Background
Upton, George Putnam was born on October 25, 1834 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel P. and Lydia N. Upton.
Upton, George Putnam was born on October 25, 1834 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel P. and Lydia N. Upton.
Roxbury (Massachusetts) Latin School. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1854.
On staff Native Citizen, Chicago, 1855-1856. City editor Evening Journal, 1856-1862. City editor and war correspondent, 1862-1863, musical critic, 1863-1881, associate editor, 1872-1905, editorial writer, since 1870, Chicago Tribune.
Author: Letters of Peregrine Pickle, 1869.
Woman in Music, 1880. Standard Operas, 1886.
Standard Oratorios, 1887. Standard Cantatas, 1888.
Standard Symphonies, 1889.
Musical Pastels, 1902. Standard Light Operas, 1902. Life Stories for Young People (36 volumes), 1904-1912.
Life of Theodore Thomas, 1905.
Life of Remenyf, 1906. Standard Concert Guide, 1908.
Standard Concert Repertory, 1909. In Music Land, 1913; The Song, 1914.
Translator: Max Müller’s “Memories”.
Nohl’s lives of Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner and Liszt. Storm’s “Immensee”. Address: Chicago, Illinois.
Married Georgiana South. Wood, September 22, 1880.