The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-18
DEATH OF ETHELBERT NEVIN
FAMOUS COMPOSER DIED IN NEW
 H4YEN YESTERD4Y AFTERNOON.

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 HAVEN YESTERDAY r AFTERNOON.
 ApopIexy Was the Cause-His Death Was | Sudden-Nas the Composer of "Nar- ' cissusu and Was Thtrty-cight Years Oid--IIis Life.
 Ethelbert Nevin, the well known com- poser and musician, died yesterday af- ternoon at the boarding house of Miss Futile, No. 40 Trumbull street, of apo plexy, in the thirty eighth year of his age. MT. Nevin went to bed feeling ill Saturday evening, but no doctor was called until yesterday morning about 10 o'clock, when pr. Gilbert was summon ed. He told the doctor that he felt dig zy and a trifle weak, and on feeling his pulse Dr. Gilbert saw that it was about normal. Dr. Gilbert left his patient, telling him that he would be all rlght, no doubt in a short while, but at l:5o o'clock he was again summoned, as were also Drs Wells and Bradley. From that time until o'clock, when he died, he sank rapidly and the physicians said that death was due ito apoplexy. About five years ago, while MT. Nevln was in Florence Italy, he had slight stroke of apopleXy and was i'll for some time as a result Up to Saturday he had been in apparent good health, al though he was of very nervous dlspo- sition due greatly to the large amount of work and study that he did in his musical duties. Mrs. William Sturgis, a friend of the family; the three physi- clans and Mir Nevin's eight-year-old daughter, Dorothy, were at his bedside at the time of his death.
 Besides loving wife and his young daughter, MT. Nevin leaves son, Paul, twelve years of age, who is a pupil at the St. Matthews military academy at Dobbs Ferry, New York. The deceased recognized and spoke to his wife an hour before he died, and his death came peacefully His daughter Dorothy is pupil in Miss Johnstons school in this city, and, like her brother, is very bright and affectionate child.
 MT. Nevin and his family had been in New Haven only since October last and since that time they had made great number of friends, especially in college circles, and owing to his sterling char acter he was greatly beloved by all. He was born in Vineacre, Pa., November 2S, 1862
 By the death of MT. Nevin the musi- cal world will lose one of its successful members He was one of the most prominent composers of this country. He had been musically inclined all his life and at the age of four he was talk en out of his cradle to play before number of people at the home Of his father. Robert P. Nevin, in Edgeworth, Pa. His father was opposed to his be- ing piano player" during all of his early years, but he kept at it, studying both in this country and abroad, until one evening at concert at the age of seventeen he played Chopin's Polo naise" in E flat, with full orchestra ac- compartment, with such skill that his father decided to oppose no longer his desire to be a piano player.
 From then on MT. Nevin's father did all he could to give the boy musical education. At the age of thirteen, af- ter studying in Dresden for two years under Von Bohme, he was already be- fore the public with the composition Good Night, Good Night, Beloved" After he returned from abroad he studied three years in the University of Western Pennsylvania, and during this period he had composed "One Spring Morning. Doris" and "Oh, That We Two Were Maying," piece that has now become famous. He then went to Boston for period of three years and studied under Professor Benjamin J. Lang. In 1882 he returned to Pittsburg, began teaching and was made organist of Trinity church of that city. Two years after that he went to Berlin, and in 1886 he began producing to a consld- erable extent
 The following year, in 1887, he made an extensive tour of the United States, giving delightful concerts wherever he appeared He then located in Boston, and it was at that time that he com posed "Water Scenes" of which the "Narcissus" is a selection. This piece made the composer famous and 1t is probably one of the most widely known pieces of its kind in the world. Every body is familiar with the sweet notes of "Narcissus," and it will always be favored selection among musicians
 MT. Nevin was married in 1888 to Miss Anne Paul, a daughter of Jacob w. Paul. of Pittsburg, and after the cere- mony he returned to Boston, remaining there until 1894. That year he studied in Paris and composed "Hab Fin Ros- lein,' "Le Vase Brise" and "Rappelle Toi." In 1895 he made another exten- sve tour of the United States and this one was even more successful than the others. From 1895 until October of last year he had lived in New York and Pittsburg and had done considerable composing. At the time of his death he was in the midst of composition, and 1t was only Saturday that his pub fisher was in New Haven making ar engagements for the appearance of his latest work.
 Last Friday afternoon he attended the piano recital of Harold Bauer at the Hyperion. MT. Bauer was a per- sonal friend of MT. Nevin and they had met several times while abroad. This was the last time that he was out of the house in which he died
 MT. Nevin had four brothers, and the youngest of these, Arthur, of New York, arrived in New Haven last night. An other of the brothers is on his way here
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