About
Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Charles Gilbert Spross served as the organist for several churches in New York and New Jersey throughout his career.
He also toured extensively with many famous singers of his day, including Caruso, Garden, Gluck, Homer, Melba, Nielsen, Nordica, Schumann-Heink, and Ysaÿe.
In addition to his prolific song output, Spross also composed other vocal works for vocal ensemble, including anthems, partsongs, and cantatas.
–Christie Finn
Source: William Osborne’s article in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Related Information
Songs
Recordings

Songs My Mother Taught Me
(Vittorio Giannini, Richard Hageman, John Jacob Niles, Oscar Rasbach, Charles Gilbert Spross and Randall Thompson)
1998

Lebendige Vergangenheit
(Walter Damrosch, Oley Speaks and Charles Gilbert Spross)
1951

Rosa Ponselle On the Air, Vol. 1
(Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Ethelbert Nevin and Charles Gilbert Spross)
2000

My Secret Heart
(Vittorio Giannini, Charles Gilbert Spross and Abraham Wood)
1999