| 词条 | John Gerrish |
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Early lifeGerrish was the son of Charles Percy Gerrish and Mary Elizabeth O'Neill of Potsdam, New York. He graduated from Crane School of Music in 1930, and led a dance band during the 1930s. He taught for ten years at Franklin Academy in Malone, New York and was a professor of music at Kean University in New Jersey for most of his career.[3] MusicIn addition to The Falcon, Gerrish's better-known works include Variations on a Burgundian Carol for 3 Recorders, based on the carol Patapan, published in New York by Associated Music Publishers in 1957. Reviewer, Joel Newman, called the work "neatly-constructed, fun-to-play, but merely-cute variations."[4] Other published compositions include Why do the Bells of Christmas Ring? (1952) a cappella choir, I Sing A Maiden (1953), Fifteen Christmas melodies for soprano recorder and piano (1954), and the piano solos Country Dance, Mountain Climbing and 'South Wind (1954). The Music Educators Journal published a detailed article and interview "A Family Program for Voices, Recorders, and Viols: The Gerrish Family" in 1962.[5] The New York State Teachers Association, Northern Zone, lists John Gerrish as Chairman of Music Section in Malone, New York, September 29, 1939. [6] Personal lifeGerrish married twice. After the death of his first wife, Marion Benham of Saranac Lake, he married Claire Stackpole of Winooski.[3] Following his retirement, Gerrish was the organist at the Winooski United Methodist Church for twenty years.[3] He died on November 29, 2010, and is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Potsdam.[3] References1. ^Music Educators Journal, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Sep., 1956), pp. 67 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerrish, John}}{{US-composer-20thC-stub}}2. ^{{Cite web|last = Gerrish|first = Jim|author2=Frederick Goode|title = 100th Birthday Celebration of John O. Gerrish|publisher = East Orange Interactive Museum|date = August 2010|url = http://www.eohistory.info/EOTimeLine/Gerrish100/100thBday.htm|accessdate = 2010-10-14}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{Cite news | last = | first = | title = John O. Gerrish | newspaper = Watertown Daily Times | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = November 30, 2010 | url = http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20101201/OBIT01/312019953/-1/obit | accessdate = 2010-12-05}} 4. ^Notes, 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Sep., 1959), pp. 627-628 5. ^Music Educators Journal, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Feb., 1962), pp. 98-99 6. ^Music Educators Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Sep., 1939), pp. 70-72 6 : American male composers|American composers|Crane School of Music alumni|1910 births|2010 deaths|American centenarians |
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