George Rathbone
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Life
Born: 1874
Died: 1951
Biography
George Rathbone was born in Manchester, England, and trained as a pianist and organist at the Royal College of Music and the University of Durham. He was chorus master of a choir drawn from villages in Westmoreland. He is noted for his unison songs, two-part songs and canons for younger voices. His cantata with orchestra The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1923) at one time challenged in popularity Hubert Parry’s cantata on the same subject. He is famous for a 1920 performance in Chicago of his larger work Vogelweide the Minnesinger undertaken by 1500 children. His compositions also include anthems and part-songs.
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List of choral works
Partsongs for Mixed Voices
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Publications
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