Gordon Balch Nevin
Gordon Balch Nevin (19 May 1892 – 15 November 1943) was an American composer and organist. A member of the Nevin musical family of Edgeworth, PA., his cousins were the composers Ethelbert and Arthur Nevin, and he was the son of composer and businessman George Balch Nevin. The Balch Family is one of the Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania. Nevin occupied the organist's chair at churches in Easton, Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Ohio; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and he was organist of First Presbyterian Church in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, from 1918. Most of his compositions were for organ; he did, however, write a few secular songs, and among his published works are versions of several Stephen Foster songs. He was also a writer, publishing books on organ technique. He died in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 1943. His wife was the former Jessie Young of Johnstown, PA, a daughter of the Samuel E. and Elizabeth Rose Young Family and niece of US Congressman John Marshall Rose and grand-niece of W. Horace Rose, the 1st Mayor of Johnstown. Her Father, Samuel E. Young, was General Manager and Secretary of the Johnstown Passenger Railway Co. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 19, 1892, Died November 15, 1943
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-16456 | 10-in. | 9/7/1915 | Will-o'-the-wisp | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Nevin, Gordon Balch," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110209.
Nevin, Gordon Balch. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110209.
"Nevin, Gordon Balch." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Nevin, Gordon Balch, 1892-1943 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96018436
Wikidata: Gordon Balch Nevin - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5584835
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/24191293
MusicBrainz: Gordon Balch Nevin - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/18cfff66-9c42-4903-a413-de543d659263
ISNI: 0000 0000 8435 5079 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000084355079
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