Horatio William Parker


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Horatio William Parker (September 15, 1863 – December 18, 1919) was an American composer, organist and teacher. He was a central figure in musical life in New Haven, Connecticut in the late 19th century, and is best remembered as the undergraduate teacher of Charles Ives while the composer attended Yale University.

ALBUMS


Oquin*, Parker*, Rouse*, Paul Jacobs (7), Nashville Symphony*, Giancarlo Guerrero
Organ Concertos
2024, CD, Naxos
Rossini* • Buck* • Parker* • Ives* • Wagner* • Gershwin* − Rudolf Innig
Variations On America
2013, SACD, Album, MDG
Louis Coerne*, Edward Burlingame Hill, Horatio Parker*, John Alden Carpenter, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*, Karl Krueger
American Tone Poems
2007, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4)
Parker* / Britten*
Hora Novissima / The Building of the House
2004, Cass, Berkshire Choral Festival
Edward MacDowell, Horatio Parker*, Victor Herbert, Arthur Farwell, Henry Hadley*, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*, Karl Krueger
Recordings Of The Society For The Preservation Of The American Musical Heritage
2003, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4)
Horatio Parker* - Peter Kairoff
American Reverie (Piano Music Of Horatio Parker)
1998, CD, Albany Records
Horatio Parker* - Albert Ahlstrom
Horatio Parker: 21 Organ Works
1995, CD, Album, Raven Records (29)
William Clifford Heilman, Horatio Parker*, Samuel Adler, The Rawlins Piano Trio
Piano Trio In C, Op. 1 / Suite For Piano Trio In A, Op. 35 / Piano Trio
1993, CD, Albany Records
The Toledo Trio, Ives*, Beach*, Parker*
The Toledo Trio Paints Three New England Portraits
1988, CD, Album, Musical Heritage Society
George W. Chadwick* / Horatio Parker* - Albany Symphony Orchestra, Julius Hegyi
Symphony No. 2 / A Northern Ballad
1986, Vinyl, ,
Modern/Romantic
Horatio Parker* / Trinity Choir*, George Faxon
Hora Novissima
1979, LP, Not On Label
Arthur Foote / William Osborne, Horatio Parker*
Suite In D, Op. 54 / Sonata In E Flat, Op. 65
1978, LP, Album, Orion,
Dudley Buck • W. Eugene Thayer • Horatio Parker* • John Knowles Paine • George E. Whiting* - Richard Morris
Fugues, Fantasia & Variations
1976
Franz Liszt / Horatio W. Parker* / Robert Schumann - Music Of The Church Choir
Fantasy And Fugue On The Chorale (Ad Nos, Ad Salutarem Undam) / Jam Sol Recedit / Canon In B Major
1970, LP, Music Of The Church Recordings, Outreach (2)
Horatio Parker*, Henry Hadley*, Karl Krueger, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London)*
Second Symphonic Poem, VATHEK / Tone Poem, SALOME
1967, LP, The Society For The Preservation Of The American Musical Heritage
Horatio William Parker, Frank Van Der Stucken*, William Henry Fry, John Knowles Paine, Karl Krueger, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London)*
A Northern Ballad / Rigaudon For Orchestra / Overture To Macbeth / Moorish Dance From Azara
1966, LP, The Society For The Preservation Of The American Musical Heritage
Horatio Parker* - Asylum Hill Cong. Church Choir*
Hora Novissima (Choral Evensong)
1958, 2xAcetate, LP, G. H. Fay
Horatio W. Parker*, American Recording Society Orchestra And Chorus*, William Strickland, Gertrude Hopf*, E. Wien, Edward Kent (2), Walter Berry / Ernst Bacon, Max Schoenherr*
Hora Novissima / Ford's Theatre
1953, 2xLP, Album, Gat, American Recording Society
Horatio Parker*, Norman Dello Joio, Vienna Symphony Orchestra*
Hora Novissima / Serenade

