Signed Carte-de-Visite of Gustav Knabe, Civil War Musician and Music Professor in Tennessee, c. 1870s

[German-American Immigrants - Musicians] Photographer Unknown

Verlag: Tennessee, 1870

Beschreibung

Gustav Knabe was born in Leipzig and formally educated in music in Germany before emigrating to the United States and serving as a "principal musician" in the Company H of the Second Regiment of the Ohio Heavy Artillery. Following the war he moved to Tennessee, where he worked as a professor and band director and established Knabe's Musical Academy in 1873. He composed several works, including a funeral march for Andrew Johnson, and was given an honorary degree by the University of Tennessee in 1881. Carte-de-visite photograph measuring 3 ¾ x 2 â… inches on larger mount. Some foxing, very good overall, signed by Knabe as "Proff Knabe" on recto. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers List1429

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Signed Carte-de-Visite of Gustav Knabe, ...

Verlag: Tennessee

Erscheinungsdatum: 1870

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1. Auflage