George Putnam Upton

George Putnam Upton (1834–1919) was an American journalist and author.

George Putnam Upton
Born	October 25, 1834 Roxbury, Massachusetts
Died	May 19, 1919 (aged 84) Chicago, Illinois
Resting place	Oak Woods Cemetery
Education	Brown University
Occupation	Journalist, writer
Spouse(s)	Sara E. Bliss ​ (m. 1861)​ Georgiana S. Wood ​ (m. 1880)​
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Biography

George Putnam Upton was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on October 25, 1834.[1] He took an MA at Brown University in 1854, and soon after started writing for newspapers in Chicago. In 1862, Upton became the music critic for the Chicago Tribune.[2] He became the senior editor at the Tribune in 1881 and remained in the post until 1905. A. C. McLurg & Co. published several of his books.

He married Sara E. Bliss in 1861. He remarried to Georgiana S. Wood on September 21, 1880.[1]

Upton died from pneumonia at his home in Chicago on May 19, 1919.[2][3] He was interred at Oak Woods Cemetery.[4]

Bibliography

• The standard oratorios: their stories, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1866)
• Letters of Peregrine Pickle (1869)[5]
• Woman in music (1880)
• The standard operas, their plots and their music (1885)
• The standard operas: their plots, their music, and their composers (1886)
• The standard cantatas; their stories, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1887)
• The standard symphonies, their history, their music, and their composers; a handbook (1888)
• Theodore Thomas: A Musical Autobiography (editor) (1905)
• Musical memories : my recollections of celebrities of the half century, 1850-1900 (1908)
• The standard concert guide (1909)[6]

References

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. XVIII. James T. White & Company. 1922. p. 392. Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
2. Feldman, Mary Ann (2001). "Upton, George Putnam (1834–1919), journalist, writer on music". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.28818.
3. "George P. Upton, Staff Veteran of 'Tribune,' Dies". Chicago Tribune. May 20, 1919. p. 21. Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Funeral Tomorrow for Veteran Newspaper Man". Chicago Tribune. May 21, 1919. p. 23. Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Upton, George P. (George Putnam) (May 17, 1869). "Letters of Peregrine Pickle [pseud]". Chicago, The Western News Company. Retrieved May 17, 2020 – via Internet Archive.
6. "Upton, George P. 1834-1919 (George Putnam) [WorldCat Identities]". Retrieved May 17, 2020.

External links

• Works by George Putnam Upton at Project Gutenberg
• Works by George Putnam Upton at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)