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Chester Gorham Osborne (born September 18, 1915, at Portsmouth (New Hampshire), and died December 26, 1987 in (Center Moriches (New York)) was an American composer, conductor, music instructor, trumpeter, and author. His compositions ranged from marches to opera. His writings included historical essays and children's novels. ==Life and work== Osborne studied at the New England Conservatory in Boston (Massachusetts) and majored in trumpet and composition. He completed further study at Northwestern University in (Evanston (Illinois). As an author Osborne primarily composed children's books, but also published in journals and worked on musical compositions while he also worked as a professional trumpet player and music educator . As a music teacher, he taught in public schools in the states of Massachusetts following that he taught for many years in Center Moriches (New York) . As a composer, he wrote mostly works for band and choirs, as well as chamber and ensemble music. In Center Moriches he served as director of music education for the Center Moriches school system and organized and led an outdoor summer music concert series. He has done field work with New York archaeology teams, served as curator at the Museum Manor of St. George. During World War II he was a trumpet player in the United States Army Band. Later he was a trumpet player in the Boston Symphony Orchestra when Arthur Fiedler conducted the orchestra . Osborne was an honorary member of the MENC ( National Association for Music Education ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chester G. Osborne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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