Edward E. Rice
Edward Everett Rice was an American musical composer and theater producer active during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, known primarily for being a pioneer of American musical theater and introducing to Broadway a musical by AfricanAmerican writers and performers.
Edward Everett Rice was born in Brighton, Massachusetts to Edmund Rice and Martha A. Rice. Rice married Clara E. Rich, daughter of Isaac E. Rich, in 1869 and they had a daughter Carrie B. Rice and sons, Aubrey L. Rice and Anthony D. Rice .
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