Arthur Maybee Chanter was an Australian composer, conductor, music teacher,[1][2] choir master and musician. An accomplished pianist[3] and watercolorist,[4] Chanter was among the earliest music graduates of the University of Melbourne,[5][6] where he was instructed by George Marshall-Hall.[6] In 1910 Chanter was the adjudicator of a musical Eistedfodd and band competition of an association of native-born Australians in Western Australia.[7] He married Josephine in 1902 but divorced her in 1914,[8] taking another wife Sara Kate Campbell in 1915.[9] He live mostly in Brighton, Victoria and Elsternwick, but was well travelled.[10][11] He advocated recording as a means to reach the working clubs and masses[12] and was damning of the teaching methods in public schools.[13] He retired to Euroa and died 28 November 1950, and is buried in Cheltenhan pioneer cemetery.

Arthur Chanter
Arthur Chanter 1910
Background information
Born	(1866-01-01)January 1, 1866 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	November 29, 1950(1950-11-29) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor, teacher
Years active	1889–1950

Works

A Christmas Hymn 1915 setting of Joseph Furphy

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• 1898 The Vintner's Daughter or The Vintner of Wurgburg, an opera in four acts[14][15][16]
• 1900 Chaucer Songs
• 1901 Saltwater Jack
• 1910 Valse triste : pianoforte solo
• 1911 A Daughter of Italy, an opera[17]
• 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)[18]

References