George Balch Nevin

George Balch Nevin (March 15, 1859-April 17, 1933) was an American composer and businessman. A member of the Nevin musical family, his cousins were the composers Ethelbert and Arthur Nevin; his son, Gordon Balch Nevin, also became a composer.cite book |last= Howard|first= John Tasker|authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title= Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It|origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year= 1939|month= |publisher= Thomas Y. Crowell Company|location= New York|language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ]

Nevin was born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania,cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/heartland/garden/2471/nevingen/d0001/g0000091.html#I1243|title=George Balch NEVIN|date=2008-08-05|work=http://www.geocities.com/heartland/garden/2471/|publisher=Rick Peterson] and spent most of his life in the town of Easton. His output consisted mainly of cantatas, and included such works as "The Crown of Life" and "The Incarnation"; he was also known for his setting of Sidney Lanier's poem "A Ballad of Trees and the Master", and wrote a number of hymns as well. For nearly thirty years, he ran a wholesale paper business in addition to composing.

Nevin was also a historian and lecturer, and would sometimes give lectures on subjects related to music history to local historical societies. Some of these have survived in manuscript form.cite web|url=http://www.biblio.com/books/122600258.html|title=The Story of the Martin Guitar Works - Signed 1920 Typescript|date=2008-08-05|work=The Story of the Martin Guitar Works - Signed 1920 Typescript|publisher=Biblio.com]

Nevin died in 1933.

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