Charles Henshaw Smith Dana
Son of Charles Fuller Smith and Eliza Henshaw (Bates) (Smith) Dana. His birth is registered in Northampton, MA although he always listed it as Newton.
On 19 March 1872 in Worcester, Charles Henshaw Smith changed his name to Charles Henshaw Dana
Grandson of Isaac C Bates
Frequently returned to Northampton and played the organ at the First Church during the summer months.
Died at age 37
The Northampton Book, Chapters from 300 Years in the Life of a New England Town 1654-1954, p168
The music engraved on the back of the monument is from Edenland.
21 published works are in the Library of Congress as part of their American 19th Century sheet music collection. They're Subject Index is listed as songs with piano:
Cousin Jack, The Troubadour, Where go you pretty Maggie, Somebody Watches and Waits For You, The Lilacs clustered fair and tall, As when the weary traveller gains, Glamourie, Mine (for soprano or tenor), Marguerite (for tenor), The black-bird sings in the hazel bush, Ave Maria, Milk-maid's song (for mezzo-soprano), They walked beside the summer sea, It was a knight of Aragon, Salve Regina, Among the lilies, A Bird was singing clear one day, Whether the world go up or down, Kathie Morris, Like a strain of wondrous music, and Sing no sad songs for me
Other Titles Found: It was with Doubt and Trembling, The One White Rose, and Nocturne. Many of the pieces appear to be the poems of others set to music.
The New York Times reviewer on 24 February 1891 after a performance of the "Salve Regina" said "There are no words at hand to express the disgust which C. Henshaw Dana's 'Salve Regina' inspired. It was a pitiable exhibition of puerile incompetency"
The memorial book from his funeral is listed in the Gillett Family Collection at the Westfield Athenaeum Library, Westfield, MA (specifically Edward B Gillett)
From "Cyclopedia of Music & Musicians", Vol 1, Scribner 1893:
DANA CHARLES HENSHAW born of American parentage in West Newton Massachusetts Feb 7 1846 died in Worcester Feb 5 1883
As a boy he studied under George Kingsley in Northampton and afterward under Albert S and Benjamin D Allen in Worcester; when fifteen he was organist in a local church and he was then for a time a pupil of Otto Diesel in Boston.
In 1869 he went to Europe and studied the pianoforte and harmony in Leipsig under Papperitz and in Stuttgart four years with Lebert Speidel and Krüger with the last of whom he made his first public appearance as a pianist in Stuttgart. He afterwards studied a winter under Laborde in Paris.
In 1875 he returned to America and appeared as pianist with success at the annual session of the Worcester County Musical Association The seven remaining years of his life were passed in teaching composing and conducting during this time he was organist and choirmaster of St Paul's R C Church in Worcester and also of the Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception in Boston
Among his compositions which consist mostly of songs and church choir music are the following: Marguerite 1867, Like a strain of wondrous music 1870, Te Deum in D 1873, Among the Lilies 1875, O Salutaris E flat 1876, Salve Regina No 1 1876, No 2 1879, The Summer Wind quartet 1877, Ave Maria 1877, O Salutaris 1878, The Lilies clustered fair and tall 1881, Veni Creator 1882, Edenland 1883.
Son of Charles Fuller Smith and Eliza Henshaw (Bates) (Smith) Dana. His birth is registered in Northampton, MA although he always listed it as Newton.
On 19 March 1872 in Worcester, Charles Henshaw Smith changed his name to Charles Henshaw Dana
Grandson of Isaac C Bates
Frequently returned to Northampton and played the organ at the First Church during the summer months.
Died at age 37
The Northampton Book, Chapters from 300 Years in the Life of a New England Town 1654-1954, p168
The music engraved on the back of the monument is from Edenland.
21 published works are in the Library of Congress as part of their American 19th Century sheet music collection. They're Subject Index is listed as songs with piano:
Cousin Jack, The Troubadour, Where go you pretty Maggie, Somebody Watches and Waits For You, The Lilacs clustered fair and tall, As when the weary traveller gains, Glamourie, Mine (for soprano or tenor), Marguerite (for tenor), The black-bird sings in the hazel bush, Ave Maria, Milk-maid's song (for mezzo-soprano), They walked beside the summer sea, It was a knight of Aragon, Salve Regina, Among the lilies, A Bird was singing clear one day, Whether the world go up or down, Kathie Morris, Like a strain of wondrous music, and Sing no sad songs for me
Other Titles Found: It was with Doubt and Trembling, The One White Rose, and Nocturne. Many of the pieces appear to be the poems of others set to music.
