Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Chadwick, George Whitfield

CHADWICK, George Whitfield, musician, b. in Lowell, Mass., 13 Nov., 1854. He went to Germany, where for two years he studied under Jadassohn and Reinecke. Then he settled in Munich and studied theory and organ-playing under Rhemberger for nearly a year. He now resides in Boston. His overture, “Rip Van Winkle,” was performed at the Handel and Haydn festival in Boston in May, 1880, and his symphony in C in 1882, at a concert of the Harvard musical association. He has composed several less important works.