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Fred Fry <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 09:24:32 EST
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Donald Scarinci said:

>I've be reading books about American Colonial history and I was wondering
>what music would have been perefered in the court of George III.  Does
>anyone know the music that George Washington and Ben Franklin may have
>liked? I'm curious about this if there are any musical historians in the
>group.

I don't know about music in the court of George III, but the Library of
Congress should have a lot of information on music in the American Colonial
period.  See: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/perform/ There are reference
services availble if you don't find anything by searching.

Fred Fry

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