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Composers and Compilers
born in New England
before 1900
[MAJESTY by William Billings, 1778]
This list does not claim to list of all the composers and music compilers
born or active in New England.
It is a representative listing arranged alphabetically by town and state.
Connecticut
Dudley Buck (Hartford)
Bolton: Oliver Brownson, 1746-1815 (compiler)
Branford: Simon Jocelyn, 1746-1823 (compiler)
Cheshire: Eliakim Doolittle, 1772-1859 (composer)
Danbury: Charles Edward Ives, 1874-1954 (composer)
East Hartford: Timothy Oldstead, 1759-1848 (composer, compiler)
Enfield: Amos Ball, 1744-1825 (composer)
Russell Haskell, 1801-1884 (compiler)
Hartford: Dudley Buck, 1839-1909 (composer)
Middletown: Reginald DeKoven, 1859-1920 (composer)
Milford: Andrew Law, 1749-1821 (composer, compiler)
New Canaan: Stephen Jenks, 1772-1856 (composer)
New Hartford: Asahel Benham, 1754-1803 (composer, compiler)
New Haven: Richard Donovan, 1891-1970 (composer)
Quincy Porter, 1897-1966 (composer)
Norwich: Ishmael Spicer, 1760-1832 (compiler)
Simsbury: Elijah Griswold, 1762-1844 (compiler)
Suffield: Joel Harmon, Jr. 1772-1833 (composer)
Union: Ebenezer Child, 1770-1866 (composer)
Wallingford: Amos Doolittle, 1754-1832 (compiler)
Washington: Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872 (composer, compiler)
Windham: Jonathan Huntington, 1771-1838 (compiler)
Maine
Joseph Brackett Jr. (Gorham)
Gorham: Joseph Brackett Jr., 1797-1882 (composer)
North Yarmouth: Elisha West, 1756-1832 (composer, compiler)
Portland: John Knowles Paine, 1839-1906 (composer)
Rockland: Walter Piston, 1894-1976 (composer)
Yarmouth: Carl McKinley, 1895-1966 (composer)
York: William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868 (composer, compiler)
Massachusetts
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Supply Belcher (Stoughton)
George W. Chadwick (Lowell)
Andover: Jeremiah Ingalls, 1764-1838 (composer)
Attleboro: Daniel Read, 1757-1836 (composer)
Joel Read, 1753-1837 (compiler)
Aurburndale: Horatio William Parker, 1863-1919 (composer)
Beverly: Henry Kemble Oliver, 1800-1885 (composer, compiler)
Isaac B. Woodbury, 1819-1858 (composer, compiler)
Boston: William Billings, 1746-1800 (composer)
William Mason, 1829-1908 (composer)
Jimmy McHugh, 1894-1969 (composer)
Richard Storrs Willis, 1819-1900 (composer)
Charles Zeuner, 1795-1857 (composer)
Boxford: Samuel Holyoke, 1762-1820 (composer, compiler)
Bridgewater: Lewis Edson Sr., 1748-1820 (composer)
Lewis Edson Jr., 1771-1845 (composer)
Bedford: Isaac Lane, 1766-1803 (composer)
Brockton: Henry Morton Dunham, 1853-1929 (composer)
Brookline: Daniel Gregory Mason, 1873-1953 (composer)
Cambridge: Edward Burlingame Hill, 1872-1960 (composer)
Arthur B. Whiting, 1861-1936 (composer)
Canton: Samuel Capen, 1745-1809 (composer)
Edward French, 1761-1845 (composer)
Jacob French, 1754-1817 (composer)
Elias Mann, 1750-1825 (composer) [also Northampton]
Carver: Abraham Maxim, 1773-1829 (composer, compiler)[also Plympton]
Danvers: Bartholomew Brown, 1772-1854 (composer) [also Sterling]
East Bridgewater: Nahum Mitchell, 1769-1853 (composer, compiler)
Framingham: Daniel Belknap, 1771-1815 (composer)
Hingham: Issachar Bates, 1758-1837 (composer)
Lowell: George Whitefield Chadwick, 1854-1931 (composer)
Marion: Carl Ruggles, 1876-1971 (composer)
Medfield: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872 (composer, compiler)
Medford: Rev. John Tufts, 1689 - 1750 (compiler)
Middleboro: Oliver Shaw, 1779-1848 (composer)
Newburyport: Daniel Bayley, 1725-1799 (compiler)
Newton: Frederick Shepherd Converse, 1871-1940 (composer)
Raynham: Amariah Hall, 1758-1827 (composer)
Roxbury: Rev. Thomas Walter, 1696-1725 (compiler)
Salem: Arthur William Foote, 1853-1937 (composer)
Sheffield: George Frederick Root, 1820-1895 (composer, compiler)
Shirley: Oliver Holden, 1765-1844 (composer, compiler)
Hezekiah Moors, 1775-1814 (composer)
Somerville: Henry Franklin Bishop Gilbert, 1868-1928 (composer)
Henry Kimball Hadley, 1871-1937 (composer)
Stoughton: Alanson Belcher, 1810-1900 (composer)
Supply Belcher, 1751-1836 (composer)
Edwin Arthur Jones, 1853-1911 (composer)
Swampscott: Mabel Daniels, 1878-1971 (composer)
Taunton: Jezaniah Sumner, 1754-1836 (composer)
Topsfield: Jacob Kimball Jr. ,1761-1826 (composer)
Townsend: John Hubbard, 1759-1810 (compiler)
West Springfield: Justin Morgan, 1747-1798 (composer)
Woburn: Josiah Flagg, 1738-1794 (composer)
Worcester: Timothy Swan, 1758-1842 (composer)
New Hampshire
Amy (Cheney) Beach (Henniker)
Henniker: Amy (Cheney) Beach, 1867-1944 (composer)
Merrimack: Walter Kittredge, 1832-1905 (composer)
Milford: Jesse Hutchinson Jr., 1813-1853 (composer)
Rhode Island
George M. Cohan (Providence)
Gloucester: Stephen Jenks, 1772-1856 (composer, compiler)
Providence: George M. Cohan, 1878-1942 (composer)
Grand Total = 85 (composers = 70/ compilers = 15)
For more information about
some of the composers listed above,
click on these links:
American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)
Joseph Brackett's "Simple Gifts"
"Make A Joyful Noise" - The New England Harmony
New England Heritage Music
Singing Stoughton
(home of America's oldest choral society)
First U.S. performances by...
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Franz Joseph Haydn in Massachusetts
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Massachusetts
Felix Mendelssohn in Massachusetts
Additional Resources
New England Song Series No. 1:
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
New England Song Series No. 3:
JINGLE BELLS
New England Song Series No. 4:
SIMPLE GIFTS
New England Song Series No. 5:
SONG OF THE OLD FOLKS
New England Song Series No. 6:
FATHER AND I WENT DOWN TO CAMP
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Read about early music in the United States at the
American Music Timeline - Part One: 1620-1818
American Music Timeline - Part Two: 1820-1920
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