Burke, T. Francis

Life

Born: Jan. 15, 1888 Brockton MA

Died: Dec, 20, 1966 Alston MA

Biography New England Conservatory 1905-1908. Thomas Burke and Mae Gormley were married August 7, 1912 at St. Joseph's Parish, Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, 6 children Moved to Brighton MA 1931. "Formerly Organist and Choir master, Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston" (before 1934). Organist at Sacred Heart Church, Woonsocket, RI, 1933- Prof. of Music Regis College, Weston, Mass., in 1934. Founded Brockton Symphony Orch, was an assistant music director in Boston schools (as of 1937)

List of sacred works

• Mass in honor of "the Little Flower" (St. Therese of Lisieux) Edition A: Unison or 2-pt, org. MLR 1929?
  • Edition B: SATB org MLR 1934
• Requiem mass : for 1, 2 or 4 voices, complete with Libera, responses and De profundis (org) MLR 1933 Excerpts in Caecilia, v. 60/6, 1933

Publications

"A practical plan for teaching Gregorian chant". Caecilia, 60/6, June 1934, p. 247

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