gary
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- Joined
- Feb 20, 2005
During the ante-bellum and Civil War era?
I suspect that there were travelling companies that brought them to the major metropolitan areas. If a city was big enough, it could even have its own symphony orchestra or if it was a town, a town band that could play the popular airs of the period.
I also suspect that then and now, people wanted to keep up with the Jones and tried to get the latest from Europe here. I know in Washington's day he did and always believed that when he bought stuff, they sent him out of date fashion.
I suspect that there were travelling companies that brought them to the major metropolitan areas. If a city was big enough, it could even have its own symphony orchestra or if it was a town, a town band that could play the popular airs of the period.
I also suspect that then and now, people wanted to keep up with the Jones and tried to get the latest from Europe here. I know in Washington's day he did and always believed that when he bought stuff, they sent him out of date fashion.