Andrew Adgate (22 March 1762 in
Norwich, Connecticut – 30 September 1793 in
Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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) was a musician, music director, and author from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He is noted for founding the Institution for Encouragement of Church Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1784, which became the Free School for Spreading the Knowledge of Vocal Music the following year. He directed
choral concerts in Philadelphia from 1785 through 1793, performing both
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American
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works. He also founded the Uranian Academy in 1787.
Works
*''Rudiments of Music''
*''Philadelphia Harmony''
*''Selection of Sacred Harmony''
References
*''Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896.'' Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963.
1762 births
1793 deaths
Musicians from Philadelphia
American choral conductors
American male conductors (music)
18th-century American writers
People from Norwich, Connecticut
18th-century conductors (music)
People from colonial Connecticut
Classical musicians from Pennsylvania
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