Root & Cady was a Chicago-based music publishing firm, founded in 1858.
[1] The firm's founders were Ebenezer Towner Root (1822–1896) and Chauncey Marvin Cady (1824 - 1889).
The company's publishings include The Silver Lute, the first music book printed in Chicago.
[1] Root & Cady dominated Chicago's music publishing industry until the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed $125,000 of the firm's inventory,[2] leading to its bankruptcy within a year.
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