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PATRICK SARSFIELD GILMORE (1829-1892)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 25 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PATRICK See also:SARSFIELD See also:GILMORE (1829-1892)  , See also:American bandmaster, was See also:born in See also:Ireland, and settled in See also:America about 185o . He had been in the See also:band of an Irish See also:regiment, and he had See also:great success as See also:leader of a military band at See also:Salem, See also:Massachusetts, and subsequently (1859) in See also:Boston . He increased his reputation during the See also:Civil See also:War, particularly by organizing a See also:monster See also:orchestra of massed bands for a festival at New See also:Orleans in 1864; and at Boston in 1869 and 1872 he gave similar performances . He was enormously popular as a bandmaster, and composed or arranged a large variety of pieces for orchestra .

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