Herbert Cosgrove

Herbert Cosgrove
Herbert Cosgrove 1931
Background information
Born	Melbourne, Australia
Died	(1953-10-03)3 October 1953
Occupation(s)	Baritone, composer
Years active	1910–1953

Herbert Cosgrove (died 1953)^[1] was a well known Australian baritone^[2] and composer of light ephemera. Cosgrove was married.^[3]

Career

Cosgrove used his position as a well-known entertainer to work as a vocal accompanist for Aeolian gramophone,^[4] and Marcus and Clark music store^[5] and later at Nicholson's Music Publisher in Sydney.

At the height of his career, he toured the world and his magnum opus "Mothers Hands" was featured at the London Palladium by Singer Essie Ackland^[6]

Background

Herbert grew up in Botany Bay area. In his youth he narrowly escaped being killed by his own horse.^[7]

He was a Catholic and performed ecclesiastic works at St Mary's Basilica in Sydney.^[8] He also played organ^[9] Later in life he lived in Rose Bay and collected art.^[10]

Works

• Nobody Knows But Mother – Mother's Day Song dedicated to Dusolina Giannini^[11]
• When I am grown
• Mother's hands – featured at the London Palladium with Essie Ackland^[12]
• Night thoughts
• Here in this solemn hour
• Summertime in Devon

References

1. "Song-writer's sudden death". The Sun. No. 2632. Sydney. 4 October 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 3 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "PLAYER PIANO ROLLS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 216. 25 August 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "Concert-Goers Braved The Rain". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. IV, no. 115. New South Wales, Australia. 3 August 1939. p. 14. Retrieved 10 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "AEOLIAN HALL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 28, 501. 10 May 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "REAL SERVICE". Truth. No. 2161. New South Wales, Australia. 7 June 1931. p. 16. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "MUSIC AND DRAMA". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 567. 21 December 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "HORSE KILLED: RIDER ESCAPES". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 325. 27 December 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "Amongst Our Catholic People". Catholic Freeman's Journal. Vol. LXXXV. New South Wales, Australia. 24 December 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 3 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "MISS FROST'S ORGAN RECITAL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 28, 451. 13 March 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
10. "A BARGAIN IN ART". The Sun. No. 1714. New South Wales, Australia. 2 February 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 6 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
11. Cosgrove, Herbert (1929), Nobody knows but mother [music] : song / words by anon ; music by Herbert Cosgrove, William Dean (London) Ltd
12. "Amongst Our Catholic People". Catholic Freeman's Journal. Vol. LXXXV. New South Wales, Australia. 24 December 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 3 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.