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.
George W. Cole New York. George Cole worked in the registrar's office of the New York City Post Office. In 1874 he moved to New Mexico in search of a drier climate, which was necessitated by injuries and illness related to his military service. While living in New Mexico, Cole was active in real estate speculation and resumed the practice of medicine. Cole did not recover his health; he died in Mora, New Mexico from the effects of pneumonia on December 9, 1875. He was buried at Saint Vrain Cemetery in Mora. George W. Cole George W. Cole (March 26, 1827 – December