George Putnam Upton

George Putnam Upton (1834–1919) was an American journalist and author.

George Putnam Upton
Born(1834-10-25)October 25, 1834
Roxbury, Massachusetts
DiedMay 19, 1919(1919-05-19) (aged 84)
Chicago, Illinois
Resting placeOak Woods Cemetery
EducationBrown University
OccupationJournalist, writer
Spouse(s)
    Sara E. Bliss
    ​
    (m. 1861)​
      Georgiana S. Wood
      ​
      (m. 1880)​
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      Biography

      George Putnam Upton was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on October 25, 1834.[1] He took an MA at Brown University in 1854, and soon after started writing for newspapers in Chicago. In 1862, Upton became the music critic for the Chicago Tribune.[2] He became the senior editor at the Tribune in 1881 and remained in the post until 1905. A. C. McLurg & Co. published several of his books.

      He married Sara E. Bliss in 1861. He remarried to Georgiana S. Wood on September 21, 1880.[1]

      Upton died from pneumonia at his home in Chicago on May 19, 1919.[2][3] He was interred at Oak Woods Cemetery.[4]

      Bibliography
      • The standard oratorios: their stories, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1866)
      • Letters of Peregrine Pickle (1869)[5]
      • Woman in music (1880)
      • The standard operas, their plots and their music (1885)
      • The standard operas: their plots, their music, and their composers (1886)
      • The standard cantatas; their stories, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1887)
      • The standard symphonies, their history, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1888)
      • Theodore Thomas: A Musical Autobiography (editor) (1905)
      • Musical memories : my recollections of celebrities of the half century, 1850-1900 (1908)
      • The standard concert guide (1909)[6]

      References
      1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. XVIII. James T. White & Company. 1922. p. 392. Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
      2. Feldman, Mary Ann (2001). "Upton, George Putnam (1834–1919), journalist, writer on music". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.28818.
      3. "George P. Upton, Staff Veteran of 'Tribune,' Dies". Chicago Tribune. May 20, 1919. p. 21. Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
      4. "Funeral Tomorrow for Veteran Newspaper Man". Chicago Tribune. May 21, 1919. p. 23. Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
      5. Upton, George P. (George Putnam) (May 17, 1869). "Letters of Peregrine Pickle [pseud]". Chicago, The Western News Company. Retrieved May 17, 2020 – via Internet Archive.
      6. "Upton, George P. 1834-1919 (George Putnam) [WorldCat Identities]". Retrieved May 17, 2020.


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