Mortimer Wilson was an American composer of classical music. He also scored several musical and dramatic films in the 1920s. Wilson was born in Chariton, Iowa in Lucas County, a rural area in the south-central portion of the state. He studied organ, violin and composition with Frederick Grant Gleason at the Chicago Music College. He then studied in Leipzig, Germany with Max Reger.

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  • Mortimer Wilson was an American composer of classical music. He also scored several musical and dramatic films in the 1920s. Wilson was born in Chariton, Iowa in Lucas County, a rural area in the south-central portion of the state. He studied organ, violin and composition with Frederick Grant Gleason at the Chicago Music College. He then studied in Leipzig, Germany with Max Reger. Upon return to this country in 1911, he taught at the Atlanta Conservatory and conducted the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1916, he moved to Brenau College in Gainesville, Georgia. In 1918, Wilson took a job as consulting editor for the National Academy of Music in New York City, where he remained until his death at the age of 55. Today, his works are mostly in manuscript and includes five symphonies and a great deal of chamber music. The suite, From My Youth, Opera 5 was published in 1911 and premiered by the Sitting Trio.
  • Mortimer Wilson war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist. Wilson studierte in Chicago bei Wilhelm Middelschulte und Frederic Gran Gleason und unterrichtete von 1901 bis 1907 Musiktheorie an der Universität von Lincoln/Nebraska. Danach war er in Leipzig Schüler von Hans Sitt und Max Reger. Er wurde dann Orchesterdirigent in Atlanta und 1916 Lehrer am Brenau College in Gainesville/Georgia. Seit 1918 unterrichtete er an der National Academy of Music in New York. Neben fünf Sinfonien und einem Concerto grosso komponierte er die Streichersuite Ländliche Hochzeit, die Ouvertüre New Orleans, kammermusikalische Werke, Klavier- und Orgelstücke und Lieder sowie einige Filmmusiken.
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  • Mortimer Wilson was an American composer of classical music. He also scored several musical and dramatic films in the 1920s. Wilson was born in Chariton, Iowa in Lucas County, a rural area in the south-central portion of the state. He studied organ, violin and composition with Frederick Grant Gleason at the Chicago Music College. He then studied in Leipzig, Germany with Max Reger.
  • Mortimer Wilson war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist. Wilson studierte in Chicago bei Wilhelm Middelschulte und Frederic Gran Gleason und unterrichtete von 1901 bis 1907 Musiktheorie an der Universität von Lincoln/Nebraska. Danach war er in Leipzig Schüler von Hans Sitt und Max Reger. Er wurde dann Orchesterdirigent in Atlanta und 1916 Lehrer am Brenau College in Gainesville/Georgia. Seit 1918 unterrichtete er an der National Academy of Music in New York.
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