Isaac Van Vleck Flagler

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Isaac Van Vleck Flagler, an American organist, received his initial training from H. W. A. Beale in Albany before pursuing further studies with Edouard Batiste in Paris, among other teachers. According to A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1900), Flagler held significant positions as an organist and musical director, serving at the 2nd Dutch Reformed Church in Poughkeepsie, the 1st Presbyterian Church in Albany, and for eight years at Plymouth Church in Chicago. At the time of the dictionary’s publication, he resided in Auburn, New York, as organist of the 1st Presbyterian Church, while also maintaining a career as a concert-organist and publisher of organ music and choir books. His influence extended to academia, where he taught organ and music at Syracuse and Cornell Universities and the Utica Conservatory. A co-founder of the American Guild of Organists, Flagler also contributed to the Chautauqua institution for thirteen years as an organist and musical lecturer, and published works including “The Organist’s Treasury” and “Flagler’s New Collection of Organ Music.”