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Seth Daniel Bingham was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904 from Yale. He then studied organ and composition in Paris from 1906-1907 and returned to Yale and earned a Bachelor of Music degree in 1908. He became organist and choirmaster at Rye Presbyterian Church in New York and also began teaching music at Yale. He taught at Yale for 12 years and then was on the music faculty at Columbia University. He was organist and music director at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City for 35 years. He composed may choral and organ works with a religious theme, as well as secular music for orchestra, chamber groups, and choruses.

Dianne Shapiro from obituary, New York Times, June 22, 1972 (accessed 12/28/2022