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About George E. Blake
- George E.
- Blake (17 August 1774 in England – 23 February 1871 in Philadelphia) was an American music engraver and publisher.
- He was born in Yorkshire, England and, according to his obituary in the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, emigrated to the United States when he was sixteen.
- Other sources disagree on the exact year he arrived in America.
- What is clear though is that by 1793, he began teaching the flute and the clarinet in Philadelphia, operating out of a room above the shop of music publisher John Aitken on South Third Street.
- During this period, the city was being ravaged by an outbreak of yellow fever.
- Unlike many others, Blake chose to stay instead of fleeing the city.
- He remained in Philadelphia for the rest of his long life.
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