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Garth C. Edmundson (b. 11 Apr 1892, Pennsylvania; d. 2 Apr 1971, New Castle, Pennsylvania) was an American organist, composer, music director, and music teacher.




Formal training


Edmundson studied music in Pittsburgh, New York, London, Paris, and at the Leipzig Conservatory. His instructors were Harvey Gaul, Lynnwood Farnam, Joseph Bonnet, and Isidor Philipp.




Professional career


Edmundson was an organist, music teacher, and director of music in several churches and schools in western Pennsylvania. Edmundson began his career as church organist and minister of music at First Presbyterian Church in New Castle and played special masses at St. Mary Church. He composed hundreds of compositions for organ, including:

Impression Gothiques
Imagery in Tableaux
Vom Himmel Hoch




Honors and awards


Honorary doctorate degree – Doctor of Music, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.




Affiliations


Edmundson was a member of ASCAP and Trinity Episcopal Church. He also was a 32nd Degree Mason.




Selected published works


Christus Advenit (Christmas Suite No.2) (for organ):
Adeste Fideles
Veni Emmanuel
Vom Himmel hoch
Four Modern Preludes on Old Chorals (Vater Unser - Eudoxia - Evan - Vom Himmel hoch)
Hail the Day (Ascension), (1956) anthem for mixed voices
Humoresque Fantastique
To the Setting Sun
Toccata on "How Brightly Shines the Morning Star"
Toccata-Prelude on "St. Ann's"
Seven Modern Preludes on Ancient Themes for organ, J. Fischer & Bro. (1937). Includes:
Chorus Novae Jerusalem (Ye Choirs, O New Jerusalem)
Pange Lingua Gloriosi (Sing My Tongue)
Veni Creator Spiritus (Come Holy Spirit)
Ecce Jam Noctis (Lo! the Night)
Vexilla Regis (The Royal Banner)
Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)
Divinium Mysterium (Of the Fathers Love)
Garth Edmundson, In Modum Antiquum, Book Two, J. Fischer & Bro. (1936); Includes:
Pandean Pastoral
Caravan of the Magi
Humuresque Gracieuse
In Silent Night
Mereauesque Toccata

A selection of Edmundson's printed works is available here http://www.onlinesheetmusic.com/garth-edmundson-a77827.aspx?type=list




Audio samples


Vom Himmel Hoch, Toccata, Prelude IV from Christus Advenit (Christmas Suite No. 2), based on the German Christmas carol "Vom Himmel Hoch"
Video on YouTube, Graham Barber, organist, Schulze organ at St. Bartholomew's Church, Armley, England
Video on YouTube, Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, Salford, Greater Manchester, England
Video on YouTube, Andrew Lucas, organist, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Video on YouTube, Ralph Cupper, organist




References


General citations

Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911-2005), Biographical Dictionary of American Music, Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New York (1973)
Contemporary American Composers, first edition, compiled by E. Ruth Anderson (1928– ), G.K. Hall & Co., Boston (1976)
Contemporary American Composers, second edition, compiled by E. Ruth Anderson (1928– ), G.K. Hall & Co., Boston (1982)
The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, third edition. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, New York (1966)
ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, fourth edition, compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press, New York, R.R. Bowker (1980)
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