DETT, R[OBERT] NATHANIEL

DETT, R[OBERT] NATHANIEL. Composer/College professor (11 October 1882 in Drummondsville, Ontario, Canada; 2 October 1943 in Battle Creek, Michigan). He came from a musical family: his father played piano and guitar and sang in a church choir; his mother played piano and sang soprano. He first played piano by ear, listening to his mother and two older brothers who took piano lessons. When their piano teacher discovered that Robert could play, she began teaching him free of charge...