Arthur Bird

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Arthur Bird (23 July 1856 – 22 December 1923) was an American composer, for many years resident in Germany. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied in Europe and spent a year at Weimar with Franz Liszt. He composed a symphony, Karnevalszene; three orchestral suites; some works for wind instruments alone; some music for the ballet; a comic opera; and some chamber music. Bird died in Berlin in 1923.

[edit] References

Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.

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Name	Bird, Arthur
Alternative names
Short description	American composer
Date of birth	23 July 1856
Place of birth	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Date of death	22 December 1923
Place of death	Berlin, Germany