American composer, conductor, educator and music theorist (1896–1981).
Born October 28th, 1896 in Wahoo.
Died February 26th, 1981 at 84 years old in Rochester.
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon