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Francis Johnson

AUGUSTUS. American, Cotillion (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCA. "Augustus" is the third figure in Philadelphia, Pa., composer, keyed bugle player, and violinist wikipedia:Francis_Johnson_(composer)'s (1792-1844) "1st Sett", a five-figure set of cotillions published in Philadelphia in 1818 by George Willig. Johnson led a fashionable all-Black orchestra that toured the United States and Europe, and he directed military bands and society dance orchestras, taught music, and performed on the violin and keyed bugle.

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