Clarence Eddy

Clarence Eddy (1905), photo by Pirie MacDonald

Hiram Clarence Eddy (23 June 1851 - 10 January 1937^[1]) was a United States organist and composer.

Biography

He was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. He studied under Dudley Buck in Hartford, Connecticut, counterpoint under Carl August Haupt, and piano under Carl Albert Loeschhorn in Berlin. In 1874-76 he was organist of the First Congregational Church, Chicago; afterward organist and choirmaster of the First Presbyterian Church for 17 years and from 1875 to 1908 was director of the Hershey School of Musical Art. In 1877-79 he gave a series of 100 organ recitals, with entirely different programs, a memorable achievement in American musical annals. He played at several expositions in America and abroad, and gave recitals in the principal American and European cities. He composed several works for the organ. He died in Chicago, Illinois.

Writings

• The Church and Concert Organist (3 vols., 1885)
• The Organ in Church (1887)
• Concert Pieces for the Organ (1889)
• Carl August Haupt, Counterpoint, Fugue, and Double Counterpoint, translator (1876)

Family

He was married to singer Sara Hershey who established the Hershey Music School in Chicago.

Notes

1. "Subjects of Biographies". Dictionary of American Biography. Comprehensive Index. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1990.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Eddy, Clarence". Encyclopedia Americana.
• "Biography of Clarence Eddy". Bardon Music. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

External links

• Media related to Clarence Eddy at Wikimedia Commons