Cooper, Hedley, 1889-1948

Hedley Cooper
BIRTH 16 Dec 1889
DEATH 25 Dec 1948 (aged 59)
BURIAL
Restland Memorial Park
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
PLOT Section S
MEMORIAL ID 133473046

Name: Hedley Cooper
Certificate Age: 34
Record Type: Declaration
Birth Date: 16 Dec 1885
Birth Place: Addingham, Yorkshire, England
Arrival Date: 7 Mar 1920
Arrival Place: New York City, New York, USA
Certificate Date: 1 Jul 1920
Certificate Place: Dallas, Texas, USA

Mr. Cooper was a well known violinist, was on the music faculty of Trinity University in this city and later was in the insurance business here. He also was a former violinist for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Born in England

He was born in Addingham, England, and was a graduate of the Guildhall Musical Conservatory in London. He also was concertmaster of the Llandudno Symphony in Wales.

Hedley Cooper, violinist and pedagogue long active in Dallas musical circles, has reopened his studio, which he closed in 1942 to go into war work. The present location is at his home, 908 West Seventh.

A graduate of the Guildhall of Music in London, Mr. Cooper was a pupil of John Dunn, the distinguished British violinist. He also studied with Albert Dunford at the Manchester College of Music; with Henry Verbrugghen at the Glasgow Athanaeum; with Arthur Payne, concertmaster of the London Symphony and the Queen's Hall Orchestras, at Guildhall.