Biography of Harry Rowe ShelleyShelley, Harry Rowe. Studied at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, under Gustav J. Stoeckel; in New York with Dudley Buck, Max Vogrich and Antonin Dvořák. Organist of the Centre Church, New Haven, Connecticut, 1872; the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, New York; the Church-of-the-Pilgrims, Brooklyn, New York, 1878-81, 1887-99; the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, New York City, 1899-; the Central Congregational Church, New York City. Taught theory and composition at the Metropolitan College of Music, New York, 1899; a founder of the American Guild of Organists. Composed orchestral music, cantatas, songs, anthems, organ music, &c. b. New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A., June 8th, 1858; d. Short Beach, Connecticut, Sep. 12th, 1947. Biographical information courtesy of www.organ-biography.info © 2021 |