Clarence G. Hamilton

Born: June 9, 1865, Providence, Rhode Island.

Hamilton attended Brown University (BA 1888, AM 1900, Phi Beta Kappa). He taught at a private preparatory school in Providence (1888-89), and taught music in Providence, chiefly piano and theory (1889-1904). As of 1930, he was chair of the music department at Wellesley College. He was organist and choir director at several churches, contributed articles to various musical journals, and was secretary of the Northeast Chapter, American Guild of Organists. His works include:

Music Appreciation, Based upon Methods of Literary Criticism
The School Credit Piano Course for the Systematic Training of Ears, Fingers and Mind in Piano Playing and Musicianship, with John Patton Marshall & Percy Goetschius, 1919
Outlines of Music Theory, 1924
Piano Music: Its Composers and Characteristics (New York: Oliver Ditson, 1925)
Epochs In Musical Progress (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson Company, circa 1926)
Sound and Its Relation to Music
Piano Teaching: Its Principles and Problems

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