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Samuel Brenton Whitney (June 4, 1842 – August 3, 1914) was a
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organist, conductor and composer. His compositions were primarily
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and chamber works.


Biography

Samuel Brenton Whitney was born in
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on June 4, 1842. He was a pupil of Charles Wels of
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and then John Knowles Paine of
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. He secured his first organ appointment in Cambridge. He came to be regarded as the greatest interpreter of
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in the United States, and was appointed professor of organ playing and lecturer in music at the
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and the
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. In 1871 he was appointed organist and choir director of the Church of the Advent, Boston. His compositions included many anthems and other church pieces, songs, pianoforte music, sonatas, transcriptions, and arrangements for the organ. The Arthur P. Schmidt company's first publication was the Whitney anthem ''Deus misereatur (God Be Merciful Unto Us)''. He died at his sister's home in Woodstock on August 3, 1914.


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* 1842 births 1914 deaths American male composers American composers American organists American male organists Boston University faculty New England Conservatory faculty {{US-composer-19thC-stub