Patrick s gilmore biography
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Patrick Gilmore
Irish-American composer and bandmaster (–)
For the actor, see Patrick Gilmore (actor).
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| Born | Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore ()December 25, Ballygar, County Galway, Ireland |
| Died | September 24, () (aged&#;62) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, bandmaster, soldier |
| Spouse | Ellen O'Neill (m. ) |
| Children | Minnie L. Gilmore |
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore (December 25, – September 24, ) was an Irish-born American composer and militarybandmaster who lived and worked in the United States after [1] While serving in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, Gilmore wrote the lyrics to the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". This was published under the pseudonym Louis Lambert in September
Life and career
[edit]Gilmore was born in Ballygar, County Galway. He started his music career at age fifteen, and spent time in Canada with an English band.[2] He settled in Boston, Massachusetts in , becoming leader of the Suffolk, Boston Brigade, and Salem bands in swift succession. He also worked in the Boston music store of John P. Ordway, performing as a member of "Ordway's Aeolians", a blackfaceminstrel group,[3] with whom he played tambourine. With the Salem Band
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Exhibit Highlights
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Musicology for Everyone
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Patrick S. Gilmore was born Christmas Day in Ballygar, County Gallway, Ireland, near Dublin. He attended the village school and learned to play fife and drum. When he was 14, he started an apprenticeship in Athlone, headquarters of as many as four English regiments. They all had bands, and Gilmore fell in love with band music. One regimental bandmaster, the renowned Patrick Keating, taught the young boy musical notation, composition, instrumentation, and conducting.
Gilmore put together his own thirty-piece band to play at the masses in Athlone’s St. Peter’s church. At the end of each service, he hurried out to listen to whatever the parishioners said about the music. In , Keating advised Gilmore to move to America.
Salem
Gilmore settled in Salem, Massachusetts and became cornet soloist and band leader. He conducted a succession of bands, beginning with the Charlestown Band, the Suffolk Band, the Boston Brigade Band, and, in , became the handpicked successor to Jerome Smith as leader of the Salem Brass Band. His bands displayed not only musical excellence, but also his abilities as a promoter.
In , Gilmore engaged the popular keyed bugle virtuos