Sumner Salter, of Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., was born June 24, 1856, in Burlington, Iowa. His father is the Rev. William Salter, D. D., born in Brooklyn, N. Y., and descended from John Salter, mariner, from Devonshire, England, who settled in Portsmouth, H. H., about 1680; his mother was Mary Ann Mackintire, of Charleston, Mass.
He was graduated from Amherst College in 1877, a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity; president of the College Musical Association; leader of the College Glee Club; pupil of Eugene Thayer, J. K. Paine, J. C. D. Parker and George L. Osgood, in Boston, and has played in the following churches: Unitarian, Lynn; Eliot Congregational, Boston Highlands; Euclid Avenue Baptist, Cleveland; St. Paul's Episcopal, Syracuse; First Methodist, Atlanta; First Presbyterian, New York; West End Collegiate, New York, and Broadway Tabernacle, New York (1902-1905); organist of Sage Chapel, Cornell University, 1900-1902; director of music, Williams College, since 1905; conductor of the Arion Club (male voices), of Chelsea, Mass.; Cecilia Society, of Syracuse; Atlanta Musical Association, 1886-1889, giving the first performance of Handel's "Messiah" south of Mason and Dixon's line, January 7, 1887; president of New York State Music Teachers' Association, 1897-1898; warden of American Guild of Organists, 1899-1900; librarian of Manuscript Society, 1891-1896; editor "The Pianist and Organist," 1895-1898; organist at Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; composer of songs, part songs, church music, etc.
His wife is Mary Turner Salter, composer, formerly prominent in church, concert and oratorio singing. They have four children.
Source: Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America, Published by The Benjamin Publishing Co., Albany, New York, 1908.
He was graduated from Amherst College in 1877, a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity; president of the College Musical Association; leader of the College Glee Club; pupil of Eugene Thayer, J. K. Paine, J. C. D. Parker and George L. Osgood, in Boston, and has played in the following churches: Unitarian, Lynn; Eliot Congregational, Boston Highlands; Euclid Avenue Baptist, Cleveland; St. Paul's Episcopal, Syracuse; First Methodist, Atlanta; First Presbyterian, New York; West End Collegiate, New York, and Broadway Tabernacle, New York (1902-1905); organist of Sage Chapel, Cornell University, 1900-1902; director of music, Williams College, since 1905; conductor of the Arion Club (male voices), of Chelsea, Mass.; Cecilia Society, of Syracuse; Atlanta Musical Association, 1886-1889, giving the first performance of Handel's "Messiah" south of Mason and Dixon's line, January 7, 1887; president of New York State Music Teachers' Association, 1897-1898; warden of American Guild of Organists, 1899-1900; librarian of Manuscript Society, 1891-1896; editor "The Pianist and Organist," 1895-1898; organist at Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; composer of songs, part songs, church music, etc.
His wife is Mary Turner Salter, composer, formerly prominent in church, concert and oratorio singing. They have four children.
Source: Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America, Published by The Benjamin Publishing Co., Albany, New York, 1908.
Sumner Salter, of Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., was born June 24, 1856, in Burlington, Iowa. His father is the Rev. William Salter, D. D., born in Brooklyn, N. Y., and descended from John Salter, mariner, from Devonshire, England, who settled in Portsmouth, H. H., about 1680; his mother was Mary Ann Mackintire, of Charleston, Mass.
He was graduated from Amherst College in 1877, a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity; president of the College Musical Association; leader of the College Glee Club; pupil of Eugene Thayer, J. K. Paine, J. C. D. Parker and George L. Osgood, in Boston, and has played in the following churches: Unitarian, Lynn; Eliot Congregational, Boston Highlands; Euclid Avenue Baptist, Cleveland; St. Paul's Episcopal, Syracuse; First Methodist, Atlanta; First Presbyterian, New York; West End Collegiate, New York, and Broadway Tabernacle, New York (1902-1905); organist of Sage Chapel, Cornell University, 1900-1902; director of music, Williams College, since 1905; conductor of the Arion Club (male voices), of Chelsea, Mass.; Cecilia Society, of Syracuse; Atlanta Musical Association, 1886-1889, giving the first performance of Handel's "Messiah" south of Mason and Dixon's line, January 7, 1887; president of New York State Music Teachers' Association, 1897-1898; warden of American Guild of Organists, 1899-1900; librarian of Manuscript Society, 1891-1896; editor "The Pianist and Organist," 1895-1898; organist at Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; composer of songs, part songs, church music, etc.
His wife is Mary Turner Salter, composer, formerly prominent in church, concert and oratorio singing. They have four children.
Source: Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America, Published by The Benjamin Publishing Co., Albany, New York, 1908.
He was graduated from Amherst College in 1877, a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity; president of the College Musical Association; leader of the College Glee Club; pupil of Eugene Thayer, J. K. Paine, J. C. D. Parker and George L. Osgood, in Boston, and has played in the following churches: Unitarian, Lynn; Eliot Congregational, Boston Highlands; Euclid Avenue Baptist, Cleveland; St. Paul's Episcopal, Syracuse; First Methodist, Atlanta; First Presbyterian, New York; West End Collegiate, New York, and Broadway Tabernacle, New York (1902-1905); organist of Sage Chapel, Cornell University, 1900-1902; director of music, Williams College, since 1905; conductor of the Arion Club (male voices), of Chelsea, Mass.; Cecilia Society, of Syracuse; Atlanta Musical Association, 1886-1889, giving the first performance of Handel's "Messiah" south of Mason and Dixon's line, January 7, 1887; president of New York State Music Teachers' Association, 1897-1898; warden of American Guild of Organists, 1899-1900; librarian of Manuscript Society, 1891-1896; editor "The Pianist and Organist," 1895-1898; organist at Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; composer of songs, part songs, church music, etc.
His wife is Mary Turner Salter, composer, formerly prominent in church, concert and oratorio singing. They have four children.
Source: Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America, Published by The Benjamin Publishing Co., Albany, New York, 1908.
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