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John Cole


     
 Given name:     John
 Middle name:     
 Family name:     Cole
 Place of birth:     Tewkesbury, England
 Place of death:     Baltimore, Maryland
 Year of birth:     1774
 Year of death:     1855
 Profile:     Publisher
 Source of information:     https://imslp.org/wiki/John Cole
     

Biographical notes


JOHN COLE (1774 - 1855) was a British-born American music printer, publisher and composer based in Baltimore.

Born in Tewkesbury, England, he emigrated to Baltimore in 1785 with his family. He compiled nearly thirty different collections of sacred music for various church denominations. In 1802, he became a printer; several of his publications included compositions by him. In 1822 he opened a music shop, which became the most important seller of sheet music in Baltimore, and he worked as a music publisher until 1839. In 1862, his firm was purchased by William Miller and Joseph R. Beacham, who renamed it Miller & Beacham.

Cole was the first publisher to include a picture on the title page of his sheet music publications[1].



  1. Quoted entirely from IMSLP [1] and Wikipedia.