The K E: Celius Dougherty's Musical Career

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“The K’e” was composed by Celius Dougherty, who was born in Glenwood, Minnesota in 1902. His mother was a very talented musician for her entire life, and greatly impacted Dougherty and his musical career. He studied piano and composition with Donald Ferguson at the University of Minnesota from 1920 to 1924, where he also performed his own piano concerto with orchestra, won the Schubert Club's piano competition, and frequently accompanied a voice faculty member, Gertrude Hull, who introduced him to his publisher, the G. Schirmer Company.
Dougherty graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota in 1924, winning scholarships to Juilliard to study piano with Josef Lhévinne and composition with Rubin Goldmark. ]He moved to New York,

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