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THE MUSIC TRADfc REVIEW
THE "SMALL GOODS" TRADE
Honors for the Autoharp.
ing an admirable advertisement most artis-
tically produced.
A new zobo instruction book, specially
GREAT honor of special significance
prepared
by Otto Langey, together with
has been bestowed on the C. F. Zim-
some
new
and original musical selections,
merman Co. of Dolgeville, N. Y., by the
have
just
been published, further particu-
officers of the American Institute Fair.
lars
of
which
will appear in a later issue.
As we mentioned some weeks ago the C. F.
Zimmerman Co. had an exhibit of auto-
harps and figure music at the Fair which
Big Drum on Wheels.
was held in Madison Square Garden this
NE of the novel features of the great
city from Sept. 28th to Oct. 29th. So im-
Sound Money Parade last Saturday
pressed were the judges with the special
merits of the autoharp, and the system of was the mammoth bass drum introduced
figure notation, that the company received by Bandmaster Kirchner, of the Thirteenth
a special medal of silver, which was the Regiment Band. The Thirteenth headed
the United Paper Trades' cohorts, with
highest award accorded.
Eight firms were selected to receive this eighty musicians. The drum was built
special silver medal out of the total of 132 specially for the occasion by a McKinley en-
awards made, and the fact that the C. F. thusiast of Eikhart, Ind. (C. G. Conn,
Zimmerman Co. were so honored is quite a without doubt), and it was so big that no-
triumph for the autoharp and their system body could be found willing to undertake
the contract to carry it, so it was carried
of figure notation.
We congratulate the manufacturers on on wheels before the man wielding the big
obtaining this new tribute to the excellence drumstick.
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5560 . Lousiaiia Lou
Leslie Stuart
T. Tallis
5561 .Glory to Thee, my God !
5562 .It Don't Seem Like the Same Old Smile.
5568 . Dixie's Land
5571 . Tingelingeling.
Couplet
.She's Not Like Other Girls.
5573
Gilmore & Leonard
.So'ne Ganze Kleine Frau
W. Aletter
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of the "Nation's Musical Instrument"—
the autoharp.
Zobo News.
T
HE zobo brass instruments were much
in evidence in the Sound Money Pa-
rade of Saturday last; the New York
"Herald," however, made a mistake in
referring to these popular instruments as
"kazoos," the latter instrument being to-
day completely eclipsed by its more suc-
cessful rival.
In response to inquiry, Mr. W. H. Frost
stated to THE REVIEW on Monday last that
zobo business was very good, in fact, he
was not only unable to fill orders, but did
not expect to catch up on same until Janu-
ary, '97.
The zobo brass instruments are rapidly
becoming popular among musical circles; a
prominent church choir of Tacoma, Wash.,
gave a most successful concert on Oct. 9th,
last, the program containing both popu-
lar and classical selections, carefully ren-
dered in a most "serious" manner. The
Tacoma "Ledger" devoted half a column
in describing the event, and referred to
the performance as a most ambitious and
successful affair.
Prominent among the
numbers was a zobo duet, "See the Pale
Moon," by Donizetti, which called forth
rapturous applause.
A very handsome presentation plate, size
17^3 x 14, printed on enamel paper, has re-
cently been published for presentation pur-
poses by Mr. W. H. Frost, and can be had
gratis on application.
The plate consists of six half-tone por-
trait groups of zobo combinations and
prominent organizations, and, in addition,
a handsome portrait of America's favorite
comedienne, May Irwin— the whole form-
J. Thornton
Geo. C. Stebbins
Harry Leighton
John G. Boehme
Dan D. Emmet
Rob. Steidl
5263 . Closer, Lord, to Thee !
5565 .It Never Troubles Me!
5566 . Empire City March
The Violotta and the Cellone.
T
WO new stringed instruments—one to
go between the viola and violoncello,
and the other between the violoncello and
double bass—has been manufactured by
Dr. Alfred Stelzner, of Dresden. In order
to display the utility of these instruments,
prizes of $125 each are offered for a quartet
and a sextet in which parts for them should
be written, at any rate for the "violotta"
in the first work, and for both instruments,
the latter being denominated the "cellone,"
in the sextet. Thus we will shortly be able
to judge of the utility of these inventions.
