Donald Scarinci asked:

>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've never heard it, but there is a recording of a string quartet (three
violins and cello) by Franklin as part of a Vox Box 1157742 which also
contains quartets by Chadwick, Griffes, Foote, Loeffler and Mason, and a
piano quintet by Henry Hadley.

Richard Pennycuick
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