Timothy Mather Spelman

"Timothy Mather Spelman"' (January 21, 1891-August 21, 1970) was an American composer; born in Brooklyn, New York, he was for many years resident in Italy, dying at his villa just outside of Florence. He composed a fair amount of chamber music and some works for orchestra, as well as a number of operas. He also wrote many songs, mostly to texts by his wife, the poet Leolyn Spelman.

Spelman bequeathed his villa, and his papers, to The Johns Hopkins University; today the former is dedicated to the memory of Charles S. Singleton.

Spelman was descended from the same family as Cotton and Increase Mather.

ee also

* [http://www.library.jhu.edu/collections/specialcollections/manuscripts/msregisters/ms392.html Biography at the Johns Hopkins Library website]

Reference

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