Helen Hogan Coome (15 June 1883 – 27 April 1948) was a British-American female organist.[1]
Coome was born in Stockport, then Cheshire, the daughter of James Hogan and Sara Helen Wilby.[2][3]
She was a pupil of or connected to Marco Enrico Bossi, Joseph Bonnet, and Charles Marie Widor.[4]
She was the organist and choirmaster at Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island from 1904–1928. She founded the church's Girls Choir in 1912
In 1933, she married Englishman Cecil Victor Coome and moved to London.
During World War II, she helped residents of London recover from the bombings of The Blitz. She later commissioned a stained glass pendant for Central Congregational Church in gratitude for the church's work helping England during the war. The pendant has resided in the sanctuary of Central Church since 1950.
She died in London in 1948.[5]
References edit
- ^ Rhode Island: A Guide To The Smallest State. Federal Writers Project. January 1938. ISBN 9780403021888.
- ^ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795–1925
- ^ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975
- ^ "Helen Coome". Biographical Dictionary of the Organ.
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
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