James Austin Butterfield (May 18, 1837 – July 6, 1891) was an American composer. His best-known composition is When You and I Were Young, Maggie, first published in 1866 (lyrics by George W. Johnson). Butterfield was born in England in 1837 and emigrated to the United States in 1856.[1][2][3]
James Austin Butterfield | |
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| Birth name | James Austin Butterfield |
| Also known as | J.A. Butterfield |
| Born | May 2, 1897 |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 8, 1985 (aged 87) New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Tin Pan Alley |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Instrument | Piano |
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He was also the second president of the Music Teachers National Association, in 1878.[4]
James A. Butterfield died in Chicago, Illinois and is buried in Graceland Cemetery.[5]
References
edit- ^ Fuld, James J. The book of world-famous music: classical, popular, and folk, p. 643 (Dover, 5th ed., Revised, 2000)
- ^ Matthews, W.S.B. (assoc ed.) A hundred years of music in America, p.647-50 (1889, 1900 ed.)
- ^ Studwell, William Emmett. They also wrote: evaluative essays on lesser-known popular American songwriters prior to the rock era, p. 206 (2000)
- ^ Volume of proceedings of the Music Teachers' National Association, p. 260 (1911)
- ^ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7NT-QTP : accessed 27 May 2012), James Austin Butterfield, 1891.
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