Harry Rowe Shelley
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Harry Rowe Shelley (June 8, 1858—September 12, 1947) was an American composer, born at New Haven, Conn. He studied with Gustav J. Stoeckel at Yale College, Dudley Buck, Max (Wilhelm Carl) Vogrich, and Dvořák in New York, and subsequently completed his musical education in London and Paris. In 1899 he became organist of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, New York. He was admitted to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Among his works are two symphonies; a symphonic poem, The Crusaders; a suite for orchestra, Souvenir de Baden-Baden; a sacred cantata, The Inheritance Divine; a violin concerto; an opera Leila (manuscript); songs and organ pieces.
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