SAWYER, JACOB

SAWYER, JACOB. Composer (c1859 in Boston, Massachusetts [?]; fl. late nineteenth century). Little is known of his career except that he was highly regarded as a pianist-composer during his time. He toured with the Hyers Sisters company as a pianist in 1878 and wrote songs especially for the company. A press notice in January 1884 referred to him as Boston's favorite Professor Jacob Sawyer when he played on a local concert. Trotter includes one of Sawyer's pieces, Welcome to...