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THE
. AN INTERESTING VOLUME
On the Wind Band and Its Instruments Written
by Arthur A. Clappe, the Distinguished Band
Master, Composer and Editor Which Has
Just Been Issued by the Publishing House of
Henry Holt & Co., New York.
MUSIC
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Considered as a whole, this volume is a most
valuable addition to the literature bearing upon
musical instruments, and Mr. Clappe is entitled to
credit for having produced the first book in the
English language dealing with wind instruments
and the wind band in such a comprehensive and
thoroughly able manner, as well as the congratu-
lations and the thanks of his confreres the world
over for producing a work of such unquestioned
merit and interest. The volume is dedicated to
Major F. A. Mahan, U. S. Army, Retired, and is
published by Henry Holt & Co., New York; $1.50.
"The Wind Band and Its Instruments, Their
History, Construction, Acoustics, Technique and
Combination" is the title of a volume of exceeding
interest just to hand and written by Arthur A.
Clappe.
This book, as its title indicates, covers the field
SCHINDLER STRINGS FOR ARTISTS.
of instrumentation of wind bands, treating each
(Special to The Review.)
instrument in detail from the viewpoints of their
Boston, Mass., Oct. 16, 1911.
utility as individuals and in combination. The
"Ever notice when you enter a store for making
writer treats of their historical development, as
a purchase of an article, that the artistic package
well as the principles of acoustics involved in
arrests your attention and you buy it?" asks Hugo
their construction, the methods of fingering and
Schindler, of the musical string house of H.
other details which must appeal to all desirous
Schindler & Co., Jamaica Plain district, this city.
of securing authoritative information on a sub-
Mr. Schindler is evidently right in his contention:
ject which has never before been given this indi-
in fact, by applying this principle to his business
vidual consideration.
it has created a great volume of sales. Mr. Schind-
It is true that in many works on orchestration,
ler knows that "artistic packages of Schindler
the wind band and its instruments have been re-
strings for artists" is "it," and that is why people
ferred to merely as elements in the building of
say "Oh, how pretty," when buying them. When
an orchestra; but in this book the author has
they use them, it is: "Oh, such a superbly pure
emphasized that each instrument of the wind band
tone."
family should be accorded consideration and re-
spect as befits its specific importance, and the
AMERICAN GUILD OF VIOLINISTS MEET.
qualities of each'are taken into consideration from
(Special to The Review.)
that viewpoint—history, acoustics, construction,
Chicago, 111., Oct. 14, 1911.
technique and collective utility.
At the convention of the American Guild of
There are few men so well equipped for writing
a book of this character as Mr. Clappe. For many Violinists, held in th,e Recital Hall of the Audi-
years he was on the faculty of the Royal Military torium last week, the famous Hawley-Maggini
School of Music; he was formerly band-master and violin, made by Viovanni Peola Maggini in Bres-
teacher in the United States Military Academy cia in 1620, and once owned by Vieuxtemps, the
in West Point; he was also for a long time editor French violinist, was the recipient of many loving
of a musical publication, and he is, therefore, a caresses from the visitors. Every delegate attend-
ing the first annual convention of the Guild declared
master of the subject under consideration.
To bandmasters and bandsmen in general, Mr. himself or herself envious of the owner of this
Clappe's volume is simply invaluable. It gives the priceless instrument as they took turns in trying its
ordinary bandsman or player in an orchestra, a new tone qualities.
"Violin making to-day is a lost art," said one
conception of tone values and tone colors, and the
important part the wind band plays in that con- of the musicians as he held the fiddle and the
nection, while to the layman it is a veritable mine bow in position, "but to-day the musical world has
of information from historical and technical view- a chance to enjoy the greatest violinists that ever
points. Thousands of people, desirous of knowing- appeared in concert, so playing is progressing even
something of the band instruments which they see if the art of the maker is lost. Of course, the
and hear time and time again, but the functions, im- recognized leaders are Ysaye, Kreissler, Mischa El-
portance and purpose of which they know little, man, Kubelik and Henri Marteau, but there is
will be enabled through reading this volume, to right here in Chicago a youth of twenty-one years,
gain a new interest in band and orchestral organi- whose name should stand among the masters. If
this young artist had been born abroad instead of
zations of all kinds.
This volume is admirably printed and edited, and on the south side, he would be classed well at the
contains a great number of illustrations as well top—but alas, he is an American."
The violin exhibit includes a Johann Baptiste
as charts bearing upon the composition of bands in
various countries, the classification of the wind Rogerius, made in Cremona in 1697; a Joseph
band instruments, the formation of a brass band, Guarnerius, made in Cremona in 1731, and an Anto-
systems of fingering the various instruments and nius Stradivarius, made in Cremonia in 1697.
"This Strad is worth $8,000, said the expert in
tables suggesting relative power value among
voices of instruments in the wind band, and other charge of the exhibit, "and in all the world there
may be 300 violins left to show the workmanship
pertinent and informing topics.
OEGELEISEN
VJACOBSON
113-115 University Place
NEW YORK
Largest Jobbers in America of
ODERN
USICAL
ERCHANDISE
of Stradivarius, but of these 1 am sure less than
seventy-five are in condition to play. Paganini
originally played a Stradivarius, but finally a woman
gave him a Joseph Guarnerius, which he used
until his death. By his will it was left to the city
of Genoa, and is exhibited there in the museum in
a sealed glass case."
The Guild gathering closed with a banquet at the
Auditorium Hotel at 9 o'clock Saturday night.
A. A. GEMUNDER MARRIED.
August A. Gemunder, of A. Gemunder & Sons',
the well-known experts and dealers in violins, was
married last week to Miss Emilie E. Eisentrager,
a pianiste of Berlin, Germany, at the Grace Luth-
eran Church.
Henry Cassell, the youngest son of R. T. Cas-
sell, president of the Columbine Music Co., Den-
ver, Col., was seriously hurt last week when the
auto in which he was riding, in guiding, over-
turned, injuring both young Mr. Cassell and his
fiancee, Miss Batey, and her mother.
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