George Putnam Upton | |
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| Born | October 25, 1834 Roxbury, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 19, 1919 (aged 84) Chicago, Illinois |
| Resting place | Oak Woods Cemetery |
| Education | Brown University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
| Spouses | Sara E. Bliss (m. 1861)Georgiana S. Wood (m. 1880) |
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George Putnam Upton (1834 – 1919) was an American journalist and author.
Biography
[edit]George Putnam Upton was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on October 25, 1834.[1] He took an MA at Brown University in 1854, and soon after started writing for newspapers in Chicago. In 1862, Upton became the music critic for the Chicago Tribune.[2] He became the senior editor at the Tribune in 1881 and remained in the post until 1905. A. C. McLurg & Co. published several of his books.
He married Sara E. Bliss in 1861. He remarried to Georgiana S. Wood on September 21, 1880.[1]
Upton died from pneumonia at his home in Chicago on May 19, 1919.[2][3] He was interred at Oak Woods Cemetery.[4]
Select bibliography
[edit]- The standard oratorios: their stories, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1866)
- Letters of Peregrine Pickle (1869)[5]
- Woman in music (1880)
- The standard operas, their plots and their music (1885)
- The standard operas: their plots, their music, and their composers (1886)
- The standard cantatas; their stories, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1887)
- The standard symphonies, their history, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1888)
- Musical Pastels (1902)
- Theodore Thomas: A Musical Autobiography (editor) (1905)
- Musical memories : my recollections of celebrities of the half century, 1850-1900 (1908)
- The standard concert guide (1909)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XVIII. James T. White & Company. 1922. p. 392. Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Feldman, Mary Ann (2001). "Upton, George Putnam (1834–1919), journalist, writer on music". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.28818.
- ^ "George P. Upton, Staff Veteran of 'Tribune,' Dies". Chicago Tribune. May 20, 1919. p. 21. Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Funeral Tomorrow for Veteran Newspaper Man". Chicago Tribune. May 21, 1919. p. 23. Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Upton, George P. (George Putnam) (May 17, 1869). "Letters of Peregrine Pickle [pseud]". Chicago, The Western News Company. Retrieved May 17, 2020 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Upton, George P. 1834-1919 (George Putnam) [WorldCat Identities]". Retrieved May 17, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Works by George Putnam Upton at Project Gutenberg
- Works by George Putnam Upton at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
