John Ashton (music publisher)

John Ashton was a merchant and music publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.[1][2] He owned a "music & umbrella store" at no.197 Washington Street which sold "all the new and fashionable music"[3] ca.1819-1844.[4][5] He manufactured and sold musical instruments; tuned pianos; and published and sold sheet music "of marches, waltzes, rondos, variations, quadrilles, gallopades, dances, &c. ... arranged for the band, orchestra, piano forte, guitar, flute, violin, organ &c."[3] Among the composers represented in Ashton's stock: Comer, Joseph Haydn, Knight, Paddon, Russell, Shaw, Webb, Charles Zeuner.[3][6][7] The firm "John Ashton & Co." was dissolved on January 1, 1844.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Boston Directory. 1823, 1832
  2. ↑ Arlan R. Coolidge. "Francis Henry Brown, 1818-1891, American Teacher and Composer." Journal of Research in Music Education, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring, 1961)
  3. 1 2 3 American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1
  4. ↑ "Musical instruments, umbrellas, parasols, canes, &c. John Ashton, jun." Boston Intelligencer, Jan. 23, 1819
  5. ↑ John Ashton, jun. "Umbrellas. Large and small size silk umbrellas; gingham, oiled cloth and cotton. ... no.20 Marlboro-street, a few door south of the meeting-house." Columbian Centinel, Nov. 10, 1821
  6. ↑ In 1825 Ashton took "Mr. G. Graupner's stock of music." Boston Commercial Gazette, Nov. 22, 1825
  7. ↑ Examples of titles published and sold by Ashton reside in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum, Bostonian Society, and Historic New England.
  8. ↑ "The business will be continued at the old stand, 197 Washington Street, by E.H. Wade." Daily Atlas (Boston), Jan. 26, 1844

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