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Henry Tucker

Birth
Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
Death
10 Feb 1882 (aged 55)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Composer of over 121 songs, including the “Kingston Waltz” 1851, also a Cantata, "Joseph in Egypt" written in 1870. Henry's most enduring melody published in New York in 1869 "Sweet Genevieve" which he wrote with lyrics by George Cooper is sill popular with quartets 149 years later.
Though born in Canada Mr. Tucker was raised and educated in Auburn, New York. Henry was slightly crippled and walked with the use of a cane, but he had a gift for music and while still a boy easily learned to play the guitar, piano and organ. He began composing at an early age. His first music was published in 1850.

~ Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo, New York, Thursday, February 23, 1882, Vol. III No. 116, Front page
Henry Tucker, author of "Sweet Genevieve," and many other beautiful ballads, died a few days ago at his home in Brooklyn
Composer of over 121 songs, including the “Kingston Waltz” 1851, also a Cantata, "Joseph in Egypt" written in 1870. Henry's most enduring melody published in New York in 1869 "Sweet Genevieve" which he wrote with lyrics by George Cooper is sill popular with quartets 149 years later.
Though born in Canada Mr. Tucker was raised and educated in Auburn, New York. Henry was slightly crippled and walked with the use of a cane, but he had a gift for music and while still a boy easily learned to play the guitar, piano and organ. He began composing at an early age. His first music was published in 1850.

~ Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo, New York, Thursday, February 23, 1882, Vol. III No. 116, Front page
Henry Tucker, author of "Sweet Genevieve," and many other beautiful ballads, died a few days ago at his home in Brooklyn

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