Recent Symphonion Music.
•"THE following, among other numbers,
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have recently been issued for the Sym-
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The Gllitar=Zither.
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5461. .Der Rattenfaenger. Lied....R. Engelhardt
5462..'sMailuefterl.
Volkslied
j . Kreipl
5471..The Band Played On
Ch. B. Ward
5475 • My Somebody. Song
W. Pegg
5477..The Sweet Story Olden. Song....\V. Pegg
5473. . But There are Others. Bicycle Song.
E. Wolsiefter
5433..The "Zimmv" Caprice
H. C. Davis
5484..The "Honeymoon March"
G. Rosey
54S5. .My Jeane.tte. Song
Sidney Jones
5487..The Wishing Well
W. Pegg
54S9. -Where Is My Boy To-night? Song.
R. Lowry
5491.-Kong Christian IX. March. . . . H. C. Lumbye
5492..Listen to the Mocking Bird
Ch. Grobe
5494.. Amboss Polka
Alb. Parlow
5497.. Southern Railway March... .Wm. C. Rehm
5493.. Manhattan Beach March
J. Ph. Sousa
5499. .Gebet Einer Jungfrau. (The Maiden's Prayer)
T. Bardazewska
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d e a l e r s invariably speak in t h e hignest
t e r m s of these popular i n s t r u m e n t s , and
from t h e heavy orders recently received one
i m a g i n e that t h e demand is
w o u i d almost
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We have before alluded to the musical
characteristics of the g u i t a r - z i t h e r : the m -
Stritment is built with a view of producing
S W eet melodies and pleasing h a r m o n i e s ; in
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simple in construction that a little
child, possessing a musical ear, can rapidly
become q u i t e proficient.
The guitar-zither
i g a n e x c e l l e n t
s e ] ] e r a n d s h o u * ] d C O mmend
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itself to all live " s m a l l goods" dealers.
5503. .At Trinity Church I Met My Doom.
Fred. Gilbert
5504 . Daniel's Band
P. P. Bliss
5506.. Washed in the Blood of the Lamb.
T. C. O Kane
5507..The Life Boat
P. P. Bliss
5503..What Shall the Harvest Be?
P. P. Bliss
5509. Jesus, Lover of my Soul
S. B. Marsh
5510. .Room for Thee
Ira D. Sankey
5511. .Shall We Meet Beyond the River.C. E. Rice
5512..I am Sweeping through the Gate.P. Phillips
5513..Meet Me at the Fountain
P. P. Bliss
5 5 i 4 . J s My Name Written There P.Frank M.Davis
5515.. He Will Hide Me!
J. McGranahan
5516. .The Blood of the Lamb!
H.S.Perkins
5517..There is a Green Hill Far Away.
Geo. C. Stebbins
5518. .The Ship I Love
Felix McGlennon
5,19 Down the Road
Fred. Gilbert
5520..My Guiding Star. Cavatina
W. Pegg
5524. .Killarney
M. W. Balfe
MUSICAL i n s t r u m e n t s to the value of
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$ 2 3< 6 4 2 were exported from the port of
New York for the week ending Oct. 28th.
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T H E Iast
™" s l Cian to be honored with
t h e privilege of playing on P a g a n i n i ' s vio-
lin, which is p r e s e r v e d u n d e r seal in t h e
m u n c i p a l b u i l d i n g of Genoa, is L e a n d r o
C a m p a n a r i , b r o t h e r of the baritone, a n d
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till r e c e n t l y professor at t h e College of
Music, C i n c i n n a t i .
T h e case c o n t a i n i n g
t h e violin was opened to enable t w o n e w
s t r i n g s to be fastened to t h e violin in t h e
p r e s e n c e of a c o m m i t t e e of m u n i c i p a l leg-
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t o r s . Being invited, C a m p a n a r i played
Paganini's
"Campanella, "
Schubert's
" A v e M a r i a " a n d a s t u d y by Bazzini.