The New York Times reviewer on 24 February 1891 after a performance of the "Salve Regina" said "There are no words at hand to express the disgust which C. Henshaw Dana's 'Salve Regina' inspired. It was a pitiable exhibition of puerile incompetency"
The memorial book from his funeral is listed in the Gillett Family Collection at the Westfield Athenaeum Library, Westfield, MA (specifically Edward B Gillett)
From "Cyclopedia of Music & Musicians", Vol 1, Scribner 1893:
DANA CHARLES HENSHAW born of American parentage in West Newton Massachusetts Feb 7 1846 died in Worcester Feb 5 1883
As a boy he studied under George Kingsley in Northampton and afterward under Albert S and Benjamin D Allen in Worcester; when fifteen he was organist in a local church and he was then for a time a pupil of Otto Diesel in Boston.
In 1869 he went to Europe and studied the pianoforte and harmony in Leipsig under Papperitz and in Stuttgart four years with Lebert Speidel and Krüger with the last of whom he made his first public appearance as a pianist in Stuttgart. He afterwards studied a winter under Laborde in Paris.
In 1875 he returned to America and appeared as pianist with success at the annual session of the Worcester County Musical Association The seven remaining years of his life were passed in teaching composing and conducting during this time he was organist and choirmaster of St Paul's R C Church in Worcester and also of the Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception in Boston
Among his compositions which consist mostly of songs and church choir music are the following: Marguerite 1867, Like a strain of wondrous music 1870, Te Deum in D 1873, Among the Lilies 1875, O Salutaris E flat 1876, Salve Regina No 1 1876, No 2 1879, The Summer Wind quartet 1877, Ave Maria 1877, O Salutaris 1878, The Lilies clustered fair and tall 1881, Veni Creator 1882, Edenland 1883.
Charles Henshaw Smith Dana
Son of Charles Fuller Smith and Eliza Henshaw (Bates) (Smith) Dana. His birth is registered in Northampton, MA although he always listed it as Newton.
On 19 March 1872 in Worcester, Charles Henshaw Smith changed his name to Charles Henshaw Dana
Grandson of Isaac C Bates
Frequently returned to Northampton and played the organ at the First Church during the summer months.
Died at age 37
The Northampton Book, Chapters from 300 Years in the Life of a New England Town 1654-1954, p168
The music engraved on the back of the monument is from Edenland.
21 published works are in the Library of Congress as part of their American 19th Century sheet music collection. They're Subject Index is listed as songs with piano:
Cousin Jack, The Troubadour, Where go you pretty Maggie, Somebody Watches and Waits For You, The Lilacs clustered fair and tall, As when the weary traveller gains, Glamourie, Mine (for soprano or tenor), Marguerite (for tenor), The black-bird sings in the hazel bush, Ave Maria, Milk-maid's song (for mezzo-soprano), They walked beside the summer sea, It was a knight of Aragon, Salve Regina, Among the lilies, A Bird was singing clear one day, Whether the world go up or down, Kathie Morris, Like a strain of wondrous music, and Sing no sad songs for me
Other Titles Found: It was with Doubt and Trembling, The One White Rose, and Nocturne. Many of the pieces appear to be the poems of others set to music.
The New York Times reviewer on 24 February 1891 after a performance of the "Salve Regina" said "There are no words at hand to express the disgust which C. Henshaw Dana's 'Salve Regina' inspired. It was a pitiable exhibition of puerile incompetency"
The memorial book from his funeral is listed in the Gillett Family Collection at the Westfield Athenaeum Library, Westfield, MA (specifically Edward B Gillett)
From "Cyclopedia of Music & Musicians", Vol 1, Scribner 1893:
DANA CHARLES HENSHAW born of American parentage in West Newton Massachusetts Feb 7 1846 died in Worcester Feb 5 1883
As a boy he studied under George Kingsley in Northampton and afterward under Albert S and Benjamin D Allen in Worcester; when fifteen he was organist in a local church and he was then for a time a pupil of Otto Diesel in Boston.
