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20th Century American

CARPENTER, John Alden

Born in Park Ridge, IL, Feb 28, 1876
Died in Chicago, April 26, 1951

  • Carpenter studied music at Harvard. After graduation, he divided his time between composition and helping run his father’s business firm George Carpenter & Co.
  • Fun fact: Carpenter and his wife Rue Witherbotham, an interior designer, created two books of music and pictures for children together: Improving Songs for Anxious Children and When Little Boys Sing.
  • Fun fact: He composed a jazz-inflected piece based on a comic strip, Krazy Kat (1921)1

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Sources

  1. Thomas C. Pierson, “Carpenter, John Alden,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed August 15, 2019,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000004993.

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