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| name = Robert Elmore<br />
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| birth_name = Robert Hall Elmore <br />
| birth_date = January 2, 1913<br />
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{{cite book<br />
|last=Basile<br />
|first=Salvatore<br />
|title=Fifth Avenue Favorites, the extraordinary story of Music at St. Patrick's Cathedral<br />
|year=2010<br />
|edition=First<br />
|publisher=Fordham University Press<br />
|location=New York, New York <br />
|isbn=978-0-8232-3187-4}}<br />
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| birth_place = [[Ramapuram, Chennai]], India <br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|09|22|1913|01|02}}<br />
| death_place = [[Wayne, Pennsylvania]], United States<br />
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| nationality = American<br />
| known_for = Organ virtuoso, teacher, composer<br />
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'''Robert Hall Elmore''' (January 2, 1913 – September 22, 1985)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.essexorganmuseum.com/Players-Classical-D-G.html|title=Directory of classical organists D to G|website=Essexorganmuseum.com|accessdate=19 December 2020}}</ref> was an American composer, organist, pianist who was active in Philadelphia during the mid 20th century and who wrote some organ pieces that are included in recitals today.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pipedreams.org/episode/2013/01/28/give-em-elmore|title=Give 'em Elmore|website=Pipedreams.org|accessdate=19 December 2020}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Robert Elmore was born on January 2, 1913, in [[Ramapuram, Chennai]], India where his parents were missionaries. The family relocated to [[Lincoln, Nebraska]] in 1918 where Elmore began studying piano at age six and organ at age nine. His first composition was written at age 11.<br />
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In 1925, the family relocated once again to [[Wayne, Pennsylvania]] where Elmore was to live at 130 Walnut Avenue until his death in 1985.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} Shortly thereafter he began study with famed organist and composer [[Pietro Yon]] who was then organist and music director at [[St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York]]. Yon was sufficiently impressed with Elmore's abilities to have referred to him as "the foremost American organist of the day".<br />
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== Professional assignments ==<br />
While still in his teens Elmore was appointed organist at the Central Baptist Church, Wayne, Pennsylvania (1925–1933). He also performed as a theatre organist at the Lincoln, Bryn Mawr Seville and Anthony Wayne theaters. The influence of classical, church and theatre music merged with his natural virtuosity and a sense of the theatricality to create a uniquely personal compositional style.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.robertelmore.org/ Official website]<br />
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