| Intro | American composer |
| Was |
Musician Composer Pianist Organist |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 23 July 1856, Cambridge |
| Death |
22 December 1923, Berlin (aged 67 years) |
Arthur Bird (23 July 1856 – 22 December 1923) was an American composer, for many years resident in Germany. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied in Europe and spent a year at Weimar with Franz Liszt. He composed a symphony, Karnevalszene; three orchestral suites; some works for wind instruments alone; some music for the ballet; a comic opera; and some chamber music; he was also commissioned by the Mason and Hamlin company to write a suite of short pieces for the reed organ. Bird died in Berlin in 1923.