Edmundson, Garth Cowden 11.apr.1892-2.apr.1971 USA Pennsylvania, Prospect - New Castle
organist, 1900 student in New Castle, studied music in Pittsburgh, New York, London, Paris and at the Leipzig Conservatory, studied with Harvey Gaul, Lynnwood Farnam, Joseph Bonnet and Isidor Phillipp, DM from Westminster College in New Wilmington, 1910 music teacher in New Castle, 1917 organist/choirmaster of the First Presbyterian Church Jefferson Street Newcastle ; son of carriage painter John Benjamin Edmundson (Franklin 1861-1918 Franklin) and Eva M Cowden (1866-) ; 1921 he married piano and voice teacher Anna R Seibert (1895-15.jun.1980 New Castle)

[Anderson 1976 and 1982 give erroneously born 11.apr.1895 Pittsburgh]

Title Parts


Toccata on Von himmel hoch (From heaven high). Organ. 1937
Carleton Etherington. Tewkesbury Abbey

[] Organ symphony no1. Organ [] 1 - Chaos and prophesy
[] 2 - A carpenter is born
[] 3 - Crucifixion and fruition
[] Organ symphony no2. Organ. 1933 [] 1 - In aeternam. Passacaglia
[] 2 - Silence mystique. Introspection
[] 3 - Gargoyles. Toccata grotesque
[] 7 Modern preludes. Organ. 1937
[] 7 Classic preludes. Organ. 1938
[] 7 Polyphonic preludes. Organ. 1941
[] Epiphany. Organ. 1942
[] 7 Contrapuntal preludes. Organ. 1943
[] Toccata brillante on All praise to thee. Organ. 1949
[] 56 Chorale preludes. Organ
[] In modum antiquum. Suite. Book I & II. Organ
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