Mortimer Wilson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American composer
Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1876
Place of Birth: Chariton, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 27-Jan-1932
Profession: composer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Mortimer Wilson
- Mortimer Wilson (August 6, 1876 – January 27, 1932) was an American composer of classical music.
- He also scored several musical and dramatic films in the 1920s. Wilson was born in Chariton, Iowa in Lucas County, a rural area in the south-central portion of the state.
- He studied organ, violin and composition with Frederick Grant Gleason at the Chicago Music College.
- He then studied in Leipzig, Germany with Max Reger.
- Upon return to this country in 1911, he taught at the Atlanta Conservatory and conducted the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra.
- In 1916, he moved to Brenau College in Gainesville, Georgia. In 1918, Wilson took a job as consulting editor for the National Academy of Music in New York City, where he remained until his death at the age of 55.
- Today, his works are mostly in manuscript and includes five symphonies and a great deal of chamber music.
- The suite From My Youth, Op.
- 5 was published in 1911 and premiered by the Sitting Trio.
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