Background
Gleason, Frederic Grant was born on December 18, 1849 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Frederic Lathrop Gleason.
Gleason, Frederic Grant was born on December 18, 1849 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Frederic Lathrop Gleason.
Studied under Dudley Buck. Went to Europe, 1869. Studied under Moscheles and Richter, Leipzig.
Weitzmann, Raif, Haupt and Loeschhorn, Berlin.
And Oscar Beringer, London.
Returned to the United States, first locating in Hartford, and since 1876 in Chicago. Was musical critic of the Tribune, 1887-1891. Composed 2 operas, Otbo Visconti and Montezuma, symphonic works, et cetera
Fellow American College Musicians. Received diploma and gold medal from Associazione dei Benemeriti Italiana of Palermo, Sicily, “for distinguished services in the cause of art”.
Married Mabel Blanche Kennicott, 1888.
