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Thomas Fenner, T. P. Fenner and Thomas Putnum Fenner should link here
Thomas P. Fenner (November 22, 1829-October 15, 1912) was a musician, editor, and compiler of African American spirituals. He performed with a band in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He trained a group from Hampton Institute and toured with them following a fundraising model the Fisk Jubilee Singers used. The tours were fundraisers and he compiled and arranged spirituals from the singers, many of whom had been enslaved, that were published.[1] Updated editions continued.
He was born in Providence, Rhode Island and named for Major Thomas Fenner. He served in the U.S. Cavalry during the Mexican-American War. He helped Eben Tourjee establish the New England Conservancy of Music in Rhode Island. Served in a band. He toured leading a group of singers from Hampton Institute to raise money for the school. Later he taught at Temple Grove Seminary in Saratoga, New York. He also taught at the New England Conservatory. He married Sabra H. Dyer and they had two daughters. He returned to Hampton after his wife died in 1898.[2] His middle name was Putnam or Putnum.
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[edit]- ^ "Thomas P Fenner 1829-1912". The Fenner Family Tree.
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- ^ "Fenner, Thomas P. | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
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