The most recent composition of Albert Coates, onetime conductor of the Imperial Opera of Petrograd and of grand opera at Covent Garden, London, is entitled Suite after the Style of the Old Masters. It has been dedicated to George Eastman of Rochester—a gesture speaking volumes.
Mr. Coates has been, for nearly a year, director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, affiliated with the Eastman School of Music. In dedicating his suite to George Eastman, Mr. Coates was doubtless conscious of something more than personal tribute. He was,...
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