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By the late 1940s Cole's interest had shifted from performing towards composing, including works for amateur performers. He produced operas (mostly for children or amateurs and often using his own libretto), choral, orchestral and chamber music. His first children's opera (of five),
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He also wrote several books, including a concise guide to musical notation that tackles its modern evolution, such as the notation of electronic music and the development of computer notation as it was in 1974. His book on the music of his friend
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Cole was born in London, one of three children of a successful barrister, Arthur
Frederick Andrew Cole (1883–1968), and his wife, Margaret Henrietta, born Gaselee (1882–1971). His sister Catherine later became famous as the children's writer
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won the John Lewis
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obituary, Cole's "decidedly
English" compositional style was never in fashion, and he mostly gave up composing once he was appointed as a critic on
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118:(1957), is a children's opera with a libretto by Cole's sister, Catherine Storr.
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Hugo Cole. 'Reaching Out
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381:(1963), opera-cantata for speaker, baritone, chorus and orchestra
190:(1974-86), and wrote the regular 'The Musical Scene' column in
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336:(1955), children's opera, for Wimbledon High School
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375:(1963), cantata for baritone, chorus and orchestra
744:Gwyneth John Eedy provided the illustrations for
399:(1971), children's opera, fp. Wokingham Town Hall
158:Winter Meetings - Dialogues for chamber orchestra
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592:Leo Black. 'Hugo Cole's A Company of Fools', in
760:'London Portfolio: 16 Hammersmith Terrace', in
629:Tom Sutcliffe. 'A life in words and music', in
565:The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
176:for more than 30 years (1965-95), working with
57:During the war he played as a cellist with the
393:(1968), one-act opera, fp. Shawford Mill, Bath
312:Concerto for horn and chamber orchestra (1954)
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454:Sounds and Signs: Aspects of Musical Notation
196:for over 20 years. He also contributed to
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16:English composer and music critic (1917-1995)
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466:Malcolm Arnold: An Introduction to His Music
352:Flax into Gold: The Story of Rumpelstiltskin
309:Concerto for flute, viola and strings (1953)
116:Flax into Gold: The Story of Rumpelstiltskin
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610:"Flax Into Gold | Faber Music"
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776:"Tamasin Cole obituary"
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426:for cello
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