John Prindle Scott


John Prindle Scott was an American author, lecturer, educator and composer of art songs.

Biography

He was born in Norwich, New York, and was educated with private tutors in New York City and at Oberlin College in Ohio, where he was enrolled as a music student from 1896–1900, and moved to New York city before 1908. Later he was a voice teacher in Saginaw, Michigan. He was also known as a singer and concert soloist. According to an article in the Syracuse American, "He had established a considerable reputation in concert work when he was forced by increasing deafness to turn to composition for musical expression."
For his 1916 setting of "Hymn to Nebraska," the state of Nebraska awarded him a prize in composition. He also won a composition prize from Ohio University. He became a member of ASCAP in 1928.
He spent a few summers in McDonough, New York, before purchasing a house there in 1922, calling his home the "Scottage". A couple of his songs and poems refer to the town, including "The Old Road" and "The Hills O' McDonough".
He spent time with relatives in Syracuse, New York, where he died in December 1932.

Music

John Prindle Scott composed about 60 published songs between 1910 and 1930, including several prominent sacred works which have remained in the repertoire, especially "Come, Ye Blessed." Alan J. Ord mentioned "Come, Ye Blessed" as a good song for bass voices, calling it "ardent, with a flowing line". Scott's song for high soprano, "The Wind's in the South", is considered a "good teaching piece for young coloratura ". His songs are typical of their time: dramatic, harmonically rich, and with full accompaniments. They often feature contrasting sections and a return to earlier musical material.

Musical compositions

Sacred songs for voice and piano

  • Arise, Shine, Sacred Song, R. L. Huntzinger, 1923
  • Christ Is Risen, Easter Song, Harold Flammer, 1920
  • Come, Ye Blessed, G. Schirmer, 1917
  • Consider the Lilies, G. Schirmer, 1921
  • Death Triumphant, R. L. Huntzinger, 1922
  • Depart from Me, sacred song, Harold Flammer, 1919
  • The First Easter Morn, hymn tune by Charles Wesley, G. Schirmer, 1923
  • Following the Star, a Christmas Song, G. Schirmer, 1919
  • God of Our Fathers, Harold Flammer, 1917
  • He Maketh Wars to Cease, Harold Flammer, 1918
  • He Shall Give His Angels Charge, R. L. Huntzinger, 1918
  • I know in Whom I have Believed, W. Maxwell Music Co, 1913, Theodore Presser, 1920
  • If Ye Love Me John 14), R. L. Huntzinger, 1922
  • Jerusalem the Golden, Harold Flammer, 1918
  • Light's Glittering Morn, Easter Solo, G. Schirmer, 1921
  • Like as a Father, G. Schirmer, 1922
  • The Lord is My Shepherd, G. Schirmer, 1922
  • Out of the Depths, R. L. Huntzinger, 1918
  • The Promised Land, R. L. Huntzinger, 1919
  • Repent Ye, G. Schirmer, 1917
  • The Revelation, Theodore Presser, 1918
  • Ride On! Ride On! A sacred song, Theodore Presser, 1918
  • There is a Land of Pure Delight, Flammer, 1919
  • They that Trust in the Lord, G. Schirmer, 1921
  • Three Sacred Songs, Harold Flammer, 1918
  1. Remember Now Thy Creator
  2. The Messenger of Peace
  3. Come, Ye Thankful People Come
  • Sun of My Soul, Harold Flammer, 1918
  • The Trumpet Shall Sound, Harold Flammer, 1921
  • Trust Ye in the Lord, Huntzinger & Dilworth/Willis Music, 1917
  • Two Sacred Songs, Huntzinger & Dilworth/Willis Music, 1921
  1. When I Consider the Heavens
  2. Even Song, with violin obbligato
  • The Voice in the Wilderness, Huntzinger & Dilworth/Willis Music, 1916

    Secular songs for voice and piano

  • At the Donnybrook Fair, Theodore Presser, 1916
  • The Dearest Place, Huntzinger & Dilworth, 1918
  • The False Prophet, or The Lying Little Daisy, R. L. Huntzinger/Willis Music, 1922
  • Good Luck, Mister Fisherman, R. L. Huntzinger, 1922
  • Green, An Irish Song, G. Schirmer, 1923
  • Holiday, G. Schirmer, 1922
  • In Canturbury Square, Theodore Presser, 1923
  • John O'Dreams, W. Maxwell Music Co, 1913
  • Love is a Riddle, R. L. Huntzinger, 1928
  • My True Love Lies Asleep, Theodore Presser, 1915
  • Old Bill Bluff, Huntzinger & Dilworth, 1917
  • The Old Road: Song of Wandering, G. Schirmer, 1920
  • Romeo in Georgia, Huntzinger & Dilworth, 1919
  • A Sailor's Love Song, W. Maxwell Music Co, 1912
  • The Secret, John Church Co., 1910
  • The Shadows of the Evening Hours.
  • The Spray o' Heather, G. Schirmer, 1921
  • To an Old Love, G. Schirmer, 1919
  • Trelawny, Theodore Presser, 1917
  • Two Songs, G. Schirmer, 1921
  1. One Gave Me a Rose
  2. The Maid of Japan
  • Virginia: Waltz Ballad, Los Angeles: W.A. Quincke & Co., 1932
  • The Wind's in the South, Huntzinger & Dilworth/Willis Music, 1916
  • Young Alan the Piper, Theodore Presser, 1917

    Songs for voice and organ

  • Light, A Sacred Song, G. Schirmer, 1919
  • The Promised Land, Huntzinger & Dilworth, 1919
  • There were Shepherds, Christmas song, Harold Flammer, 1917

    Piano solo

  • Two Irish Sketches, Theodore Presser, 1916–17, published 1918
  1. The top o' the Mornin'
  2. At the Donnybrook Fair
  • Dennis and Norah, Theodore Presser, 1917

    Other works

  • Angels, Roll the Rock Away, Easter anthem for mixed voices and soprano or tenor solo, R. L. Huntzinger, 1930
  • Even Song, voice, violin, and piano, see Two Sacred Songs above
  • Five Oberlin Songs, 1906
  • He Maketh Wars to Cease, SAB chorus and organ, arr. Wallingford Riegger, Harold Flammer, 1944
  • Nocturne, medium voice, violin, 'cello, and piano, G. Schirmer, 1920
  • O Haste the Day when Wars Shall Cease!, a hymn, Harold Flammer, 1920
  • Romeo in Georgia, male voices, R. L. Huntzinger/Willis Music, 1938
  • School songs for Ohio University.
  • Two school songs for Lincoln College, "Evening Hymn" and "Won't You Come Along?", 1920?
  • The Voice in the Wilderness, mixed voices and organ, R. L. Huntzinger/Willis Music, 1928
  • The Wind's in the South, SSA, R. L. Huntzinger/Willis Music, 1929