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Wolcott, John Truman

musician, composer, was born May 5, 1869, in Detroit, Mich. He has composed a great many songs, which have become popular, and is the author of the oratorio Hezekiah and St. John. He has conducted several of the heavy cantatas, such as Belshazzar, and gave a grand production of Elijah in 1894. He has been organist in several churches of Detroit; gave a series of successful organ recitals in the states and Canada, and is the present organist and director of the choir of the Lincoln Avenue Methodist church.

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