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Schelling wrote numerous works for piano, orchestra and
chamber groups which were often performed during his
lifetime, but have since fallen from the repertoire. His
most popular work was A Victory Ball, a symphonic poem
for orchestra based on an anti-war poem by Alfred Noyes.
Willem Mengelberg and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra made an early electrical recording of the music for
the Victor Talking Machine Company.
Zygmunt Stojowski and Ernest Schelling on May 18, 1917 for the
funeral of Guillaume Stengel
Ernest Henry Schelling (July 26, 1876 December 8, 1939) was an American pianist, composer, and 3 Honours
conductor, and music director. He was the conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 1935 to He was elected an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha
1937.[1][2]
Sinfonia Fraternity, the national fraternity for men in music, in 1917 by the Fraternitys Alpha Chapter at the
New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
Biography
References
[1] Ernest Schelling. International Piano Archives at Maryland. Retrieved 19 July 2013. Ernest Schelling was born
in Belvedere, N.J. on July 26, 1876. He studied music
with his father and made his debut as a pianist at the
Academy of Music in Philadelphia at the age of four. ...
[2] Ernest Schelling. New York Times. December 9, 1939.
Retrieved 2015-06-02. The career of Ernest Schelling,
one of the most brilliant gures in the musical life of New
York City, was one of extraordinary activity, versatility
and success. ...
[3] Mrs. Ernest Schelling. Wife of Conductor of Baltimore
Symphony Dies in Lausanne. New York Times. February
5, 1938. Retrieved 2015-06-02. Mrs. Lucie D. Schelling,
wife of Ernest Schelling, conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, who is on leave of absence because of
eye trouble, died last night at their Summer home at Lausanne, Switzerland, according to a cable received here.
[4] Schelling Weds Peggy Marshall. Bride Of Composer
And Pianist. New York Times. August 30, 1939. Retrieved 2015-06-02. Ernest Schelling, internationally
known composer, pianist and conductor, and Miss Peggy
Marshall of this city, young niece of Mrs. Vincent Astor
...
[5] Milestones. Time magazine. December 18, 1939. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
External links
Piano Lessons with Master Teachers: Ernest
Schelling from Harriet Brower, Piano Mastery:
Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers, 1915. Project Gutenberg
Free scores by Ernest Schelling at the International
Music Score Library Project
Learning a New Piece
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