Also known as Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, Frederic H. Cowen, Frederick H. Cowen, Frederic Cowen, Frederick Cowen
British pianist, conductor and composer (1852–1935)
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Frederic Hymen Cowen, född 29 januari 1852, död 6 oktober 1935, var en brittisk tonsättare och dirigent. Cowen framträdde efter studier i England och Tyskland som en uppskattad dirigent för ett flertal engelska orkestrar som ledare av Händel festivals i London (sista gången 1923). Bland hans verk märks operor, operetter, oratorier, kantater, symfonier (bland annat The Scandinavian) och andra orkesterverk, kammarmusik samt främst sånger. 1913 utgav Cowen självbiografin My art and my friends.
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Cowen was born Hymen Frederick Cohen at 90 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica, the fifth and last child of Frederick Augustus Cohen and Emily Cohen née Davis. His siblings were Elizabeth Rose Cohen (b. 1843); actress, Henrietta Sophia Cohen (b. 1845); painter, Lionel Jonas Cohen (b. 1847) and Emma Magnay Cohen (b. 1849). At four years old Frederic was brought to England, where his father became treasurer to the opera at Her Majesty's Opera, now Her Majesty's Theatre, and private secretary to Willia
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