Timeline of Music in The United States To 1819 - 1813

1813

• Irish songwriter Thomas Moore publishes "The Last Rose of Summer", a popular song that helped establish him as one of the best-known composers of American parlor songs.
• Thomas Carr and his father, Joseph Carr, create one of the earliest American music publishing outfits, beginning with Thomas' popular arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
• Millennial Praises, the first Shaker hymnal, is published in Hancock, Massachusetts. It contains only the text of the hymns.
• The military band at West Point Academy begins its formation, though the modern incarnation of the West Point Band will not be formally created until 1817.