Ishmail Spicer

Ishmael (Ishmail) Spicer was born on March 27,1760 in Bozrah, Connecticut and died in December 22, 1832; he was a publisher in Baltimore, [ [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0734-4392(198324)1%3A4%3C5%3AAWNMP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X Andrew Wright: Northampton Music Printer] By Paul R. Osterhout, American Music, Vol. 1, No. 4, Music Publishing in America (Winter, 1983), pp. 5-26doi:10.2307/3051777] teacher, and one of the first American composers. [http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline] Ishmael Spicer founded the first singing school in Baltimore in 1789 a future student would include John Cole. [ [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-4294(197323)21%3A3%3C214%3ATROMEI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4 "The Roots of Music Education in Baltimore"] By James L. Fisher, Journal of Research in Music Education, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Autumn, 1973), pp. 214-224doi:10.2307/3345091 ] [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=vLAiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA44&dq=%22Ishmail+Spicer%22 "Early Concert-life in America (1731-1800)"] ByOscar George Theodore Sonneck, Published 1907 Breitkopf & Härtel Music ]

Publications

"Spicer's Pocket Companion" [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=3eCLWqz9RTwC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=%22Ishmael+Spicer%22+composer&source=web&ots=NoHubck-pF&sig=4lmyoKmnM6jm2wcSutY47GAAcf0&hl=en Psalmody and Secular Songs] By Timothy Swan, Nym Cooke. Published 1997 A-R Editions, Inc. Psalmody, ISBN 0895793830 ]

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