Smith Newell Penfield

Smith Newell Penfield ( born April 4, 1837 in Oberlin / Ohio; † January 7, 1920 in New York City ) was an American composer.

Penfield studied at Oberlin College and in New York, then in Leipzig with Ignaz Moscheles, Carl Reinecke, Ernst Friedrich Richter and Moritz Hauptmann. He worked as a music teacher in Rochester and founded the Mozart Club and the Conservatory in Savannah. In 1885 he became president of The Music Teachers National Association.

He composed a setting of the 18th Psalm, an overture, a string quintet, organ and piano pieces, choral works and songs.

  • Composer ( romance )
  • American composer
  • Born in 1837
  • Died in 1920
  • Man
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