{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Dudley Jack Glass''' (24 September 1899 – 29 November 1981)<ref>{{Citation|last=Campbell|first=Peter|title=Glass, Dudley Jack (1899–1981)|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/glass-dudley-jack-12546|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|place=Canberra|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref> was an Australian-born composer, pianist and writer. He is best known for composing musicals and light operas, including ''The Beloved Vagabond'' and ''The Toymaker of Nuremberg''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16787775 |title=Australian Composer |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=29,161 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 June 1931 |access-date=29 August 2020 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23099811 |title=A birthday brought composer home |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=32,858 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=26 December 1951 |access-date=29 August 2020 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231022083 |title=A noted Australian author-composer returns after long absence with news of a lighter and brighter kind about |newspaper=The Sun |issue=13107 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 February 1952 |access-date=29 August 2020 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206215541 |title=Composer Must Take New Work to London |newspaper=The Age |issue=30,325 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=9 July 1952 |access-date=29 August 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Glass was born in Melbourne Street, North Adelaide, a son of Phillip Glass (c. 1878 – June 1966) of Adelaide, manager of Barnet Glass Rubber Company and local manager of Dunlop Rubber after its takeover. His mother, Jean Glass, née Barnett, was a classically trained musician.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article262392625 |title=Obituary: Phillip Glass |newspaper=The Australian Jewish News |volume=XXVI |issue=40 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=1 July 1960 |access-date=3 November 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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