Baskerville, David Ross 15.aug.1918-27.dec.1986 USA New Jersey, Freehold - Colorado, Denver Arvada
trombonist, 1940 BA from the University of Washington Seattle, 1955 MA composition and 1965 PhD musicology from the University of California Los Angeles, studied orchestration with Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco, 1940-1947 trombonist with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, 1947-1948 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1947-1959 conductor for NBC radio Holywood, 1947-1948 on the faculty of Westlake College of Music, 1951-1956 of the University of California, 1964-1967 president of Sherwood Recording Studios Hollywood, 1969-1983 professor of music at the University of Colorado Denver ; son of physician William Ernest Baskerville (Nebraska, Broken Bow 4.may.1890-29.may.1964 Oregon, Portland) and Katherine Florence Gamble (Nebraska, Wayne 22.sep.1887-1963 Seattle)