Hale

(1), Philip, Norwich, Vt., March 5, 1854—Boston, Nov. 30, 109343 notable American critic and e ayist; as a boy, organist Unit. Ch., North amp ton, Ma .; 1876 grad. Yale Univ.; 1880 admitted to the Albany bar; pupil of D. Buck, 1876; 1882-87 studied organ and comp. with Haupt. Faiszt, Rheinberger and Guilmant, Urban, Bargiel, Raif and Scholz; 1879-82 organist St. Peter’s, Albany; 1887-89 St. John’s, Troy; 1889 of First Religious Soc., Roxbury, Ma .; 1887-89 also cond. of Schubert Club at Albany; 1889-91 critic succe ively of the Boston Home Journal, Post; 1891, Journal; 1897-1901 Mus. Record; i1o901, ed. Musical World; \ecturer on mus. subjects; critic, Boston Herald, 1903-34; wrote series of notable programme annotations for Boston Symph. (after 1901), extending over 3 decades; Mus. D., Dart mouth Coll.