George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, first receiving organ lessons from his older brother; he later trained at the New England Conservatory and taught at Olivet College He was founder of the Music Teachers National Association. He travelled to Germany to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig and the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, then returned to Boston, becoming a distinguished teacher, conductor, organist and composer. He also served as Director of New England Conservatory where his students included Horatio Parker, William Grant Still, Arthur Whiting, Wallace Goodrich, Frederick S. Converse and Henry Kimball Hadley. Historically, he is recognized as a member of the Second New England School or New England Classicists, sometimes specifically the “Boston Six”— a group of composers viewed as pivotal in establishing an American classical idiom that distinct from Europe. His large body of compositions includes works in almost every genre.

All are mixed chorus unless noted; some contain divisi.