Sidney Homer
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Sidney Homer | |
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| Born | December 9, 1864 |
| Died | July 10, 1953 (aged 88) |
| Education | Phillips Academy |
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| Children | Anne Homer |
Sidney Homer Sr. (December 9, 1864 – July 10, 1953) was a classical composer, primarily of songs.
Homer was the youngest child born to deaf parents in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 9, 1864 (some sources use 1865). He attended the 1884 class of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, but did not attend college, although he studied composition with George Whitefield Chadwick and with Josef Rheinberger in Munich.[1] He married contralto Louise Dilworth Beatty in 1895.
Sidney and Louise had six children, including twin daughters Anne Homer and Kathryn Homer, son Sidney Homer, Jr. (economist and author), and daughter Louise Homer.
Sidney Homer died on July 10, 1953, in Winter Park, Florida.
