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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
August 5th, 1881.
REVIEW, and we might sound its praises to an in-
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. 1.
definite extent, but we prefer to let the paper
We with to be particularly emphatic in our statement
to the public that subscriptions for the MUSICAL CRITIC speak for itself. This much we may say that we
AND TRADE REVIEW must invariably be paid in ad shall pursue a very positive course during the
coming year. We shall spare no pains nor expense
vance.
In future NO NAMES WILL BE ENTERED ON OUR to secure the best talent for every department ; and
SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS UNTIL THE PRICE FOR THE we shall annihilate, if possible, fraud and humbug
AND
FULL PERIOD OF SUBSCRIPTION HAS BEEN RECEIVED wherever we come in contact with it, undeterred
BY us. This rule will not be deviated from in any case.
by the bluster of interested parties or by threats
Immediately after this issue, of the paper, (Aug. 5, '81),
of libel suits.
bills will be sent to all subscribers who are in arrears, Moreover, we shall strive to be strictly honest
AND I F WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF
in all we do, for upon such a manifestation of
SAID BILLS THE AMOUNTS ARE NOT PAID THE NAMES
principle the greater part of our influence de-
With which is incorporated THE MUSIC TRADE JOURNAL. WILL BE STRUCK OFF THE SUBSCRIPTION BOOK.
pends.
As, heretofore, it has been impossible for any
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. II.
paper to stand alone, every one of them
We sometimes receive complaints from subscribers musical
that
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW does not being obliged to look for support to some promi-
nent house in the music trades to pay its indebted-
AND THE MUSIC TRADES OP AMERICA. come to them regularly.
ness, or relying upon individuals with more
To these we must reply that the fault can hardly lie at
PUBLISHED on THE 5th & 20th OF EACH MONTH this end of the line, as our wrapping and mailing depart courage and money than wisdom and foresight to
ments are very carefully supervised.
act as capitalists, we may state for the information
At 853 Broadway, Cor. 14th St.
In most cases we have found that papers have been of those who are anxious to know who our "back-
removed from their wrappers bg parties to whom they
ers " are, that our subscription sales and advertis-
were not addressed.
ing lists comprise our "backers," and the parties
Whenever copies of the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE
embraced in them "back " us only so far as they
REVIEW fail to reach subscribers regularly, we trust
Editor and Proprietor.
pay their bills promptly, and give us their hearty
they will promptly notify us.
and kindly encouragement.
All communications should be addressed to the editor,
CHARLES AVEBY WELLES, 853 Broadway, N. Y. City.
We may also state, as we stated about a year ago,
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS
Checks and Post-Office Orders should be made payable to
that the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW is
CHARLES AVERY WELLES, Proprietor.
We need a few more experienced parties to furnish
We are not responsible for the return of rejected manu- musical and trade correspondence from all parts of the
absolutely without debt or incumbrance of any
script.
sort ; that, although it is not accumulating wealth,
world.
Correspondence must always be accompanied by the name
it is in a healthy condition, and, that it proposes
and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, buD
Forward applications immediately, and when our de
as a guarantee of good faith.
continuing in this free and independent course,
Trade reports, items and communications, relating to the cision is made credentials will at once be given.
perfectly confident that it will meet with public
music trade, are solicited from all parts of the world.
NOTE WELL.
approbation.
TRADE REVIEW.
THE ORGAN
Of the Musicians
CHARLES AVERY WELLES,
NEW
YORK, AUGUST 5, 1881.
This is the ONLY INDEPENDENT PAPER published in
America DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY to MUSIC, MUSICIANS
and tlie MUSIC TRADES.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Miss Emily Winant will remain at Grand View,
The MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE on the Hudson, for the next two months. She has
REVIEW is sold by principal news been engaged for the Worcester Musical Festival,
The follow ing is the schedule of advertising rates for
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW :
agencies and may be had at leading which takes place early in the fall.
news stand* and music stores through-
Mr. Joseffy will most likely commence his ex-
COVER PAGES.
out t h e world.
The four pages of the cover are divided into two col-
umns to a page.
IN THE WIDTH OF A SINGLE COLUMN ON THESE
OUR ANNIVERSARY.
tended concert tour this season in San Francisco,
Cal. He has added many new selections to his
already very large repertoire.
COVEK PAGES THE RATE IS
At the recent Brass Band Tournament at Lake
y a r s ago this August 5th, 1881, we brought
out the first nnmber of a paper called the Maranocook, Maine, thirty bands participated.
There were over 15,000 people present. Each band
INSIDE PAGES.
Music TRADE JOURNAL. The new venture was a
The inside pages are divided into three columns to a
success from the beginning.
We do not mean played two pieces, separately, (one of them a
page.
that it payed even a small profit during the first march) and the bands were afterwards consolidated
IN THE WIDTH OP A SINGLE COLUMN ON THESE
numbers, but it was a success in this way, that it under the direction of Mr. Frank L. Collins.
INSIDE PAGES THE KATE IS
made for itself a host of friends and assumed a The first prize, $150, was awarded to Glover's
$ 1 4 PEE INCH for one quarter (3 months).
distinct position in the field of American journal- Band, Auburn, Me.; the second, $100, to Collin's
DIRECTORY
ism. Originally it was conducted as a purely Band, Portland, Me. The Judges were Messrs. J.
