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Pierpont, James, 1822-1893

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Personal name headingPierpont, James, 1822-1893
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedGeorgia
Birth date18220425
Death date18930805
Place of birthBoston (Mass.)
Place of deathWinter Haven (Fla.)
Profession or occupationComposers Organists Music teachers
Found inWinham, G. Variations on a theme by James Pierpont, 1982: t.p. (James Pierpont)
Baker's, 7th ed. (Pierpont, James, American composer, b. Boston, 1822, d. Winter Haven, Fla., 1893)
Oxford music online, January 3, 2014: Encyclopedia of popular music (Pierpont, James; born April 25, 1822, Boston, Massachusetts; died August 5, 1893, Winter Haven, Florida; songwriter, organist, and music teacher; moved to Georgia in 1853; composer of "Jingle bells, or The one horse open sleigh" (1857) and uncle of the financier J. Pierpont Morgan)
Wikipedia, January 3, 2014 (James Pierpont (musician); James Lord Pierpont; born April 25, 1822, Boston, Massachusetts; died August 5, 1893, Winter Haven, Florida; an American songwriter, arranger, organist, and composer, best known for writing and composing Jingle bells in 1857, originally entitled The one horse open sleigh)
Not found inNew Grove dict. of Amer. music.