Ulric Cole

Frances Ulric Cole (9 September 1905 – 21 May 1992) was an American pianist, editor, music educator and composer. She was born in New York and studied at the Institute of Musical Arts in New York, at Juilliard and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger.[1][2] After completing her education she worked as a music teacher and as an editor for Time Magazine. She was a founding member of the Society of American Women Composers, and died in Bridgeport, Connecticut.[3]

Works

Cole composed mainly for orchestra, chamber ensemble and piano. Selected works include:

Quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola, and violoncello
Sonata for violin and piano
Piano Trio
Metropolitones: Three Compositions for the Piano

References

Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900.
Boenke, Heidi M. (1988). Flute music by women composers: an annotated catalog.
Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 19 January 2011.

External links

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

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[1] Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900.

[2] Boenke, Heidi M. (1988). Flute music by women composers: an annotated catalog.

[3] Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 19 January 2011.