S. Brainard Sons

S. Brainard Sons
Silas Brainard
Silas Brainard, founder

S. Brainard Sons (also known as S. Brainard's Sons and S. Brainard & Sons) was a music publisher, music periodical publisher, and musical instrument retailer based in Cleveland, Ohio and then Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in 1836 by Silas Brainard with Henry J. Mould.[1] The business published music and songbooks including political and patriotic music.[2] Brainard also published the periodical Western Musical World which was eventually renamed Brainard's Musical World.[3][4] The Library of Congress has a collection of their sheet music.[5] The New York Public Library has copies of their periodical in its collection.[4]

  1. ^ "Brainard - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org.
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  3. ^ J. Heywood Alexander (1980). "Brainard's (Western) Musical World". Notes. 36 (3): 601–614. doi:10.2307/939805. JSTOR 939805.
  4. ^ a b "Brainard's musical world - NYPL Digital Collections". digitalcollections.nypl.org.
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