AUGUSTUS, EDWARD

AUGUSTUS, EDWARD. Brass bandsman (fl. mid-nineteenth century in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d.4 (?) December 1881 in Philadelphia). See also JOHNSON, FRANCIS . He played double-bass in Frank Johnson' musical groups. In 1837 when Johnson took an ensemble to give concerts in London, England, he left Augustus in charge of his Quadrille Band and Military Band. Augustus performed with the Johnson band until its disbandment during the 1860s and was active in other areas of Philadelphia's musical...