Frank Edwin Ward (October 7, 1872 – 1953) was an American composer and
organ
Organ may refer to:
Biology
* Organ (biology), a part of an organism
Musical instruments
* Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone
** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument
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ist. Born in
Wysox, Pennsylvania
Wysox is an unincorporated community in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 6 and Pennsylvania Route 187, east of Towanda. Wysox has a post office with ZIP code 18854.
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, he was the son of writer Cyrenus Osborne Ward, and the nephew of
Lester Frank Ward
Lester Frank Ward (June 18, 1841 – April 18, 1913) was an American botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist. He served as the first president of the American Sociological Association.
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. He was educated at
Columbia University, and later served as its organist for some time. He wrote some works for
orchestra and a deal of
chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...
in addition to
church music,
cantata
A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.
The meaning of ...
s, and
songs. He was a pupil of
Edward MacDowell.
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1872 births
1953 deaths
American male composers
American composers
Columbia University alumni
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