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William Dressler (1826 – July 2, 1914) was a music composer and arranger.

Early life and education

Dressler was born in Nottingham, England in 1826. His father was a court flutist for the King of Saxony.

In 1847, Dressler graduated from the Cologne Conservatory of Music. After that, Dressler was the first violinist and later conductor of the Opera House in Wiesbaden.

Career in the U.S.

In the early 1850s, Dressler came to the United States. He was a solo pianist and accompanist to the Norwegian violist Ole Bull. He traveled with concert companies before settling in New York. In New York, Dressler worked at churches, taught music and composed music. He was one of New York's best known composers and compiled a glee and chorus book titled Ne Plus Ultra.

Dresller played both piano and mouth organ, and also accompanied Ole Bull. He also led the Hanover Conservatory in Germany.

Dressler was the musical editor for the publishing house William Hall & Son & J. L. Peters for a time.

Personal life and death

William Dressler married May Hyde and had three children, who all became musicians. His son, Louis Raphael Dressler, born in 1861 also became a musician.

William Dressler passed away on July 2, 1914, in New York City. He is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

Work

  • "Star Spangled Banner", piano arrangement (1861)
  • "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
  • "Night in Venice"
  • "Nell Gwynne" (an opera arranged by Dressler, related to Nell Gwyn)
  • "Castle Garden Schottisch"
  • "Reindeer Polka"
  • Summer Evenings an arrangement of 22 songs
  • Spring Mornings
  • Dawn of the Day

References

  1. ^ "William Dressler". Hymnary.org. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Levy, Lester S. (August 1, 1976). Picture the songs: lithographs from the sheet music of nineteenth-century America. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801818141 – via Google Books.
  3. Dressler, William (April 28, 1871). "The Ne Plus Ultra Glee and Chorus Book: A Collection of Popular Glees, Trios, Quartets, and Choruses". J.L. Peters – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The American Year Book". D. Appleton. April 28, 1915 – via Google Books.
  5. "Musical Courier: A Weekly Journal Devoted to Music and the Music Trades". 1891.
  6. ^ "William Dressler". Hymn Time. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. Hughes, Rupert (April 28, 1914). "American Composers: A Study of the Music of this Country and of Its Future, with Biographies of the Leading Composers of the Present Time". Page Company – via Google Books.
  8. "Image 1 of Star spangled banner". Library of Congress.
  9. "The Girl I Left Behind Me". National Museum of American History.
  10. "The American Bookseller: A Semi-monthly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Book, Stationery, News, and Music Trades". American News Company. April 28, 1885 – via Google Books.
  11. "Woods of green Erin". Library of Congress.

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