B. Claus, W. S. Ripley, and Charles W. Thomp-
In the "Directory of the MUSICAL PROFESSION AND trade paper, but afterwards—about a year and a
THE Music TRADES," a space of THREE LINES, half ago—devoted itself equally to the consider- son, all of Boston.
$52O PER INCH for one quarter (3 months.)
p
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NEITHER MORE NOR LESS, IS ALLOWED FOR A SINGLE ation of all musical matters both from a critical and
Chas. Dudley Warner says: You can detect a
CARD. These cards will not be taken for a shorter time
non-critical standpoint. This change of policy false note in the playing of the music of Mozart,
than one year, and their wording cannot be altered after
was made as soon as the paper was solidly planted as readily as a finger print on burnished silver ;
the first insertion, except in the case of a change of ad-
on its feet, because we believed that it would prove
dress, or something equally necessary. Payment for more readable, more interesting, even to members but in one of the "romantic" symphonies of the
"intense" school, a madman might be fiddling
these cards MUST INVARIABLY BE MADE IN AD-
of the music trades, if it treated of the art with away meanwhile, and nobody would suspect that
VANCE. They will not be inserted until paid for.
which they were so closely allied.
it was not "comsummate."
THE RATE FOR A SINGLE CARD IS
The musical department being established about
$12,
THREE LINES, ONE YEAR, INVARIABLY IN
ADVANCE.
a year ago, the name of the paper was changed to The annual election of the Helvetia Singing So-
ciety, of Newark, N. J., for the ensuing year re-
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW, a name
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, No. I.
which we are pleased to say—and this is proven by sulted in the unanimous selection of Ch. J. W.
We particularly desire to call attention to the fact that
our subscription list—has become known through- Bowman, for president; John Wehrli, vice-presi-
we carry no "DEAD WOOD," OR UNPAID ADVERTISE-
out all parts of the world where modern civilization dent ; Edward Heer, corresponding secretary ; H.
MENTS IN THIS PAPER.
All our advertisements are
Hertenstein, financial secretary; Christian Kra-
sends
its musicians and its musical instruments.
properly contracted for.
nich, treasurer; F. Rietman, librarian.
The
musical
department
was
a
valuable
addition
It would be an act of the GROSSEST INJUSTICE TO
D wight's Journal of Music, Boston, has been dis-
ADVERTISERS WHO PAY TO INSERT THE ADVERTISE- to the paper ; not only did it prove acceptable to
MENTS OF OTHER PARTIES WHO PAY NOTHING, OR the trades, but it immediately attracted the atten- continued after an existence of twenty-nine years.
NEXT TO NOTHING.
tion of professional musicians, and the music-loving
Miss Florence Copleston, the pianiste, will
public generally. The sales of the MUSICAL CRITIC
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, No. II.
remain at Bath, L. I., for the entire summer, where
AND TRADE REVIEW rapidly increased, and during
We do not take pianos, organs, or any description of
the last ten months reached a point that has never she is engaged in her piano studies. She has
musical merchandise, in payment for advertisements in
been
even nearly attained by the most widely-cir- made many additions to her repertoire preparatory
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE EEVIEW.
We are
culated
musical or trade paper ever published in for the coming musical season, when she will give
not engaged in renting out musical instruments, nor in
a series of recitals in this and other cities.
this country.
selling them upon the installment plan.
The Saalfield Concert Company on Tuesday gave
Neither do we pay our printer's or other bills in pianos The cause of this success lay in the fact that we
or organs taken for advertising.
employed the best talent, both as critics and cor- a concert at Rocky Point and on Wednesday, July
respondents, that could be found in the country. 20th, at the Newport Casino. Brignoli, Ferranti
We aimed to make the paper eagerly looked for by and Carreno are members of the company.
its readers, which is one of the important secrets
Miss Emma Abbott is at Lake George. She has
of true journalism. The false object, one pursued
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
completed all her arrangements for the next English
The rates for subscription to the MUSICAL CRITIC by musical newspapers almost without exception,
that of expounding the peculiar musical ideas, or, opera season. We are informed that her company
AND TRADE REVIEW in the United States and Canada
as we Americans expressively say, " notions," of will be stronger in every respect than ever.
are:
Miss Blanche Roosevelt will shortly arrive from
1 YEAR (includingpostage)
$2.00 some publisher, editor, or critic, was carefully
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l.OO avoided, and, while musical papers on all sides Europe, where she has had a short but very pleasant
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5O tottered and fell, or only managed after an exist- vacation. She will give a few concerts at the prin-
ence of nearly a quarter of a century, to live from cipal watering places before the summer season
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
hand to mouth, we quietly pursued our course, closes.
In all foreign countries included in the Postal Union
adhering to a policy of repression rather than of
the rates for subscription to this paper are :
Maurice Strakosch will return with Emma Thurs-
splurge, and keeping our paper in trim to main-
1 YEAR (including postage)
$2.50
tain the position it had won as the leading author- by to the United States in the fall. He is now giv-
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1.25 ity in America on musical matters and matters per- ing concerts in Sweden.
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Master Dengremont will play the second concerto,
ALL THE ABOVE RATES MUST INVARIABLY BE PAID taining to the music trades.
IN ADVANCE.
We might fill columns with remarks upon the by Spohr, for the violin, at the first concert of the
future policy of the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE Brooklyn Philharmonic Society.
SINGLE COPIES
1 0 CENTS.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.