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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...

World's Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival (1882 : Boston, Mass.)

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

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The World's Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival was held in 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts. The first Jubilee had been held in 1869. It was to demonstrate music's power to unite peoples of all nationalities and to express the universal hope for peace. The Jubilee was held shortly after the end of the Franco-Prussian War. A specially built Coliseum was erected, seating an audience of 50,000. An estimated 2,000 musicians and 20,000 singers were augmented by members of the Boston Fire Dep...

Swarthmore college

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Founded by members of Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Swarthmore College was incorporated in 1864 under a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The College opened in 1869 as an college and preparatory school, although the preparatory division was phased out in the 1880s. The Charter was amended in 1908 to remove any formal links to the Society of Friends. The College continues to operate as a liberal arts college with a...