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COLE, ROSSITTER GLEASON
Biographical Sketch from the program for the
Twenty-Seventh Annual May Festival Of The University of Michigan,
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 19, 20, 21, 22, 1920,
University Musical Society (1920), p. 35
THIRD CONCERT
Friday Afternoon, May 21
ORGAN SOLOS:
(a) Caprice ("The Brook"), -----Dethiei
(b) Scherzo, ---------------------- Hollins
(c) Rhapsody, ---------------------- Cole
ROSSITER GLEASON COLE (born at Clyde, Michigan,
February 5, 1866) may be looked upon as an Ann Arborite, and his many friends rejoice in
his successful career as a composer, writer and teacher. He was graduated from the
University of Michigan in 1888, receiving the degree of M. A. (honorary) in 1918. He
received most of his musical training under Calvin B. Cady, at that time
occupying the chair of music. He studied several years in Berlin, winning through
competitive examination a scholarship in the Royal High School for Music, under Max
Bruch. It will be a great joy to listen to a composition from his pen.
See also: the biographical sketch and supplemental note
found here.
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