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Arthur Farwell

Arthur Farwell (April 23, 1872 – January 20, 1952) was an American composer, conductor, educationalist, lithographer, esoteric savant, and music publisher. Interested in American Indian music, he became associated with the Indianist movement and founded the Wa-Wan Press to publish music in this genre. He combined teaching, composing and conducting in his career, working on both coasts and in Michigan.

The American composer and critic A. Walter Kramer identified Farwell as “probably the most neglected composer in our history - at the turn of the century no one wrote music with greater seriousness of purpose or fought harder for American music”.

Birth and Death Data: Born Saint Paul (capital of the state of Minnesota, United States; county seat of Ramsey County, Minnesota), Died January 20, 1952 (New York City (most populous city in the United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1940

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor PBVE-157 10-in. 9/28/1925 Build thee more stately mansions Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mixed vocal chorus, with organ composer  
Victor CS-051599 12-in. 7/2/1940 White birches (from "The New Hampshire woods") Jeanne Behrend Piano solo composer  
Victor CS-051821 12-in. 7/3/1940 Improvisation no. 2 (from 5 improvisations) Jeanne Behrend Piano solo composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Farwell, Arthur," accessed December 27, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103414.

Farwell, Arthur. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 27, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103414.

"Farwell, Arthur." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 27 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103414

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