousand dollars. In the same year, Gray bought the rights to the song "The Fatal Wedding" from Gussie Davis, for just $25 and rewrote it. Spaulding and Gray published it, crediting Davis as the composer and the sales from that song made more than "Two Little Girls In Blue".[8][10] Among their other best known published songs that were popular included "The Volunteer Organist", and "Take Back the Engagement Ring".[5] In 1900, Spaulding a song called "Pretty Jessie Moore", which was sung by the Hawthorne Sisters.[11]

George Spaulding also had a great talent for writing simple piano pieces with effective harmony and well defined melodies. Some of the most popular examples of these were: "Sing, Robin", "Sing - Pretty Little Song Bird", "Airy Fairies", "Child's Good Night", "Dollie's Dream", "June Roses", "Just a Bunch of Flowers", "Mountain Pink" and "Dreaming Poppies".[2]

Spaulding's Tunes and Rhymes for the Playroom, Souvenirs of the Masters, and Well Known Fables Set to Music were among the most widely used collections of easy piano pieces in book form. A Day in Flowerdom and The Isle of Jewels, which were two little operettas for children, written by Spaulding, were also very popular. His easy piano pieces, and elementary technical books, played an important role in developing music education for children.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "George Spaulding Visits His Old Home. The Great Success of "Henry Lamb"". Newburgh Daily Journal. Vol. XXXII, no. 9620. 21 October 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2024 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e "George L. Spaulding 1864 - 1921". The Etude. Vol. XXXIX, no. 7. New York: Theodore Presser Company. July 1921. p. 446. Retrieved 30 September 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Obituary. William Douglass Spaulding". Newburgh Daily Journal. Vol. XXXIII, no. 9882. 29 August 1894. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2024 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c d e "A Famous Song Writer. He Is A Newburgh Boy". Newburgh Daily Journal. Vol. XXXIII, no. 10031. 23 February 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b "George L. Spaulding Dies". The Music Trades. Vol. LXI. New York. 11 June 1921. p. 50. Retrieved 30 September 2024 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Pond, William A (1883). Naval Songs: A Collection of Original, Selected, and Traditional Sea Songs. New York: Wm. A Pond & Co. pp. 50–51. Retrieved 30 September 2024 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Digital Collections, The New York Public Library. "(notated music) My Mary Green, (1891)". The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b Baltimore Sunday Herald. No. 2009. 13 October 1901. p. 30 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6mRFAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA30. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Google Books. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Digital Collections, The New York Public Library. "(notated music) Two little girls in blue, (1893)". The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  10. ^ Digital Collections, The New York Public Library. "(notated music) The fatal wedding, (1893)". The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  11. ^ Digital Collections, The New York Public Library. "(notated music) Pretty Jessie Moore, (1900)". The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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