Joseph Mosenthal

{{Short description|German-American musician}}

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Joseph Mosenthal (30 November 1834 – 6 January 1896){{cite web|url=http://musicsack.com/PersonFMTDetail.cfm?PersonPK=100037652|title=MusicSack: Josef Mosenthal|accessdate=October 29, 2012}} was a German-American musician, born at Kassel. He studied under his father and Spohr and in 1853 went to America, where he played the organ in Calvary Church, New York City, from 1860 to 1887. He was conductor of the Mendelssohn Glee Club in New York City from 1867 to 1896, played a first violin in the Philharmonic Orchestra for 40 years, a second violin in the Mason and Thomas Quartet for 12, and composed much Church music, such as the psalm "The Earth is the Lord's", a setting of part of Psalm 145 (published in 1864see IMSLP - published as I Will Magnify Thee), and part songs for male voices, Thanatopsis, Blest Pair of Sirens, and Music of the Sea. He died in New York City. His son was physician Herman O. Mosenthal.{{cite journal|year=1953|title=Herman Otto Mosenthal: Second President Of The American Diabetes Association 1941–42|journal=Diabetes|url=https://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/3/4/333|volume=2|issue=4|pages=333–334}}

Among Mosenthal's students was Carolyn Beebe, pianist and founder of the New York Chamber Music Society.Kozenko, Lisa, [https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/2557/ "The New York Chamber Music Society, 1915-1937: A Contribution to Wind Chamber Music and a Reflection of Concert Life in New York City in the Early 20th Century"] (DMA diss., City University of New York 2013): 27-41; CUNY Academic Works.