Nov. 15, 2018

Songs Out of Time: Rediscovering a Navy Surgeon's Life and Music

"His music fits right into the genre of salon music - I can see why it was so successful in its day." said Stephen Swanson, a freelance pianist and choir master based in St. Paul, Minn. Swanson is referring to Dr. Thomas Van Dyke Wiesenthal, a naval physician who more than dabbled as a composer of popular song before his death 185 years ago.