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Whiting, George Elbridge

musician, composer, was born Sept. 14, 1842, in Holliston, Mass. In 1878 he became organist of the Music hall in Cincinnati, Ohio, and head of the organ department in the college of Music, but after five years he returned to his old post in the New England conservatory. His compositions include a mass in C minor; a mass in F minor; Dream Pictures; The Tale of the Viking; and Leonora. He has also composed music for the organ, and has published The Organist; and The First Six Months on the Organ.