George Dunn (publisher)

Goerge Dunn was an influential American music publisher and lithographer. He entered the music publishing business in 1863, during the American Civil War and rapidly rode to prominence. [Abel, pgs. 269-271] His firm was George Dunn & Company, and during the War Dunn published thirty-two works on his own and twenty-four with partner Julian A. Selby.

Some of the company's more popular works include "The Southern Soldier Boy", "God, Save the Southern Land", "Ardent Recruit" and "A Gallant Boy". [Harwell, pg. xx]

References

* cite book
first = E.
middle = Lawrence
last = Abel
title = Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1861-1865
publisher = Stackpole Books
id = ISBN 0811702286
location = Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
year = 2000
*
*cite book|title=The Confederate Reader: How the South Saw the War|first=Richard Barksdale|last=Harwell|year=1989|publisher=Courier Dover Publications|isbn=0486259803
*cite book|title=A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln|first=Eric|last=Foner|coauthors=Olivia Mahoney|year=1991|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=0393306127

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