Edmund J. Pendleton

Pendleton was born in Cincinnati on 1 March 1899, and later attended Columbia University in New York.

In Europe, Pendleton studied under Paul Dukas for composition, Charles Münch, Pierre Monteux and Igor Markevitch for orchestral direction.

He was also a music critic for the New York Herald Tribune for twenty years.

He maintained friendly relations with James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and Pablo Picasso.

[1] He died in Paris on 31 January 1987 and is buried at Guitrancourt Cemetery in Yvelines.