In 1869 he went to Europe and studied the pianoforte and harmony in Leipsig under Papperitz and in Stuttgart four years with Lebert Speidel and Krüger with the last of whom he made his first public appearance as a pianist in Stuttgart. He afterwards studied a winter under Laborde in Paris.
In 1875 he returned to America and appeared as pianist with success at the annual session of the Worcester County Musical Association The seven remaining years of his life were passed in teaching composing and conducting during this time he was organist and choirmaster of St Paul's R C Church in Worcester and also of the Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception in Boston
Among his compositions which consist mostly of songs and church choir music are the following: Marguerite 1867, Like a strain of wondrous music 1870, Te Deum in D 1873, Among the Lilies 1875, O Salutaris E flat 1876, Salve Regina No 1 1876, No 2 1879, The Summer Wind quartet 1877, Ave Maria 1877, O Salutaris 1878, The Lilies clustered fair and tall 1881, Veni Creator 1882, Edenland 1883.
Son of Charles Fuller Smith and Eliza Henshaw (Bates) (Smith) Dana. His birth is registered in Northampton, MA although he always listed it as Newton.
On 19 March 1872 in Worcester, Charles Henshaw Smith changed his name to Charles Henshaw Dana
Grandson of Isaac C Bates
Frequently returned to Northampton and played the organ at the First Church during the summer months.
Died at age 37
The Northampton Book, Chapters from 300 Years in the Life of a New England Town 1654-1954, p168
The music engraved on the back of the monument is from Edenland.
21 published works are in the Library of Congress as part of their American 19th Century sheet music collection. They're Subject Index is listed as songs with piano:
Cousin Jack, The Troubadour, Where go you pretty Maggie, Somebody Watches and Waits For You, The Lilacs clustered fair and tall, As when the weary traveller gains, Glamourie, Mine (for soprano or tenor), Marguerite (for tenor), The black-bird sings in the hazel bush, Ave Maria, Milk-maid's song (for mezzo-soprano), They walked beside the summer sea, It was a knight of Aragon, Salve Regina, Among the lilies, A Bird was singing clear one day, Whether the world go up or down, Kathie Morris, Like a strain of wondrous music, and Sing no sad songs for me
Other Titles Found: It was with Doubt and Trembling, The One White Rose, and Nocturne. Many of the pieces appear to be the poems of others set to music.
The New York Times reviewer on 24 February 1891 after a performance of the "Salve Regina" said "There are no words at hand to express the disgust which C. Henshaw Dana's 'Salve Regina' inspired. It was a pitiable exhibition of puerile incompetency"
The memorial book from his funeral is listed in the Gillett Family Collection at the Westfield Athenaeum Library, Westfield, MA (specifically Edward B Gillett)
From "Cyclopedia of Music & Musicians", Vol 1, Scribner 1893:
DANA CHARLES HENSHAW born of American parentage in West Newton Massachusetts Feb 7 1846 died in Worcester Feb 5 1883
As a boy he studied under George Kingsley in Northampton and afterward under Albert S and Benjamin D Allen in Worcester; when fifteen he was organist in a local church and he was then for a time a pupil of Otto Diesel in Boston.
In 1869 he went to Europe and studied the pianoforte and harmony in Leipsig under Papperitz and in Stuttgart four years with Lebert Speidel and Krüger with the last of whom he made his first public appearance as a pianist in Stuttgart. He afterwards studied a winter under Laborde in Paris.
In 1875 he returned to America and appeared as pianist with success at the annual session of the Worcester County Musical Association The seven remaining years of his life were passed in teaching composing and conducting during this time he was organist and choirmaster of St Paul's R C Church in Worcester and also of the Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception in Boston
Among his compositions which consist mostly of songs and church choir music are the following: Marguerite 1867, Like a strain of wondrous music 1870, Te Deum in D 1873, Among the Lilies 1875, O Salutaris E flat 1876, Salve Regina No 1 1876, No 2 1879, The Summer Wind quartet 1877, Ave Maria 1877, O Salutaris 1878, The Lilies clustered fair and tall 1881, Veni Creator 1882, Edenland 1883.
Inscription
HENSHAW DANA/1846-1883//And I wait til we shall wander under the/stars of Edenland (musical notation written above the words)
