1869–1940

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 24, 1869, Ham­il­ton, On­ta­rio.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 24, 1940, South Or­ange, New Jer­sey.

Cremated: Lo­ca­tion of ash­es is un­known.

Biography

Depew at­tend­ed Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, and served as or­gan­ist and choir­mas­ter of the First Pres­by­ter­ian Church in De­troit, Mi­chi­gan.

Around 1904, he moved to New York Ci­ty, where he played the or­gan at the John Wa­na­ma­ker Au­di­to­ri­um; Ply­mouth Church, Brook­lyn; St. Ni­cho­las Col­le­gi­ate Church; and the Ca­pi­tol and Strand Thea­ters.

Works

Music