Cortege Op. 24, No. 04

Henry Morton Dunham (1853-1929) was a student of George Whiting and John Knowles Paine. He taught at the New England Conservatory of Music for nearly 50 years, numbering Wallace Goodrich and Everett Truette among his own students. Dunham was also a composer for solo organ and for organ and orchestra. He served several Boston area churches as organist and was respected as a concert performer. He performed at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and Guilmant’s recitals there may have been Dunham’s inspiration to edit works by French composers. With musical forbears such as Whiting and Paine and their teachers W. T. Best and Rheinberger, Dunham’s compositions are influenced by classical formalism and German Romanticism, while still contributing an American viewpoint.
Notes with thanks to Agnus_Dei who has already played three pieces by Dunham. See Playlist.

If you have the major pedal solos under the belt (or feet) and fancy yourself nimble try his two pedal solos in this Opus 24. Nos 5 and 11.

Music below.