Mortimer Wilson

Mortimer Wilson ( born August 6, 1876 in Chariton, Iowa; † January 27, 1932 in New York) was an American composer.

Wilson studied in Chicago with Wilhelm Middelschulte and Frederic Gran Gleason and taught from 1901 to 1907 Music Theory at the University of Lincoln / Nebraska. After that he was in Leipzig student of Hans Sitt and Max Reger. He was an orchestra conductor in Atlanta and 1916 teacher at Brenau College in Gainesville / Georgia. Since 1918 he has taught at the National Academy of Music in New York.

In addition to five symphonies and a concerto grosso, he composed the String Suite Rustic Wedding, the overture New Orleans, chamber music, piano and organ pieces and songs as well as some film scores, including the strong oriental embossed score for The Thief of Bagdad.

  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • American composer
  • Americans
  • Born 1876
  • Died in 1932
  • Man
Chariton (Iowa) Gainesville (Georgia) Georgia (U.S. state) Symphony The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
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