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William Brown
Occupation(s)Composer, Flutist, Music publisher
Instrument(s)Flute
Years active18th century

William Brown was an 18th-century American composer, flutist,[1] and music publisher,[2] active in Philadelphia and New York. He is known for his work Three Rondos for the Pianoforte or Harpsichord (1787),[3][4] one of the earliest pieces of printed secular music for keyboards,[5] and the first keyboard music to be published in the United States.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Clark, J. Bunker (1977). Anthology of early American keyboard music 1787-1830: Part 1. A-R Editions, Inc. pp. iv–v. ISBN 9780895790989.
  • ^ Strunk, Oliver (1937). "Early Music Publishing In The United States". The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 31 (2): 176–179. doi:10.1086/pbsa.31.2.24296539. JSTOR 24296539. S2CID 163880573.
  • ^ Howard, John Tasker (1946). Our American music; three hundred years of it. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company. p. 102. OCLC 40959234.
  • ^ Evans, Charles (1912). American Bibliography: 1786-1789. Priv. print. for the author by the Blakely Press. p. 100. OCLC 16228327.
  • ^ Sanjek, the late Russell (1988). American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years. Oxford University Press. p. 7. ISBN 9780195364620.
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