Background
Barlow, Samuel Latham Mitchill was born on June 1, 1892 in New York City. Son of Peter Townsend and Louise (Matthews) Barlow.
Barlow, Samuel Latham Mitchill was born on June 1, 1892 in New York City. Son of Peter Townsend and Louise (Matthews) Barlow.
Student Groton School, 1904-1910. Harvard, 1910-1914; studied piano with Philipp, Paris, orchestration with Respighi, Rome.
Townsend (Mistress West.R. Orndorff). Composer, lecturer, writer Composer: Mon Ami Peirrot (1st performance, Opera Comique Paris), 1934.
Ballo Sardo (ballet), symphonic works played by Stokowsky, Goossens, Reiner, Paray, others
Lecturer U. Prize ring (The), 1944. President, Citizens Committee for Government Art Projects.
Secretary and trustee Asia. Institute; governor American Composers Alliance.
Moderator of Forum for Democracy.
Fellow Carnegie Foundation, 1943, mission to South America Trustee F.H. Beebe Fund, Boston. Served as First lieutenant American Expeditionary Force, 1917. Fellow International Academy Arts and Letters.
Club: Union (New York City).
Married Ernesta Drinker, March 10, 1928.