Introduction

Biography

George was the hus­band of An­na F. Day (1885–1962).

He was a choir boy at Tri­ni­ty Cha­pel, New York Ci­ty, where he stu­died with G. Ed­ward Stubbs.

In 1911, he be­came choir­mas­ter at St. Pe­ter’s Church, Chel­sea Square, New York Ci­ty, but kept work­ing as an as­sist­ant au­dit­or at the Gor­ham Ma­nu­fac­tur­ing Com­pa­ny.

Two years lat­er, he re­signed his aud­it­or po­si­tion, took cours­es at Co­lum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty, and gra­du­at­ed from the New York Col­lege of Mu­sic in 1915.

He served as or­gan­ist and choir­mas­ter at church­es in Youngs­town, Ohio; Wilm­ing­ton, Dela­ware (where he stu­died with Ed­ward Ship­pen Barnes); and Ro­ches­ter, New York, be­fore go­ing to Tri­ni­ty Church.

Lincoln-Jef­fer­son Uni­vers­ity in Ham­mond, In­di­ana, award­ed him a Doc­tor of Mu­sic de­gree in 1923.

Hymnary, ac­cessed 5 Nov 2026