Josh Gallagher - Jack & Diane (The Voice Performance)

Bristow (George Bristow) George Frederick (19 XII 1825, New York - 13 XII 1898, ibid.) - American composer, violinist, organist and choir. conductor. He studied with his father, conductor and clarinet player. Improved by G.K. Timm (music-theoretical objects and composition), J. MacFarren (composition). He worked in New York. From the age of 13 he played the violin in the orchestra of the Olympic Theater and in the Philharmonic (1843-79), there was also a church. organist. Conducted by the choir of muses. Society "Concordia" (1851-62), the choir of Mendelssohn Island (1867-71). Propagated by prod. amer. composers. There was a music. inspector of secondary schools (1854-98). In a number of Op. turned to amer. themes and plots - in the opera “Rip van Winkle” (after W. Irving, 1855, New York; one of the first American national operas), the cantata “The Great Republic” (“The Great Republic”, 1879), symphonies for soloists, choir and orchestra "Niagara" (1893). Among othersOp. - 2 oratorios (1861, 1867), 2 cantatas (1879, 1898), 4 symphonies (1848-72; the most famous is the 4th “Arkad”), conc. overture (1874), 2 strings. quartet, prod. for organ, fp., violin, choirs, songs. Lit. Op .: New and improved method for the reed or cabinet organ, NY, [1887].