APPEARANCES +


St. Charles Singers
Kaleidoscope: Earthly Forms & Heavenly Shapes
2022, CD, Not On Label (St. Charles Singers Self-released),
Gordon Turk
Summer Echoes: Gordon Turk At Ocean Grove
2021, CD, Album, Raven Records (29)
The Incarnation Choir*, Scott Dettra, L. Graham Schultz
Choral Evensong For Eastertide
2018, CD, Album, Gothic Records (5), ,
Organ/Choral
Christian Lane (2), Edward Elwyn Jones, Harvard's Choir
Inaugural Concert - The Charles B. Fisk & Peter J. Gomes Memorial Organ, Opus 139
2012, CD, Ltd, Not On Label, ,
Renaissance/Romantic/Modern/Religious
Emilio De Gogorza
Emilio De Gogorza: Baritone, Selected Recordings
2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Marston, ,
Romantic
Kenneth Dake
Prayers & Alleluias
2010, CD, Album, Dorian Sono Luminus
The St. Olaf Choir, Anton Armstrong
Repertoire For Mixed Voices - Volume II
2009, 2xCD, St. Olaf Records
Various
Historic Organs Of Seattle: A Young Yet Vibrant: History Highlights Of The 2008 Organ Historical Society National Convention.
2009, 4xCD, Comp, Organ Historical Society, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Various
Historic Organs Of Indiana: Highlights Of The 2007 Organ Historical Society National Convention.
2008, 4xCD, Comp, Organ Historical Society, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Patrick Mason (2), Odense Symphony Orchestra*, Paul Mann
American Orchestral Song
2008, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4)
Tom Trenney
Organ Ovations & Improvisations
2007, CD, Album, Raven Records (29)
Various
Glocken Und Orgeln Der Kaiserstadt Aachen (Festliches Domgeläut Und Musik Aus Fünf Jahrhunderten Gespielt Auf Fünzehn Verschiedenen Aachener Orgeln)
2001, 2xCD, Album, 24b, Unda Maris (2), ,
Romantic/Baroque/Modern/Renaissance
St. Martin's Chamber Choir, Timothy J. Krueger
A Glimpse Of Heaven
2000, CD, Cygnus Records (4), ,
Contemporary/Modern/Romantic/Classical/Baroque/Renaissance
The Choir Of St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York*, Judith Hancock Directed By Dr. Gerre Hancock*
Great Cathedral Anthems - XI
2000, CD, Album, Priory
Franz Hauk, Alfredo Ibarra, Philharmonic Ingolstadt*
Works for Organ & Orchestra
2000, CD, Album, Guild
William Aylesworth
Victorian Gems
2000, CD, Album, Arsis Audio
Various
Historic Organs Of Philadelphia: Thirty-two Historic Pipe Organs: Camden To Reading
2000, 4xCD, Comp, Organ Historical Society, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Religious
Josef Hofmann, Chopin*, Mendelssohn*, Liszt*, Rachmaninoff*
Josef Hofmann
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Philips, Philips, Philips
Robert White (3), Samuel Sanders
Sure On This Shining Night (The Romantic Song In America)
1997, CD, Hyperion,
Martin Weyer
Rheinberger, Guilmant, And Their American Pupils
1997, 2xCD, Album, Raven Recordings
The Choir Of Grace Cathedral San Francisco, John Fenstermaker, Christopher Putnam
The Worlds Above
1996, CD, Gothic Records (5)
Frederick Hohman
Opus 190
1996, CD, Album, Pro Organo
Karl E. Moyer
As The Dew From Heaven Distilling
1996, CD, Album, Raven Recordings
Jane Edge
In Search Of The Lost Chord
1996, CD, AFKA Records,
Justin Hartz
Hartz And Flowers
1995, CD, Album, Pro Organo
John Walker
Romance - John Walker Plays The Shadyside Organ
1995, CD, Album, Pro Organo
John Brock
A Tennessee Organ Tour
1995, CD, Album, Raven Records (29), ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Romantic/Modern/Organ
Various
Historic Organs Of New Orleans: Seventeen Historic Pipe Organs, The Bayous To Natchez
1995, 2xCD, Comp, Organ Historical Society
Richard Morris
Fugues, Fantasia, And Variations (19th Century American Concert Organ Music)
1994
Josef Hofmann
Columbia And G & T Recordings 1903-1918 With Seven Previously Unissued Selections
1993, 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM, VAI Audio
