George Templeton Strong (May 26, 1856 – June 27, 1948)[1][2] was an American composer of classical music and a professional painter.
[3] His father was active in the community and helped found the United States Sanitary Commission during the American Civil War.
[3] In 1879 Strong traveled to the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany, where he became a pupil of Salomon Jadassohn and Richard Hofmann together with many European musicians who became prominent in the next decades.
[3] After his 1891 return to the United States, Strong taught counterpoint and composition at the New England Conservatory in Boston.
[3] His compositions include (a selected list from the French Wikipedia): In 2002, three of his orchestral pieces were recorded digitally for the first time and released on the Naxos label: Symphony No.