Cooke, Thomas Simpson

COOKE, Thomas Simpson, familiarly known as Tom Cooke, was born in Dublin in 1782, Evincing early a taste for music he studied under his father, and made such rapid progress as to perform in public a violin concerto when only seven years of age. He received instruction in composition from Giordani. When only fifteen he was appointed leader of the band at the theatre in Crow Street, Dublin, in which situation he continued several years, and composed several musical pieces...