Sidney Homer

Sidney Homer
File:Sidney Homer.jpg
Born	(1864-12-09)December 9, 1864 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	Winter Park, Florida
Education	Phillips Academy
Spouse(s)	Louise Dilworth Beatty

Sidney Homer, Sr. (9 December 1864 - 10 July 1953) was a classical composer, primarily of songs.

Biography

Born in Boston, Massachusetts on December 9, 1864 (some sources use 1865), he was the youngest child of deaf parents. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in the class of 1884, but did not attend college. He married contralto Louise Dilworth Beatty in 1895.

Sidney Homer died on July 10, 1953 in Winter Park, Florida.

Legacy

Sidney Homer's influence included his mentoring and supporting his nephew composer Samuel Barber. Scholarship on Homer was a particular focus of musicologist Harry Colin Thorpe.

Homer composed many of his songs with the voice of his famous wife in mind. Among his most famous songs are "A Banjo Song" (Weeden), "Requiem" (Stevenson), "Casey at the Bat" (Thayer), and "The House that Jack Built" ("Mother Goose.")

Sidney and Louise had six children, including twin daughters Anne Homer and Kathryn Homer, son Sidney Homer, Jr. (economist and author), and daughter Louise Homer.

External links

• Online profile
• Sidney Homer page at The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
• Sidney Homer page at The International Music Score Library Project (IMLSP)
• The Songs of Sidney Homer