Arthur Batelle Whiting
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| Born |
June 20, 1861 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | July 20, 1936 (aged 75) Beverly, Massachusetts, United States |
| Fields | Classical music |
| Institutions | Various |
| Alma mater | Royal Music School, Munich |
| Academic advisors | Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, Hans Bussmeyer |
| Notable students | D. G. Mason |
| Known for | Lecture series on classical music, compositions |
| Influences | Bach, Brahms |
| Notable awards | 1905 – membership in American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| Spouse | Grace Kneeland Gorham Whiting |
Arthur Batelle Whiting (June 20, 1861 – July 20, 1936) was an American teacher, pianist, composer, and writer on music, known for his conservative compositional style, espousal of early music, and his long-running university lecture-recital series.
Whiting was born on June 20, 1861, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, son of Charles Edward and Emma Reeves Leland Whiting. He began studying piano at the age of 8 with his mother. A few years later, he left school and was placed under the instruction of his uncle, organist and composer George E. Whiting, who gave him lessons in the organ. He continued studying the piano; in 1873 or 1874, at the age of 13, he began his career as a concert pianist,in a concert in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1877, he was appointed organist at a church in South Boston and eventually became organist at All Saints Church, Worchester, MA, where he remained for three years. Whiting studied at the New England Conservatory for five years, approximately from 1880 to 1885, probably coinciding with his organist position. There he studied piano with William Hall Sherwood and harmony, counterpoint, and composition with George Whitefield Chadwick. During this time he continued to give piano recitals in Boston and Worcester.
From 1883 to 1885 Whiting studied in Germany at the Royal Music School in Munich. He studied with Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, who inspired in Whiting an interest in vocal and choral music, and also gave him "a strong connection to the music of Bach and Brahms". Rheinberger was known for a caustic teaching style, very much like the one Whiting later developed. Whiting also studied piano with Prof. Hans Bussmeyer, head of the piano department at the School and continued concertizing while in Munich. Along with fellow American students H. W. Parker and H. H. Huss, he received their highest honors in composition and many performances of his student works.
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