Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1829 - 1892
Biographical note
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. Gilmore led the New York Twenty-seventh Regiment Band for almost 20 years. He also authored several pieces of music and poems, including "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." Gilmore died unexpectedly in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 24, 1892.
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Michael Cummings collection of P.S. Gilmore
Collection
Identifier: IM-M135-2004
Abstract
Collection assembled by Michael Cummings that documenting the music career of nineteenth-century American band conductor and composer P.S. Gilmore, as well as the activities of the twentieth-century Patrick S. Gilmore Society, which Cummings founded. Two events coordinated by Gilmore—the National Peace Jubilee of 1869 and the World's Peace Jubilee of 1872—are highlighted through programs, lithographs, tickets, medals, and bookmarks. Correspondence, photographs, and clippings are also...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1850 - 2004