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Henry Prentiss (1801–1859) manufactured musical instruments, umbrellas and published sheet music, which he sold from his shop on Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.[1][2]
One example of a piece of sheet music sold by Prentiss was a song named Our Country by Hon. George Lunt in 1847.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Boston Directory. 1832, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1857.
- ↑ Boston Almanac. 1847.
- ↑ ""Our Country" (1847) - A Patriotic Song". Archived from the original on 2020-12-07.
Further reading
[edit]- Mr. Henry Prentiss's Music Store (from the New York Mirror). Daily Atlas (Boston), 09–09–1841; p. 2.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Henry Prentiss.
- WorldCat
- Library of Congress, Prints Dept.
- "New England Guard's at their Encampment- Woburn, Massachus… | Flickr". www.flickr.com. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musical Instruments dept. Clarinet in E-flat from Prentiss' shop.
- American Antiquarian Society
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