Introduction

Biography

Stoughton is re­mem­bered as a com­pos­er, ar­rang­er, and or­gan­ist. He wrote or­gan piec­es, light op­er­as, re­li­gious and se­cu­lar can­ta­tas, and po­pu­lar mu­sic.

As of 1919, he was work­ing as a bank tell­er, de­vot­ing all his spare time to com­po­si­tion.

In the 1920s, he worked with danc­ers Ruth St. Den­is and Ted Shawn, and wrote two bal­lets for them.

At the time of his death, he was as­so­ci­at­ed the C. C. Birch­ard mu­sic pub­lish­ers.

Works

• Spir­it of the Sea and
• The Vi­sion of the Ais­sa­wa

His other works include:

• Give Ear, O Shep­herd of Is­ra­el (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: C. E. Steere, 1912)
• Egyptian Suite, or­gan, 1916
• Ancient Phoe­ni­cian Pro­cess­ion, or­gan, 1919
• In Fai­ry­land (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1919)
• Tanglewood Tales Suite, or­gan, 1921