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Edward Riley

Given name:	Edward
Middle name:	R.
Family name:	Riley
Place of birth:
Place of death:	New York
Year of birth:	1769
Year of death:	1829
Profile:	Editor, Collector, Composer, Engraver, Musician, Publisher
Source of information:	https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1000&context=music faculty

Biographical notes

EDWARD RILEY (1769-1829) was an English engraver and publisher who had a business in London from 1795 to 1803, after which he emigrated to the United States. Arriving in New York, he established himself as a teacher of music and singing, advertising lessons on the German flute, patent flagiolet [sic], piano and singing. He also worked for a time as an engraver for established music publishers John Paff and John Appel. However, in 1811 he established his own music publishing business. Riley also sold instruments and manufactured instruments from his premises at 29 Chatham Street. His three sons followed him into the family business and two of them, Frederick and and Henry, later opened shops nearby. His two daughters married John Firth and William Hall, respectively, who had been apprenticed in Riley's shop. They founded the firm of Firth & Hall in 1821 and became prominent manufacturers and publishers in their own right. Following Edward's death in 1829 his sons (one also called Edward Riley) carried on the business until it became J.F. Gould & Co. in 1851.

Edward Riley Sr. wrote a treatise on flute playing, Riley's New Instructions for the German Flute (1811), and a produced a four-volume collection on music entitled Riley’s Flute Melodies, published in serial form in 1814 and 1817 and together in 1820.

For more on Riley, see Wendell Dobbs' article "An Early American Family of Flutists", Faculty Research, Paper 1, 2008, Marshall University [1].

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-'''EDWARD RILEY'''  (1769-1829) was an English engraver and publisher who had a business in London from 1795 to 1803, after which he emigrated to the United States.  Arriving in New York, he established himself as a teacher of music and singing, advertising lessons on the German flute, patent flagiolet [sic], piano and singing. He also worked for a time as an engraver for established music publishers John Paff and John Appel.  However, in 1811 he established his own publishing business.  Riley also sold instruments from his premises.
+'''EDWARD RILEY'''  (1769-1829) was an English engraver and publisher who had a business in London from 1795 to 1803, after which he emigrated to the United States.  Arriving in New York, he established himself as a teacher of music and singing, advertising lessons on the German flute, patent flagiolet [sic], piano and singing. He also worked for a time as an engraver for established music publishers John Paff and John Appel.  However, in 1811 he established his own music publishing business.  Riley also sold instruments and manufactured instruments from his premises at 29 Chatham Street. His three sons followed him into the family business and two of them, Frederick and and Henry, later opened shops nearby. His two daughters married John Firth and William Hall, respectively, who had been apprenticed in Riley's shop. They founded the firm of Firth & Hall in 1821 and became prominent manufacturers and publishers in their own right. Following Edward's death in 1829 his sons (one also called Edward Riley) carried on the business until it became J.F. Gould & Co. in 1851.
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-He wrote a treatise on flute playing and a four-volume collection on music entitled “Riley’s Flute Melodies.” His two daughters married John Firth and William Hall, respectively. Following his death in 1829 his sons (one also called Edward Riley) carried on the business until it became J.F. Gould & Co. in 1851.
+Edward Riley Sr. wrote a treatise on flute playing, '''Riley's New Instructions for the German Flute''' (1811), and a produced a four-volume collection on music entitled '''Riley’s Flute Melodies,''' published in serial form in 1814 and 1817 and together in 1820.
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