William Arms Fisher

William Arms Fisher

William Arms Fisher (April 27, 1861 in San Francisco - December 18, 1948 in Boston) was an American music historian and writer.

Arms Fisher had Antonin Dvorak and Horatio Parker as teachers at the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York City.

Arms Fisher was president of both the Music Teachers National Association and the Music Publishers' National Association.

Publications

* "Notes on Music in Old Boston" - (1918)
* "Goin' Home" (sheet music, 1922)
* "One Hundred and Fifty Years of Music Publishing in the United States" - (1934)
* "Ye Olde New-England Psalm-tunes 1620-1820" - (1930)
* "The Music that Washington Knew" - (1931)

References

* [http://www.apimusic.org/composersb.cfm?ln=F Alliance Publications, Inc.]
* [http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/nemusic4.htm The Story of "Goin' Home"]


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