Blair Fairchild

Blair Fairchild
Blair Fairchild
Born(1877-06-23)June 23, 1877
DiedApril 23, 1933(1933-04-23) (aged 55)
Alma materHarvard University
Occupation(s)Composer, Diplomat
SpouseEdith Howard Cushing
ParentCharles Fairchild
RelativesLucia Fairchild Fuller (sister)
Jairus Fairchild (grandfather)
Lucius Fairchild (uncle)

J. Blair Fairchild (June 23, 1877 – April 23, 1933)[1] was an American composer and diplomat. Along with Charles Wakefield Cadman, Charles Sanford Skilton, Arthur Nevin, and Arthur Farwell, among others, he is sometimes grouped among the Indianists, although he had only a marginal association with their work.[2]

  1. ^ a b Villamil, Victoria Etnier (1993). A Singer's Guide to the American Art Song. Scarecrow Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-8108-5217-9.
  2. ^ Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.