Arthur Maybee Chanter (1866-1950) was an Australian composer, conductor, music teacher, choir master and musician. An accomplished pianist and watercolorist, Chanter was among the earliest music graduates of the University of Melbourne, where he was instructed by George Marshall-Hall. In 1910 Chanter was the adjudicator of a musical Eistedfodd and band competition of an association of native-born Australians in Western Australia. He married Josephine in 1902 but divorced her in 1914, taking another wife Sara Kate Campbell in 1915. He live mostly in Brighton, Victoria and Elsternwick, but was well travelled. He advocated recording as a means to reach the working clubs and masses and was damning of the teaching methods in public schools. He retired to Euroa and died 28 November 1950, and is buried in Cheltenhan pioneer cemetery.
Works
1898 The Vintner's Daughter or The Vintner of Wurgburg, an opera in four acts
1900 Chaucer Songs
1901 Saltwater Jack
1910 Valse triste : pianoforte solo
1911 A Daughter of Italy, an opera
1912 Snow clouds : song for soprano with lyrics by Catherine Cue-Campbell
1913 Australians all : national song and anthem / words by William Carrington
1914 Australia my beloved land / words by Randolph Bedford
1915 Christmas hymn
1930 Sorrento : one act comic opera
1930 Sun of my soul : hymn anthem
There's a woman like a dewdrop : serenade from Browning's
The buccaneer for bass voice
O worship the Lord for choir
The bountiful harvest
Take, Oh Take those lips away (from Measure for Measure by Shakespeare)
References
1866 births
1950 deaths
Australian conductors (music) Australian male composers 20th-century Australian musicians 20th-century classical composers Australian male classical composers Australian opera composers Musicians from Melbourne 20th-century Australian male musicians 20th-century conductors (music) 19th-century conductors (music) 19th-century classical composers 19th-century Australian musicians Male opera composers People from Brighton, Victoria Burials in Victoria (state) University of Melbourne alumni