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'''Frank Peterson''' is a [[Germany|German]] music producer.
[[Image:Malcolmcowley.jpg|thumb|Malcolm Cowley, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1963]]
'''Malcolm Cowley''' ([[1898]] – [[March 27]], [[1989]]) was an [[American]] [[novelist]], [[poet]], [[critic]], and [[journalist]].
As a child he taught himself how to play the piano and keyboard, going on to work in a music store. It was here that he met [[Michael Cretu]] and became lead keyboardist for [[Sandra]], appearing prominently on her hit single Maria Magdalena.
Born in farmhouse outside of [[Belsano, PA]], Cowley started studying at Harvard before joining the [[American Field Service]] in [[France]] during [[World War I]]. Upon returning to the US, Cowley married the artist [[Peggy Baird]]; they were divorced in 1931. His second wife was [[Muriel Maurer]].
He was a member of Sandra's band for a few more years, moving with the Cretus to [[Ibiza]] after a few years. It was here that he became involved with Cretu's new project, [[Enigma (musical project)|Enigma]], under the pseudonym of F. Gregorian.
He graduated from Harvard in 1920. As part of the great migration of creative genius that congregated in the [[Montparnasse]] Quarter of Paris, Cowley returned to live in France for three years, working with [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] and others. For this reason, he is often referred to as being part of the [[Lost Generation]]. From 1929 through 1944, Cowley was an assistant editor of the [[New Republic]].
Peterson left the group in 1991 and pursued work on [[Gregorian (music group)|Gregorian]], a musical project co-founded by Thomas Schwarz and Matthias Meissner.
During this period, he became a radical liberal and began writing about politics. As with many of his generation, Cowley came under scrutiny by [[J. Edgar Hoover]], head of the [[FBI]].
Today, he is most known for being the producer and one-time boyfriend of [[Sarah Brightman]], collaborating with her on most of her solo albums since Dive.
Later in life, Cowley edited the works of Hemingway, [[William Faulkner]] and [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]].
Other artists whom Peterson has worked with include [[Princessa]], [[Violet]], and [[Sinsual]] (the last two of which have CDs in the works).
Cowley's most famous work is his autobiographical ''[[Exile's Return]]'', published in [[1934]]. ''Exile's Return'' particularly chronicles the general movement by the Lost Generation out of the United States.
Cowley died on [[March 27]], [[1989]].
* [http://www.nemo-studio.de Nemo Studios]
* [http://www.gregorian-music.com/gregorian/en/a-peterson.php Gregorian Music - bio of Frank Peterson]
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[http://www.nantyglo.com/cowley_house.htm Malcom Cowley's Childhood Home]
[[Category:1898 births|Cowley, Malcolm]]
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