Question

Patrick S. Gilmore is known as the father of the concert band in the United States.

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Answer 1

Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, considered the "father of the American concert band," was born in Ballygar, Ireland in 1829. After immigrating to the United States in 1849, P.S. Gilmore settled in Boston, where he began his long and illustrious career as one of America's foremost bandleaders and concert organizers