Frederic Cox
Robert Frederic Cox (1905–1985) was a British singer, composer and music educator.
Cox was the Professor of Singing (1949–53), Principal (1953–1970) and Principal Emeritus (1970– ) at the Royal Manchester College of Music and then a singing teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music from 1975 to 1985.[1] He is recognized as one of the finest singing teachers of the second half of the twentieth century, and was himself a student of the renowned Italian tenor Aureliano Pertile.[2]
Distinguished pupils of his included John Mitchinson, Joseph Ward, Ryland Davies, Anne Howells, Elizabeth Harwood, Rosalind Plowright, Robert Alderson, Dennis O'Neill, Mary Brennan, Sandra Browne, and Ann Murray.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Kennedy, Michael and Joyce Bourne (2004) The concise Oxford dictionary, Oxford University Press
- ^ "The Royal Academy of Music – Glenville Hargreaves". Retrieved 8 November 2013.
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