The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Boott, Francis

BOOTT, Francis, American musician and composer: b. Boston, Mass., 1813; d. 1904. He issued his first compositions under the name of Telford. His works comprise a mass for voices and instruments, a Miserere, Te Deum, Maria Mater and numerous songs including &lsquo;The Sands of Dee,&rsquo; a setting of Kingsley's poem. He was an honorary professor of the Academy of Fine Arts and bequeathed to Harvard University $10,000 as a prize fund for compositions by native composers.