Background
Spalding, Walter Raymond was born on May 22, 1865 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Field and Mary (Harper) Spalding.
Spalding, Walter Raymond was born on May 22, 1865 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Field and Mary (Harper) Spalding.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1887, A.M. (honors in music), 1888. Studied music in France, Germany and England (chiefly Paris and Munich), 1892-1895.
Organist, 1887-1888, organist and choirmaster, 1898-1900, Emmanuel Church, Boston. Master of classics and music, St. Marks’ School, Southborough, Massachusetts, 1899-1892. Teacher music, from 1895.
Assistant professor music, Harvard and Radcliffe College, 1903-1912, associate professor, 1912-1921, professor from 1921. Chairman Walter W. Naumburg Foundation for Musicians.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Committee on Army and Navy Camp Music during war period. Lecturer appreciation of music in 9 French universities, 1920-1921, under auspices of James Hazen Hyde Foundation.
Married Alexandrine Macomb Stanton, April.