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Harvey Worthington Loomis (February 5, 1865, Brooklyn, New York – December 25, 1930, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American composer. He is remembered today for his associations with the Indianist movement and the Wa-Wan Press.




Biography


Loomis was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 5, 1865. He studied piano with Madeline Schiller. In his youth he won a scholarship of three years' study at the National Conservatory, where he studied with Antonín Dvořák, and quickly became a favored pupil of the Bohemian composer. He gained his greatest fame from the collection Lyrics of the Red Man, settings of American Indian songs rescored for piano. Loomis also composed works for children; also in his catalog may be found numerous stage works, including comic operas and pantomimes; sonatas for violin and for piano; and incidental music to numerous stage plays. Little of his music has been committed to disc, although some of the Lyrics may be found on a recording of Indianist piano music released by Naxos Records on the Marco Polo label.
Loomis died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1930.




Works


The Mandolin, opera
The Song of the Pear, melodrama
The Story of a Faithful Soul, melodrama
The Maid of Athens, comic opera
The Burglar's Bride, comic opera
Going Up?, comic opera
The Bey of Baba, comic opera
Put to the Test, musical pantomime
In Old New Amsterdam, musical pantomime
The Enchanted Fountain, musical pantomime
Love and Witchcraft, musical pantomime
Blanc et Noir, musical pantomime
Moonlight Serenade (for SAB choir; text by J. Lilian Vandevere; melody by Riccardo Drigo; arr. by Loomis)




Notes and references






External links



Free scores by Harvey Worthington Loomis at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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