George Frederick Bristow (December 19, 1825 – December 13, 1898) was an American composer. He advocated American classical music, rather than favoring European pieces. He was famously involved in a related controversy involving William Henry Fry and the New York Philharmonic Society.
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“For should your hands drop white and empty
All the toys of the world would break.”
—John Frederick Nims (b. 1913)