David Chalmers (2), James E. Jordan, Jr.
Organ Music of America II 1868-1908 The Boston Classicists
1993, CD, Album, Gloriae Dei Cantores, ,
Romantic
Various
Historic Organs Of Milwaukee : Twenty-five Historic Organs, Madison To Milwaukee.
1993, 2xCD, Comp, Organ Historical Society
The Harvard University Choir
Alleluia!
1992, CD, Classical Arts, Northeastern Records
Brian Jones (40) & Ross Wood (3) With The Trinity Brass Ensemble
The Sounds Of Trinity
1991, CD, Arkay Records, ,
Romantic/Baroque
Gillian Weir
Scherzo
1991, CD, Album, Koss Classics
James Welch*, D. A. Flentrop
Magnum Opus Volume Two
1988
David Craighead
The Last Rose Of Summer And Other Things They Played
1986, LP, Album, Gothic Records (5)
David Craighead
Last Rose Of Summer
1986, CD, Album, Gothic Records (5)
Various Featuring Edwin Lawrence
Organ Music From Todd Lincoln's Hildene (And Selected Rolls From The Hildene Archives)
1982, LP, Gat, Friends Of Hildene Inc.
Various
The Organ Historical Society 26th Annual National Convention, Organs In Maine "Down East"
1981, LP, Ltd, AFKA Records
The Choir Of Grace Cathedral San Francisco, John Fenstermaker
Music For Easter, Ascension And Pentecost
1979
Malcolm Frager
Malcolm Frager Plays Adolph Martin Foerster / Henry F. Gilbert / Henry Holden Huss / Ethelbert Nevin / Horatio Parker / Edward MacDowell / John Knowles Paine
1978, Vinyl, ,
Romantic/Neo-Romantic
Cathy Berberian, Bruno Canino, Karlheinz Zöller, Wolfgang Boettcher
Wie Einst In Schöner'n Tagen • Salonmusik Der Gründerzeit
1976, 2xLP, EMI Electrola, EMI Electrola GmbH, His Master's Voice, ,
Romantic
Shiloh Church Of Washington D.C. (Baptist)
Choral Favorites Of The Shiloh Senior Choir,
1976, LP, Album, Mark Records
Various
19th National Convention Of The Organ Historical Society - Monadnock Region Of New Hampshire 1974
1974, LP, Organ Historical Society,
Rollin Smith
The American Collection
1973
Janice Beck
An Anthology Of American Organ Music, Volume II - The Nineteenth Century
1971, LP, Album, Musical Heritage Society
Various
The 2nd Inter-District Band & Choral Concert '66
1966, LP, Comp, L.I. Recording
The Treorchy Male Choir* Conducted By John H. Davies, M.B.E.*
The Valleys Sing Again
1965, LP, Herald (2), ,
Religious/Choral
Various
The Sounds Of History Record 8: 1890 To 1901 / Reaching For Empire
1964, LP, Time Life Records, ,
Spoken Word/Political/Speech/Public Broadcast/Ragtime
The Columbia University Glee Club*
Columbia University Glee Club
1961, LP, Carillon Records (3)
Washington Cathedral Choir Of Men & Boys, Paul Callaway
Music From The Washington Cathedral
1958, Vinyl,
New York Male Quartette
Absent / The Lamp In The Valley
1916, Pathé Disc, 29cm, 80 RPM, Pathé
Emilio De Gogorza
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes / Mother O' Mine / The Lark Now Leaves Its Wat'ry Nest
Shellac, 12", Victrola, ,
Classical
Ethel Casey
Favorite Bird Songs and Arias
LP, Carolina Records (7), ,
Romantic/Baroque/Classical/Contemporary
Ethel Casey
Classic and Rare Songs and Arias
LP, Carolina Records (7)
Various
Souvenirs From American Operas
CD, Comp, RM, International Record Collectors Club, ,
Opera/Modern/Romantic
Thomas Harmon
American Organ Music of Three Centuries
LP, Orion
Columbia Mixed Quartette / Columbia Stellar Quartette
The Lamp In The West / The Long Day Closes
Shellac, 10", RP, Columbia
Howard Hanson
Merry Mount (Excerpts)
Vinyl, ,
Opera/Modern
Various
Orgelmusik Aus England Und Amerika (Ausgewählte Werke Der Reihe Für Orgel Solo = Selection From Published Editions Of Organ Solo Works)
2011, CD, Promo, Smplr, Musikverlag Dr. J. Butz
Edward MacDowell, Malcolm Frager
Edward MacDowell & Company
1998
Various
When I Have Sung My Songs: The American Art Song 1900-1940
1977,
McNeil Robinson, James Palsgrove
Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
1967, LP, LIRS (Long Island Recording Studio)