Drake, Earl Ross
(1865–1916)
Drake, Earl Ross. Aurora, Illinois, 26 November 1865 – Chicago, Illinois, 6 May 1916 After studying violin in Chicago and Cincinnati, Drake became a pupil of Joachim at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. He was appointed head of the violin department of the Gottschalk Lyric School in Chicago (1893–97), and in 1900 founded his own school of music in Chicago. Drake composed two operas, The Blind Girl of Castel-Cuille (Chicago, 1914), and The Mite and the Mighty (Chicago, 1915). His orchestral works…