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Wallace Arthur Sabin (December 15, 1869 – December 8, 1937) was a composer and organist, born in
''Grove's dictionary of music and musicians''
Volume Six, 1920, p. 346. He played organ from the age of 13 at various schools and churches in Oxford. He trained in music at Banbury and Oxford, and graduated from the
''Wallace Arthur Sabin''
Retrieved on July 4, 2009. In 1890, he became a
''Remembering Wallace Sabin''
Retrieved on July 4, 2009. In 1904, he vplayed organ recitals at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in
''St. Patrick at Tara''
1909 Grove play {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabin, Wallace Arthur 1869 births 1937 deaths People from West Northamptonshire District Musicians from San Francisco Music directors English choral conductors British male conductors (music) English classical composers English classical organists English musical theatre composers English male composers British performers of Christian music Classical composers of church music English emigrants to the United States American choral conductors American male conductors (music) American male classical composers American classical composers American classical organists British male organists American musical theatre composers American performers of Christian music Musicians from Northamptonshire Classical musicians from California Male classical organists
Wallace Arthur Sabin (December 15, 1869 – December 8, 1937) was a composer and organist, born in Culworth
Culworth is a village and civil parish about north of Brackley in West Northamptonshire, England. Culworth is also about northeast of the north Oxfordshire town of Banbury.
The village stands on the brow of a hill about above sea level. The ...
, Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
, England.Pratt, Waldo Selden; George Grove; Charles Newell Boyd; John Alexander Fuller-Maitland''Grove's dictionary of music and musicians''
Volume Six, 1920, p. 346. He played organ from the age of 13 at various schools and churches in Oxford. He trained in music at Banbury and Oxford, and graduated from the
Royal College of Organists
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in 1888.Rootsweb. Ancestry.com''Wallace Arthur Sabin''
Retrieved on July 4, 2009. In 1890, he became a
fellow
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of that college.
In 1894 or '95, Sabin moved to San Francisco
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to serve as organist for the congregations of Temple Emanu-El and St. Luke's Episcopal Church. He became a fellow of the American Guild of Organists
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(AGO) in 1899.The San Francisco Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Paul W. Motter''Remembering Wallace Sabin''
Retrieved on July 4, 2009. In 1904, he vplayed organ recitals at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in
St. Louis, Missouri
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. From 1905 until his death, he played the organ for the First Church of Christ, Scientist
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in San Francisco, and at Temple Emanu-El. He was president of the San Francisco Chapter of AGO from 1911 to 1913, then again from 1923 to 1926. He was the chapter's first dean
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Sabin was married on April 1, 1913 to Kathryn Wells Bader, daughter of the pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church. They had one daughter, Patricia.
In 1915, Sabin was the official organist of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition
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. In one concert, he directed the 400-voice Exposition Chorus while playing organ accompaniment, as Camille Saint-Saëns conducted the 80-member orchestra.
Sabin joined the Bohemian Club, served twice on the board of directors, and wrote music for three Grove Plays in 1909, 1918 and 1934. The first two works were written for tenor, baritone, men's chorus and orchestra. He also composed much incidental music for the club. He was active in other clubs, including the Berkeley Lodge No. 363, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; the Scottish Rite
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Consistory at Oakland (where he earned the 32nd degree), the Sequoia Club in San Francisco; the Athenian-Nile Club in Oakland, and the Faculty Club of the University of California, Berkeley
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. He directed the chorus of the San Francisco Musical Club, the Loring Club (men's chorus), the Saturday Morning Orchestra (women's group), the Twentieth Century Music Club, and the Vested Choir Association of San Francisco.
Sabin set various parts of the Jewish service to music, and is published in ''Stark's Service Book''. In 1920 with Edwin H. Lemare and Uda Waldrop, he helped inaugurate the Bohemian Club's outdoor organ, Austin opus 913, set into the main stage at the Bohemian Grove
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By 1924, Sabin was living in Berkeley
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. He died at his home there on December 8, 1937. A service was held January 23, 1938 at Grace Cathedral, with a memorial written by Cantor Reuben R. Rinder: "No minister of the Lord ever worshiped at the altar with greater reverence than did Wallace Sabin as he presided at the organ console. ..His music leads us from egoism to love; from the world to the soul; from the soul to God."
Works
*1906 - ''St. Patrick at Tara'', Grove Play *1918 - ''The Twilight of the Kings: A Masque of Democracy'', Grove Play *''Minuet in D in the style of Handel'' *''Bourrée in D in the ancient style'' *''Grand Choeur'' *''Vierne Symphony No. 3''References
External links
*Stephens, Henry Morse; Wallace Arthur Sabin, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Bohemian Club''St. Patrick at Tara''
1909 Grove play {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabin, Wallace Arthur 1869 births 1937 deaths People from West Northamptonshire District Musicians from San Francisco Music directors English choral conductors British male conductors (music) English classical composers English classical organists English musical theatre composers English male composers British performers of Christian music Classical composers of church music English emigrants to the United States American choral conductors American male conductors (music) American male classical composers American classical composers American classical organists British male organists American musical theatre composers American performers of Christian music Musicians from Northamptonshire Classical musicians from California Male classical organists