Theodore Chanler
Theodore Ward Chanler | |
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Born | April 29, 1902 Oxford University |
Spouse |
Maria de Acosta Sargent
(m. 1931) |
Parent(s) | Guggenheim fellowship |
Theodore Ward Chanler (April 29, 1902 – July 27, 1961) was an American composer.[1]
Early life
Chanler was born on April 29, 1902, in Newport, Rhode Island.[2] He was a son of Major Winthrop Astor Chanler and Margaret Ward (née Terry) Chanler, an author and musician.[3] Theodore's godfather was President Theodore Roosevelt, who attended his christening in Newport in 1902.[4] Though born in Newport, his family shortly moved to Geneseo, New York, where he grew up at the family estate, Sweet Briar Farms.[5]
His paternal grandparents were Margaret Astor (née Ward) Chanler (1838–1875), a member of the Astor family, and John Winthrop Chanler (1826–1877), a U.S. Representative from New York.[6] His maternal grandparents were Louisa (née Ward) Crawford Terry and artist Luther Terry (d. 1900).[3][a] His grandmother was a half-sister of F. Marion Crawford and a niece of Julia Ward Howe.[7][8]
Chanler studied piano while a youngster in Boston, and then studied piano under Buhling and counterpoint under Goetschius at the
Career
He became a music critic for the Boston Herald in 1934, and taught in Massachusetts in the 1940s and 1950s.
Chanler's best-known works are his songs, which number about 50. He also composed a ballet, an opera (The Pot of Fat, 1955),
Teaching career
From 1945 to 1947, he was on the faculty of the
Personal life
In Paris in 1931,[5] Chanler was married to Maria Sargent (née de Acosta) (1880–1970),[13] the daughter of Ricardo de Acosta.[14] She was the sister of Aida de Acosta, Mercedes de Acosta, Rita de Acosta, and Mrs. Frederick Shaw of London.[15] Maria previously was married to Andrew Robeson Sargent, the son of Charles Sprague Sargent. Maria and Andrew had a child together, Ignatius Sargent (1914–1999),[16][17][14] who attended the Groton School and was a member of the class of 1937 at Harvard University. He married Frances Moffat in 1935.[18]
Chanler died at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on July 27, 1961.[10]
References
- Notes
- F. Marion Crawford and Mary Crawford Fraser.
- Sources
- ^ Don Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 152.
- ^ "Society at Home and Abroad". The New York Times. 24 August 1902. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Chanler, Margaret, 1862-1952. Margaret Chanler family papers, 1815-1939: Guide". oasis.lib.harvard.edu. Houghton Library, Harvard Library, Harvard University. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ISBN 9780674067875. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9781461655992. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ The World Almanac and Book of Facts. Newspaper Enterprise Association. 1908. p. 473. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ "MRS. W. A. CHANLER, AUTHOR, MUSICIAN; Niece of Julia Ward Howe and the Half-Sister of F. Marion Crawford Dies at 91". The New York Times. 20 December 1952. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "F. Marion Crawford". The New York Times. 19 December 1897. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9780385142786. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Theodore Chanler Is Dead at 59; Composer, Critic and Teacher". The New York Times. 28 July 1961. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ Berger, Arthur (15 May 1955). "Chanler Opera Receives Its Premiere --New Copland Work at M.I.T." The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ISBN 9781461700791. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ The American Catholic Who's who. NC News Service. 1947. p. 61. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ a b "DIED. CHANLER --Maria de Acosta". The New York Times. 8 June 1970. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "DIED. DE ACOSTA--Mercedes". The New York Times. 11 May 1968. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "Miss de Acosta a Bride" (PDF). The New York Times. November 7, 1909. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ^ "Andrew R. Sargent Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. March 21, 1918. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ^ "TROTH IS ANNOUNCED BY FRANCES MOFFAT; Graduate of Westover School Engaged to Ignatius Sargent, a Student at Harvard". The New York Times. 3 May 1935. Retrieved 22 February 2018.