Maurice Cole (pianist) an avoidance of all posturing and pretentiousness (would that the same could be said for all other Bach players!)" Review of Cole's recording of Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier book I in Gramophone Magazine, November 1962. 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.
Charles-Maurice Descombes Charles-Maurice Descombes Charles-Maurice Descombes, real name Jean Charles François Maurice, (26 March 1782 – 7 September 1869) was a 19th-century French playwright, theatre critic and writer. François Guizot's private secretary, literary critic, founder, owner, printer, chief editor and director of the "Le Camp-volant" (1819-1820), the "Journal des théâtres, de la littérature et des arts" (1820-1823), the "Le Coureur des spectacles" (1842-1849), he was managing editor of the "Courrier des théâtres, de la littérature, des arts, des modes" from 12 April 1823 to 14 May 1842 and of the "Nouvelles des théâtres, de la littérature et des arts" from 13 July