Background
Moore, Douglas Stuart was born on August 10, 1893 in Cutchogue, Long Island. Son of Stuart Hull and Myra (Drake) Moore.
Moore, Douglas Stuart was born on August 10, 1893 in Cutchogue, Long Island. Son of Stuart Hull and Myra (Drake) Moore.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale College, 1915, Bachelor of Music, Yale School of Music, 1917. Student Schola Cantorum, Paris, 1921. Cleveland Institute Music, 1924.
Honorary Museum Doctor, Cincinnati Conservatory Museum, 1946, U. Rochester, 1947, Yale University, 1955.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Columbia University, 1963.
Director music, Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1921. Associate Department of Music, Columbia University, 1926, assistant professor, 1927, associate professor, 1928, professor and chairman, 1940, MacDowell professor of music, 1943-1962, emeritus. Yale Alumni Council, 1947.
Pulitzer scholarship, 1925.
Guggenheim fellowship, 1934, New York Critics Circle award for opera, 1958.
Member of the board directors American Academy in Rome, 1945. Member American Academy Arts and Letters (president 1959-1962), A.S.C.A.P. Member National Institute Arts and Letters (president 1946-1953).
Served Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1917-1919. Clubs: Faculty of Columbia, Century (New York City).
Compositions include works for orchestra, chorus and orchestra, chamber music, opera.
Married Emily Bailey, September 16, 1920. Children: Mary, Sarah.
elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters 1951