Cole, Rossetter G.

This suite is a concert arranged from the 3 act opera, composed 1919-1927. Orchestration completed in 1931. First performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, Jan. 9, 1936, Frederick Stock conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Originally composed for organ under the title "Fantaisie Symphonique," 1911; orchestrated 1914. First performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, Mar. 11, 1915, Glenn Dillard Gunn conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Originally composed for orchestra and organ, 1923; revised for orchestra alone, 1938. First performance by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra of the Works Progress Administration, Chicago, May 14, 1939, at the Great Northern Theatre, Izlar Solomon conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Born on a farm near Clyde, Mich. in 1866., grad. from U. of M., 1888, on music faculty of Ripon College, Grinnel and U. of Wisconsin. Headed Michigan Dept. of Columbia U. summer sessions. Taught music theory in Chicago from 1909. In 1935 named Dean of the Cosmopolitan School of Music in Chicago. Won national prominence as a composer of organ music, symphonic music, opera and choral compositions. Died May 18, 1952.

Composed 1918, at the suggestion of Frederick Stock, in commemoration of the Illinois State Centennial. First performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, Mar. 14, 1919, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.