Question: John Edward Goodson (1808–1892) was a 19th-century North American classical music educator, performer, composer, and conductor, after immigrating to the United States, he met which American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century?

The Old Westfield Cemetery is located at 320 North Street in the Danielson borough of Killingly, Connecticut.  The cemetery was established in 1720, not long after Killingly's incorporation (1708).  It occupies a 10 acre parcel on the north side of North Street, and is bounded in part by the Five Mile River.  Its main entry is marked by granite pillars placed in 1920, giving access to a perimeter road.  The cemetery is laid out in a form typical of 18th-century and early 19th-century, with graves lined up in relatively even rows, avoiding the mid-19th century rural cemetery movement.  Most of its 450 graves date to the 19th century. <SEP> John Edward Goodson (1808–1892) was a 19th-century North American classical music educator, performer, composer, and conductor.  Goodson, a highly skilled pianist and organist, was born and raised in London, England, and received his early education at the St. Paul’s Cathedral School.  The son of a London shoemaker, he fled the cholera epidemic of 1832–33 and emigrated to York, Upper Canada.  After immigrating to the United States, he met Ralph Waldo Emerson while living and teaching music in Cincinnati, and was eventually lured to Boston by Emerson for a brief time.  It was during this time that Goodson became the conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society.  He was also mentioned in Emerson's notes about forming a "Boston Club" along with Nathaniel Hawthorne and Bronson Alcott.  After leaving Boston in 1852, he lived out most of the remainder of his days in St. Louis, Missouri, continuing to teach music and also continuing to write and perform publicly.  While unproven, it has been passed down within the family that Goodson was a direct descendant of Vice-Admiral William Goodson, one of Oliver Cromwell's Admirals during the Protectorate.  It is quite possible that the memoirs of his Grandfather, William Goodson of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, may shed some more light on it. <SEP> Alcides Emigdio Lanza (born 2 June 1929) is a Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator of Argentinian birth.  He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1976.  As both a composer and performer he is known as an exponent of contemporary classical music and avant-garde music.  His works often utilize a combination of traditional and unusual instruments, and incorporate electronic sounds and extensions.  He is also known for using special lighting effects when presenting his music.  Many of his compositions are published by Boosey & Hawkes, and Lanza himself owns his own publishing company, Shelan Editions.  He is an associate of the Canadian Music Centre, a member of the Canadian League of Composers. , and an Honorary Member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community. <SEP>  He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.