Edward Toner Cone (May 4, 1917 – October 23, 2004) was an American composer, music theorist, pianist, and philanthropist.
Cone and Milton Babbitt were the first to earn graduate degrees in musical composition from Princeton (MFA, 1942).
During the Second World War, Cone served first in the army (as a pianist) and later in the Office of Strategic Services.
Cone was the companion of Princeton philosophy professor George Pitcher for nearly 48 years.
[1] Cone's students include Michael Dellaira, Hobart Earle, Alan Fletcher, Robert Greenberg, John Heiss, David Lewin, Gilbert Levine, Mathilde McKinney, Robert P. Morgan, Mario Pelusi, Malcolm Peyton, Harold Powers, Victor Rosenbaum, John Solum, Richard Aaker Trythall, Beth Wiemann, and Edgar Warren Williams.