Thomas Carr (music publisher)
Thomas Carr (born March 8, 1780 in London , † April 15, 1849 in Philadelphia ) was an American music publisher, composer and organist.
Carr was introduced to the music publishing business by his father, music publisher Joseph Carr . In 1794 he followed his older brother Benjamin to the USA with his father . There he and his father opened a music publishing company in Baltimore. In 1806 he married Milcah Bell Merryman , with whom he had eight children.
In 1814 Carr arranged the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner to the melody of the English drinking song To Anacreon in Heaven . The first edition appeared in the same year in the publishing house operated by him and his father. For William Henry Harrison's presidential election campaign in 1840 he composed the songs Old Tippecanoe's raisin ' and Turn out! To the rescue! . He also composed several instrumental works, including an Old Russian March for piano.
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- Find A Grave - Thomas Carr
- Oxford Index - Thomas Carr (1780-1849), publisher, composer, organist
- Benjamin Carr (Ed .: Eve R. Meyer): Selected Secular and Sacred Songs, Volume 15 , Volume 15 from Recent Researches in American Music Selected secular and sacred songs, AR Editions, Inc., 1986, ISBN 9780895792044 , p. XXI
- Library of Congress - Old Tippecanoe's raisin '
- Library of Congress - Turn out! To the rescue!
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carr, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American music publisher, composer, and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1849 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia |