Frances Ulric Cole (September 9, 1905 – May 21, 1992) was an American pianist, editor, music educator and composer. She was born in

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and studied in Los Angeles with Homer Grunn, and at the Institute of Musical Arts in New York City (now known as the

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) and in

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with

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Life and work

Two of her compositions, Piano Quintet and Violin Sonata no.1, won awards from the Society for the Publication of American Music. Her orchestral compositions have been performed by symphonies in Cincinnati, Sydney, Rochester, Scranton and Lansdowne. Cole was a founding member of the Society of American Women Composers. She worked as a music teacher for years and, when she became dissatisfied with teaching, she took an editorial position for

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from 1945 to 1952. In her later years, she travelled widely and for a time lived on the islands of

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and

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in the South Pacific Ocean and composed Sunlight Channel in 1948. Cole died in

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in 1992.

Works

Cole composed mainly for orchestra, chamber ensemble and piano. *''Above the Clouds'' for piano (pub. 1924) *''Prelude and Fugue in C Minor'' for two pianos (unpublished; 1924) *''Tunes & Sketches in Black and White'' for piano (pub. 1926) *''Purple Shadows'' for piano (pub. 1928) *''Sonata'' for violin and piano (pub. 1930) *''Hobgoblins'' for piano (pub. 1931) *''The Prairies'' for piano (pub. 1931) *''Round Dance'' for string quartet (unpublished; 1935) *''Vignettes'' for piano (pub. 1936) *''Piano Trio'' *''Divertimento'' for string orchestra and piano (pub. 1939) *''Quintet'' for piano, 2 violins, viola, and violoncello (pub. 1941) *''Metropolitones: Three Compositions for the Piano'' (pub. 1943) *"Man-about-town" from ''Metropolitones'' arranged for two pianos, four hands (pub. 1947) *''Nevada'' for orchestra (unpublished; 1947) *''Sunlight Channel'' for orchestra (unpublished; 1949) *''Divertimento'' arranged for two pianos (unpublished; 1971)

References

External links

Jascha Zayde plays two pieces from Cole's ''Metropolitones''
(at YouTube.com)
Joanna Goldstein plays Cole's ''Metropolitones''
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