George Putnam Upton
American journalist and author (1834–1919)
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George Putnam Upton (October 25, 1834 – May 19, 1919) was an American journalist and author. He also translated numerous works of German literature.
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| Born | October 25, 1834 Roxbury, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 19, 1919 (aged 84) Chicago, Illinois |
Resting place | Oak Woods Cemetery |
| Education | Brown University |
| Occupations | Journalist, writer, translator |
| Spouses | Sara E. Bliss (m. 1861)Georgiana S. Wood (m. 1880) |
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Biography
George Putnam Upton was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on October 25, 1834.[1] He took an MA at Brown University in 1854, and soon after started writing for newspapers in Chicago. In 1862, Upton became the music critic for the Chicago Tribune.[2] He became the senior editor at the Tribune in 1881 and remained in the post until 1905. A. C. McClurg & Co. published several of his books.
He married Sara E. Bliss in 1861. He remarried on September 21, 1880 to Georgiana S. Wood.[1]
Upton died from pneumonia at his home in Chicago on May 19, 1919.[2][3] He was interred at Oak Woods Cemetery.[4]
Select bibliography
- The standard oratorios: their stories, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1866)
- Letters of Peregrine Pickle (1869)[5]
- Woman in music (1880)
- The standard operas, their plots and their music (1885)
- The standard operas: their plots, their music, and their composers (1886)
- The standard cantatas; their stories, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1887)
- The standard symphonies, their history, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1888)
- Musical Pastels (1902)
- Theodore Thomas: A Musical Autobiography (editor) (1905)
- Immensee by Theodor Storm (translated) (1907)
- Musical memories : my recollections of celebrities of the half century, 1850-1900 (1908)
- The standard concert guide (1909)[6]
