Filippo [Philip] Trajetta (1777-1854) son of the Italian composer Tomasso Trajetta (1727–1879), landed in Boston as a political refugee in 1799. He was quickly recognized as a composer and performer and established the first of three, short-lived American Conservatorios, the second was in NY in 1818, followed by the third in Philadelphia 1828.  He arrivied in New York around 1813 where he met Uri K. Hill, who became a disciple of Trajetta and his Italian solfeggio system. He composed works for orchestra, quartets, trios, songs and oratorios, one of which Peace Jubilate was written to commemorate the end of the War of 1812.