Stein attended DePaul University, where he achieved his MM in 1935 and his Ph.D. in 1949; he studied under Leo Sowerby, Eric DeLamarter, Frederick Stock, and Hans Lange.
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(The organ version was both commissioned and first performed by Eric DeLamarter at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago on October 20, 1916.) The piece is one of Sowerby's most popular, and was inspired by a poem by Bliss Carman entitled "Autumn".