A. Brooks Everett

A. Brooks Everett
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Short Name: A. Brooks Everett
Full Name: Everett, A. Brooks (Asa Brooks), 1828-1875
Birth Year: 1828
Death Year: 1875

Asa Brooks Everett MusDoc USA 1828-1875. Born in VA, he planned to be a doctor, but decided to study music instead. He studied in Boston for four years and also in Leipzig, Germany for four years.. He composed many gospel tunes and edited “The Sceptre” a New York publication. His brothers, Benjamin and Leonard, were also composers. He and Leonard organized a musical instruction system in Richmond, VA, in the 1850s. By 1861, 50 teachers and singing schools were representing them and using their publications. He died in Nashville, TN.

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