New England Conservatory of Music - Neume Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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WALLACE COODRICI-I Dean of llze Faculty

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at annie George Whiiejield Chadwick Dircclor , EORGE Whitefield Chadwick, an eminent composer, conductor, author, and educator, has served as Director of the Conservatory for the past thirty years. He was born in Lowell, hlassachusetts, November 13, 18545. At the age of fifteen he received his first organ lessons from his brother, three years later he entered the Conservatory and studied with Dudley Buck, George VVhiting, and Stephen Emery. Later he studied organ and composition under Eugene Thayer. When only twenty-two he became the head of the Milsic Department at Olivet College, Micliigan. After serving one year in this capacity, he went to Leipzig for instructions in organ playing and in composition under Jadassohn and Reinecke. He won much distinction there in the Held of composition: especially commended were his two string quartettes and his overture that had been suggested to him by VVashington Irving's Rip Van Wfinklef' fThis overture was first presented to the American public by the Harvard lVIusical Association in 187 9.j Nh: Chadwick continued his study under Joseph Rheinberger in lVIunich. After his success abroad, he returned to Boston and joined the faculty of the Conservatory in 1881, teaching Harmony and Composition. - In 1897 he became its Director. Under 'his Directorship, the Conservatory has risen to its present prom- inence as one of the highest of musical Lmiversities. Mr. Chadwick has had as pupils many well-known American musicians, includ- ing 1Vallace Goodrich, Frederick S. Converse, Arthur Wlhiting, Horatio Parker, Henry Hadley, Edward Burlingame Hall, and Daniel Gregory Mason. As a composer, he has achieved success because his works show extensive tech- nical equipment, liberal and versatile tastes, fluent melodic inventions, and mastery of the classical form. Only last December the Conservatory Orchestra and Chorus performed lVIr. Chadwick's Christmas Cantata, Noel.', His works include operas, symphonies, overtures, chamber music, choral ballads, and songs. lVIr. Chadwick was awarded the honorary degree of 1VIaster of Arts by Yale University in 1897, and that of Doctor of Laws by Tufts College in 1905. In 1908 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The class of 1927 is indeed grateful for the inspiration of Mhz Chadwick and his interest in each of its members. VVe, who are graduating, want to express our loyalty and appreciation, and to wish him continued success in all his undertakings.

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RALPH L. FLANDERS General Manager