Background
Guiterman, Arthur was born on November 20, 1871 in of America parentage, Vienna, Austria. Son of Alexander and Louisa (Wolf) Guiterman.
Guiterman, Arthur was born on November 20, 1871 in of America parentage, Vienna, Austria. Son of Alexander and Louisa (Wolf) Guiterman.
Bachelor of Arts, College City of New York, 1891. Doctor of Letters, Rollins College, 1940.
In editorial work on Woman’s Home Companion, Literary Digest and other mags., 1891-1906. Author: Betel Nuts, 1907. Guest Book, 1908; Rubaiyat, including The Literal Omar, 1909.
Orestes (with Andre Tridon), 1909. The Laughing Muse, 1915. The Mirthful Lyre, 1918.
Ballads of Old New York, 1920. Chips of Jade, 1920; A Ballad Maker’s Pack, 1921. The Light Guitar, 1923.
A Poet’s Proverbs, 1924. I Sing the Pioneer, 1926. Wildwood Fables, 1927.
Song and Laughter, 1929. (play) The School for Husbands (with Lawrence Langner, adapted from Molière), 1933. Death and General Putnam and 101 Other Poems, 1935.
Gaily the Troubadour, 1936. Lyric Laughter, 1939. Libretto of opera “A Man Without a Country” (score by Walter Damrosch), produced by the Metropolitan Opera Company, 1937-1938.
Was lecturer on magazine and newspaper verse in the New York University School of Journalism, 1912-1915. Contributor of “Rhymed Reviews,” to Life, and of ballad and lyric verse to various mags, President Poetry Society of America, 1925-1927, Authors’ League.
Author: Betel Nuts, 1907. Guest Book, 1908
Rubaiyat, including The Literal Omar, 1909. Orestes (with Andre Tridon), 1909.
The Laughing Muse, 1915. The Mirthful Lyre, 1918. Ballads of Old New York, 1920.
Chips of Jade, 1920
A Ballad Maker’s Pack, 1921. The Light Guitar, 1923. A Poet’s Proverbs, 1924.
I Sing the Pioneer, 1926. Wildwood Fables, 1927. Song and Laughter, 1929.
(play) The School for Husbands (with Lawrence Langner, adapted from Molière), 1933. Death and General Putnam and 101 Other Poems, 1935. Gaily the Troubadour, 1936.
Lyric Laughter, 1939. Libretto of opera “A Man Without a Country” (score by Walter Damrosch), produced by the Metropolitan Opera Company, 1937-1938. Was lecturer on magazine and newspaper verse in the New York University School of Journalism, 1912-1915.
Contributor of “Rhymed Reviews,” to Life, and of ballad and lyric verse to various mags, President Poetry Society of America, 1925-1927, Authors’ League Fellowship, 1925-1927.
Member.
Married Vilda Lindo, 1909.