Maurice Cole (pianist) Maurice Cole (pianist) Maurice Cole (1902–1990), was an English pianist, teacher and adjudicator who studied privately and at the Guildhall School of Music with Arthur De Greef. Maurice Cole was born in London, England. He was the first pianist to broadcast a recital on the BBC and went on to perform, amongst many other compositions, both books of Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" on the BBC Third Programme. He was professor at the Guildhall School of Music from 1953, was appointed Professor of Pianoforte at the School on two occasions and was a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians. He was
Maurice Fatio opened an office there In Palm Beach, he began designing harmonious Mediterranean-style houses and eventually branched out into everything from Georgian to contemporary. In 1929, he married Eleanor Chase, a prominent Palm Beach society girl and novelist, in New York City. His houses were so well known during his lifetime that composer-lyricist Cole Porter was inspired to write in the late 1930s: "I want to live on Maurice Fatio's patio…". Fatio had two children with Eleanor, Alexandra (1932-2015) and Maurice Pierre "Petey"(1930-1961). Maurice Fatio died young in his forties of lung cancer. His wife, Eleanor (1901–1944), died the next year.