Henry Prentiss (1801–1859) manufactured musical instruments, umbrellas and published sheet music, which he sold from his shop on
Court Street in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
, in the 19th century.
One example of a piece of sheet music sold by Prentiss was a song named "''
Our Country''" by Hon. George Lunt in 1847.
[https://dirkncl.github.io/pdmusic_org/1800s/47oc.txt ]
References
Further reading
* Mr. Henry Prentiss's Music Store (from the New York Mirror). Daily Atlas (Boston), 09-09-1841; p. 2.
External links
WorldCat Prints Dept.
* https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/2492714210/
Metropolitan Museum of Art Musical Instruments dept. Clarinet in E-flat from Prentiss' shop.
American Antiquarian Society
1801 births
1859 deaths
Businesspeople from Boston
19th-century American businesspeople
19th century in Boston
Sheet music publishing companies
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