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Joseph Webster

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Real name
Joseph Philbrick Webster
Born
February 22, 1819
Died
January 18, 1875
Country
United States
IPI
00032615803 2 works
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He composed and performed po­pu­lar mu­sic. He studied with Lo­well Ma­son and was ac­tive mu­sic­al­ly in New York, New Jer­sey and Con­nec­ti­cut, and directed a quartet com­pa­ny called the Eu­ter­pe­ans.
In 1851, he moved to Mad­i­son, In­di­a­na, followed by Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois (1855); Ra­cine, Wis­con­sin (1856); and finally Elk­horn, Wis­con­sin (1857). Webster wrote over a thou­sand bal­lads and ma­ny hymns.
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