Introduction

Biography

A mem­ber of the Ne­vin mu­sic­al fa­mi­ly, George’s cous­ins were com­pos­ers Eth­el­bert and Ar­thur Nevin. His son, Gor­don Balch Nevin, al­so be­came a com­pos­er.

George spent most of his life in the town of Eas­ton. For near­ly 30 years, he ran a whole­sale pa­per bu­si­ness.

He was al­so an his­to­ri­an and lec­tur­er, and some­times gave lec­tures on sub­jects re­lat­ed to mu­sic his­to­ry to lo­cal his­to­ri­cal so­cie­ties.

Works

Nevin com­posed main­ly can­ta­tas, in­clud­ing The Crown of Life and The In­car­na­tion. He was al­so known for his set­ting of Sid­ney La­nier’s po­em A Bal­lad of Trees and the Mas­ter, and wrote a num­ber of hymns as well.