John Patten Marshall

Background

Marshall, John Patten was born on January 9, 1877 in Rockport, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John White and Mary Louise (Knowlton) Marshall.

Education

Public school education. Studied music in Boston with Edward Alexander MacDowell, Benjamin Johnson Language, George Whitfield Chadwick and Homer Albert Norris, 1895-1900. Honorary Museum Doctor, Holy Cross College in 1927.

Honorary fellow Trinity College of Music, London, 1933.

Career

1 son, John Geiger; married second, Miriam Brooke Smith, July 25, 1930. Organist Saint John's Church, Boston, 1896-1903. Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1909-1918, First Church, 1909-1926.

Professor music Boston University, since 1902.

Director music, Middlesex School, Concord, Massachusetts, 1902-1912. Lecturer on music, Harvard Summer School, 1908-1911, University Extension, since 1911.

Captain United States of America, 1919. Development specialist in music, General Staff, United States of America, 1920-1922.

Lecturer on music Holy Cross College, 1925-1929.

Dean College of Music, Boston University, since 1928. Dean North.E. Chapter American Guild Organists, 1925-1929. Master of music, American section, Anglo-American Music Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1931.

Achievements

• John Patten Marshall has been listed as a notable musician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Emily Geiger, November 24, 1903. Married second, Miriam Brooke Smith, July 25, 1930.

Father:

John White Marshall

Mother:

Mary Louise (Knowlton) Marshall

Spouse:

Miriam Brooke Smith

Spouse:

Emily Geiger