George E. Blake (1774 - 1871)

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George E. Blake (b. 17 August 1774 England; d. 23 February 1871 Philadelphia) was an American music engraver and publisher. He was born in Yorkshire, England and, according to his obituary in the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, emigrated to the United States when he was sixteen.[1] Other sources disagree on the exact year he arrived in America.[2] What is clear though is that by 1793, he began teaching the flute and the clarinet in Philadelphia, operating out of a room above the shop of music pu ... (lire la suite)