Poetic Obituaries: [John Frederick Cone] authored several books

on opera related topics including "Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company" (University of Oklahoma Press, 1964), "First Rival of the Metropolitan Opera" (Columbia University Press, 1983), and "Adelina Patti, Queen of Hearts" (Amadeus Press, 1993). He also was associate editor of "The World's Love Poetry" (Bantam Press, 1960), contributor to "Melba: A Contemporary Review" (Greenwood Press, 1985), contributing editor and commentator of "Magnum Shakespearean Series" (Lancer Books, 1968), and contributor to the "New Grove Dictionary of American Music" (Macmillan, 1986) and "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera" (Macmillan, 1992).

from Salem News: John Frederick Cone

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