Michael Cummings collection of P.S. Gilmore materials, 1850-2004.

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Michael Cummings collection of P.S. Gilmore materials, 1850-2004.

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The collection documents the music career of P.S. Gilmore, American band conductor and composer, and the activities of the Patrick S. Gilmore Society. Artificially created by Cummings, the collection particularly highlights the National Peace Jubilee (1869) and the World's Peace Jubilee (1872), with programs, lithographs, tickets, medals, and bookmarks. The collection also includes correspondence, photographs, and newspaper and magazine articles.

5 linear ft. (11 boxes).

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7151420

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Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892

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Patrick Sarsfield (P.S.) Gilmore was born in County Galway, Ireland, on December 25, 1829, and later became known as the "Father of the American Concert Band." Gilmore organized and staged two music festivals in Boston, Massachusetts: the National Peace Jubilee (1869) and the World's Peace Jubilee (1872). He conducted bands and integrated woodwinds into what had traditionally been brass bands. He led the New York Twenty-seventh Regiment Band for almost 20 years. Gilmore also a...

Cummings, Michael S., 1943-....

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National Peace Jubilee and Musical Festival (1869 : Boston, Mass.)

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The National Peace Jubilee and Music Festival took place in Boston, Massachusetts on June 15-19, 1869, to commemorate the restoration of peace four years after the American Civil War. It was an "immense" gathering of orchestral and choral performers. A second festival was held in 1872. Patrick Gilmore, a noted bandmaster of the era, organized both Peace Jubilees. From the description of Collection, 1869. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28572437 ...

World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival (1872 : Boston, Mass.)

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Patrick S. Gilmore Society.

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