Born in New Zealand and Brought to U. S. by Leland Stanford, Arthur Scott Brook achieved fame as an organist and as a designer of organs. For sixteen years he was private organist for Senator William A. Clark at his New York mansion. He drew up the specifications for the St. Louis Exposition organ, which in later years was sold to John Wanamaker and which now, greatly enlarged, stands in the Philadelphia Wanamaker store (now Macys). Since 1923 he had lived in Atlantic City. He was engaged by Atlantic City as its inspector when the large organ in the convention hall was built. For four years he was president of the National Association of Organists.
Mr. Brook was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and his first contact with music was as a choir boy in the church from which the town received its name. He first studied under Arthur J. Towsey and later went to Sydney, Australia, where he studied for a time under August Wiegand, municipal organist in Centennial Hall.
Mr. Brook succeeded Wiegand and continued his study under Thomas Flaming and Sir Julius Benedict. He served as organist and choirmaster of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Sydney, where he stayed five years.
Leland Stanford, the Pacific Coast financier, was responsible for bringing Mr. Brook to this country and he was chosen as organist of Leland Stanford University, where he continued until 1904. It was in that year the St. Louis world's fair opened and Mr. Brook was called upon as an organ expert to install the organ at the exposition. While playing at the fair he met Senator Clark, known as the "Copper King"," who engaged him as his private organist in New York. He was associated for some time with Dr. George A. Audsley in the firm of Brook & Audsley.
In November, 1938, Mr. Brook was honored at a golden jubilee concert, in recognition of his fiftieth anniversary as a professional musician. This was attended by more than 1,400 people in the senior high school auditorium. In 1938 he organized the Atlantic City Festival Chorus of more than 100 voices and conducted concerts until the war caused the disbanding of the organization.
Mr. Brook's principal composition is a Thanksgiving cantata. The first public presentation of the work took place in 1934. It was later chosen for presentation at the New York world's fair by the Atlantic City Festival Chorus. Herbert Stavely Sammond, well-known Brooklyn conductor, directed the presentation.
Mr. Brook was a member of the joint committee of the American Guild of Organists and the National Association of Organists on standardization of console arrangements.
Mr. Brook was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and his first contact with music was as a choir boy in the church from which the town received its name. He first studied under Arthur J. Towsey and later went to Sydney, Australia, where he studied for a time under August Wiegand, municipal organist in Centennial Hall.
Mr. Brook succeeded Wiegand and continued his study under Thomas Flaming and Sir Julius Benedict. He served as organist and choirmaster of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Sydney, where he stayed five years.
Leland Stanford, the Pacific Coast financier, was responsible for bringing Mr. Brook to this country and he was chosen as organist of Leland Stanford University, where he continued until 1904. It was in that year the St. Louis world's fair opened and Mr. Brook was called upon as an organ expert to install the organ at the exposition. While playing at the fair he met Senator Clark, known as the "Copper King"," who engaged him as his private organist in New York. He was associated for some time with Dr. George A. Audsley in the firm of Brook & Audsley.
In November, 1938, Mr. Brook was honored at a golden jubilee concert, in recognition of his fiftieth anniversary as a professional musician. This was attended by more than 1,400 people in the senior high school auditorium. In 1938 he organized the Atlantic City Festival Chorus of more than 100 voices and conducted concerts until the war caused the disbanding of the organization.
Mr. Brook's principal composition is a Thanksgiving cantata. The first public presentation of the work took place in 1934. It was later chosen for presentation at the New York world's fair by the Atlantic City Festival Chorus. Herbert Stavely Sammond, well-known Brooklyn conductor, directed the presentation.
Mr. Brook was a member of the joint committee of the American Guild of Organists and the National Association of Organists on standardization of console arrangements.
Born in New Zealand and Brought to U. S. by Leland Stanford, Arthur Scott Brook achieved fame as an organist and as a designer of organs. For sixteen years he was private organist for Senator William A. Clark at his New York mansion. He drew up the specifications for the St. Louis Exposition organ, which in later years was sold to John Wanamaker and which now, greatly enlarged, stands in the Philadelphia Wanamaker store (now Macys). Since 1923 he had lived in Atlantic City. He was engaged by Atlantic City as its inspector when the large organ in the convention hall was built. For four years he was president of the National Association of Organists.
Mr. Brook was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and his first contact with music was as a choir boy in the church from which the town received its name. He first studied under Arthur J. Towsey and later went to Sydney, Australia, where he studied for a time under August Wiegand, municipal organist in Centennial Hall.
Mr. Brook succeeded Wiegand and continued his study under Thomas Flaming and Sir Julius Benedict. He served as organist and choirmaster of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Sydney, where he stayed five years.
Leland Stanford, the Pacific Coast financier, was responsible for bringing Mr. Brook to this country and he was chosen as organist of Leland Stanford University, where he continued until 1904. It was in that year the St. Louis world's fair opened and Mr. Brook was called upon as an organ expert to install the organ at the exposition. While playing at the fair he met Senator Clark, known as the "Copper King"," who engaged him as his private organist in New York. He was associated for some time with Dr. George A. Audsley in the firm of Brook & Audsley.
In November, 1938, Mr. Brook was honored at a golden jubilee concert, in recognition of his fiftieth anniversary as a professional musician. This was attended by more than 1,400 people in the senior high school auditorium. In 1938 he organized the Atlantic City Festival Chorus of more than 100 voices and conducted concerts until the war caused the disbanding of the organization.
Mr. Brook's principal composition is a Thanksgiving cantata. The first public presentation of the work took place in 1934. It was later chosen for presentation at the New York world's fair by the Atlantic City Festival Chorus. Herbert Stavely Sammond, well-known Brooklyn conductor, directed the presentation.
Mr. Brook was a member of the joint committee of the American Guild of Organists and the National Association of Organists on standardization of console arrangements.
Mr. Brook was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and his first contact with music was as a choir boy in the church from which the town received its name. He first studied under Arthur J. Towsey and later went to Sydney, Australia, where he studied for a time under August Wiegand, municipal organist in Centennial Hall.
Mr. Brook succeeded Wiegand and continued his study under Thomas Flaming and Sir Julius Benedict. He served as organist and choirmaster of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Sydney, where he stayed five years.
Leland Stanford, the Pacific Coast financier, was responsible for bringing Mr. Brook to this country and he was chosen as organist of Leland Stanford University, where he continued until 1904. It was in that year the St. Louis world's fair opened and Mr. Brook was called upon as an organ expert to install the organ at the exposition. While playing at the fair he met Senator Clark, known as the "Copper King"," who engaged him as his private organist in New York. He was associated for some time with Dr. George A. Audsley in the firm of Brook & Audsley.
In November, 1938, Mr. Brook was honored at a golden jubilee concert, in recognition of his fiftieth anniversary as a professional musician. This was attended by more than 1,400 people in the senior high school auditorium. In 1938 he organized the Atlantic City Festival Chorus of more than 100 voices and conducted concerts until the war caused the disbanding of the organization.
Mr. Brook's principal composition is a Thanksgiving cantata. The first public presentation of the work took place in 1934. It was later chosen for presentation at the New York world's fair by the Atlantic City Festival Chorus. Herbert Stavely Sammond, well-known Brooklyn conductor, directed the presentation.
Mr. Brook was a member of the joint committee of the American Guild of Organists and the National Association of Organists on standardization of console arrangements.
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