Herbert Cosgrove

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Born
Melbourne, Australia
Died(1953-10-03)3 October 1953
Occupation(s)Baritone, composer
Years active1910–1953
Herbert Cosgrove
Portrait of Herbert Cosgrove
Herbert Cosgrove 1931
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Born
Melbourne, Australia
Died(1953-10-03)3 October 1953
Occupation(s)Baritone, composer
Years active1910–1953

Herbert Cosgrove (died 1953)[1] was a well known Australian baritone[2] and composer of light ephemera. Cosgrove was married.[3]

Cosgrove used his position as a well-known entertainer to work as a vocal accompanist for Aeolian gramophone,[4] and Marcus and Clark music store[5] and later at Nicholson's Music Publisher in Sydney.

At the height of his career, he toured the world and his magnum opus "Mothers Hands" was featured at the London Palladium by Singer Essie Ackland[6]

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