Introduction

Biography

Rob was the son of Ru­fus Ben­ton Pee­ry and Le­ti­tia Rich, and hus­band of Ma­bel Dor­o­thea Wolff (mar­ried Sep­tem­ber 10, 1925, Con­cord, North Ca­ro­li­na) .

He stu­died at Mid­land Col­lege, Fre­mont, Ne­bras­ka (AB 1920); Ob­er­lin Col­lege, Ohio (MusB 1925); and the School of Sac­red Mu­sic, Un­ion Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, New York Ci­ty. He al­so stu­died mu­sic pri­vate­ly with Ru­bin Gold­mark in New York Ci­ty.

He ran a mu­sic school in Sal­is­bu­ry, North Ca­ro­li­na (1926–28), and taught vio­lin at Ca­taw­ba Col­lege in Sa­lis­bu­ry (1929–31).

He worked at the Theo­dore Pres­ser Com­pa­ny, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, as a mu­sic ed­it­or (1931–32) and ed­it­ed the mu­sic sec­tion of Press­er’s Etude ma­ga­zine (1942–49). From 1950 un­til re­tir­ing in 1965, he was an as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or with Lo­renz Pub­lish­ing in Day­ton, Ohio.

Peery was al­so ac­tive in the church, serv­ing as an or­gan­ist in At­chi­son, Kan­sas (1916–19) and Den­ver, Co­lo­ra­do (1919); or­gan­ist and choir­mas­ter in States­ville, North Ca­ro­li­na (1923) and Sa­lis­bu­ry, North Ca­ro­li­na (1925–31); and or­gan­ist and choir­master in Brook­lyn, New York (1928–29). He was al­so or­gan­ist and choir­mas­ter at St. Mat­thew’s Lu­ther­an and Tri­ni­ty Lu­ther­an church­es in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­sy­lvan­ia (1932–49).