Music And The Civil War
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Throughout time music has been a form of communication between
people of all ages. Franklin County, PA and Augusta County, VA were no
exception. The musical community thrived in these two counties giving a
number of public performances. Before the war musical performances were
local social gather ....
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.... assurances that the public "will be ever ready to favor
the performers with the presence when called upon."1
Other social events in Augusta County that were widely popular were
the "fine concerts by Turner's Silver Concert Band."2 The newspaper reports
that the popularity of "these concerts have always heretofore drawn crowded
houses.2" In the style of other articles, the paper comments that the
"merit of the music will ensure to the concert an abundant success"2
Musical performances in F ....
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