Blair Fairchild
Blair Fairchild | |
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Edith Howard Cushing | |
Parent | Charles Fairchild |
Relatives | Lucia Fairchild Fuller (sister) Jairus Fairchild (grandfather) Lucius Fairchild (uncle) |
J. Blair Fairchild (June 23, 1877 – April 23, 1933)[1] was an American composer and diplomat. Along with Charles Wakefield Cadman, Charles Sanford Skilton, Arthur Nevin, and Arthur Farwell, among others, he is sometimes grouped among the Indianists, although he had only a marginal association with their work.[2]
Early life
Fairchild was a native of Massachusetts, the son of Elisabeth A. (Nelson) and Boston investor Charles Fairchild.[3] Fairchild was the brother of miniaturist Lucia Fairchild Fuller; their grandfather, Jairus C. Fairchild, was the first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, while their uncle Lucius served three terms as the governor of the state.[4]
Career
He studied at Harvard College and in Florence before embarking, after a stint in business, on a career in the diplomatic corps.[5] He first saw service in Constantinople before being transferred to Tehran; in 1903 he settled in Paris, where he pursued further studies in music before becoming a composer. He died in 1933.[2]
Fairchild had studied music while at Harvard, attending classes taught by both
Little of Fairchild's music appears to have been recorded. Some of his piano pieces may be found on a compilation of Indianist music released by
Personal life
In 1903,
His wife died in Paris in 1920,[8] and Fairchild died, also in Paris, on April 23, 1933.[11]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ ISBN 0-8108-5217-9.
- ^ a b Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
- ^ "Digital Collection - Lucia Fairchild Fuller (1870-1924)". American Centuries. Memorial Hall Museum Online. 2008-08-03.
- ^ "Lucia Fuller". Artnet.com. 2008-08-03.
- ^ "Blair Fairchild". Naxos composer biographies. Naxos Records. 2008-08-03.
- ^ "American Indianists, vol. 1". Naxos Records. 2008-08-02.
- ^ "WEDDINGS OF A DAY.; Fairchild--Cushing". The New York Times. January 2, 1903. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Obituary Notes | Mrs. Blair Fairchild". The New York Times. 24 November 1920. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- Harvard University Library. Archived from the originalon 15 July 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Forbes Family Papers, 1732-1931". www.masshist.org. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "BLAIR FAIRCHILD IS DEAD IN PARIS; American Composer Who Had Written in Many Forms Succumbs at 56. LEFT DIPLOMATIC SERVICE *o Was Author of First American Opera Produced at the Paris i Opera House". The New York Times. 24 April 1933. Retrieved 26 October 2017.