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The Music Trade Review
DECEMBER 29, 1928
Anna Case Now Records
Exclusively for Columbia
Prominent Concert Soprano Received Her
Musical Education Entirely in America—First
Record Soon to Be Released
The latest addition to the list of prominent
artists recording exclusively for Columbia
records is Anna Case, prominent concert so-
g
Anna Case
g
prano, whose first Columbia record couples
Handel's "O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?"
and the aria: "Connais—tu le pays?" from
"Mignon."
A native of New Jersey, Miss Case received
her musical education in America, and early
became a favorite singer with the Metropolitan
Opera Co. Later Miss Case made a world tour
as a concert artist and the work so appealed
to her that she continued in that field with
great success.
4,000 Cleveland Pupils
Studying Piano in Schools
Group Instruction Started in Three Schools
Three Years Ago Has Now Extended to
Include Fifty-three Schools
CLEVELAND, O., December 24.—There are a thou-
sand children taking piano lessons in Cleveland
Public Schools. And four hundred children tak-
ing violin lessons. These figures have just
been made public by the supervisors of piano
and violin classes of the Cleveland Board of
Education.
Three years ago a handful of pupils were
enrolled in three city schools, Walton, Milford
and Gilbert schools, to study the piano. Now
the piano course is so popular that fifty-three
schools have piano classes. Cleveland suburbs
are not included as they are independent of
Cleveland proper.
Landon and Chesterfield schools are credited
with the largest classes, each with thirty-five
pupils. The pupils are in the third to the sixth
grade. Miss Helen Schwin is the supervisor
of piano classes.
Much less interest is shown in the violin,
there being only four hundred pupils enrolled
in thirty-eight schools.
ESTABLISHED 1862
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Editor of The Review Is Honored
for Long Service With Publication
B. Brittain Wilson Presented With Watch in Commemoration of 30th Anniversary of
His First Connection With the Paper
T N commemoration of the thirtieth anniver-
During his years of service, Mr. Wilson has
-^ sary of his first connection with this paper, seen the gro.wth of the organization from one
B. Brittain Wilson, editor of The Music Trade paper with a staff of a half dozen, to a point
Review, was presented with a handsome gold where it ranks among the leaders in the field
watch, suitably inscribed, as a gift from the di-
rectors of Federated Business Publications, Inc.
The presentation took place on December 24
with Edward Lyman Bill, secretary and treas-
urer of the company, and son of the founder
of The Review, the late Col. Edward Lyman
Bill, tendering the gift.
Mr. Wilson's long and notable services with
The Review began in October, 1898, his first
post being that of an office boy. Since then he
has filled various positions on the paper until
January, 1927, when he was appointed editor
and placed in charge of the editorial department
of the publication, succeeding J. B. Spillane,
who was elected chairman of the board of di-
rectors of Edward Lyman Bill, Inc., and chair-
man of the editorial board composed of the edi-
tors of all the various publications. With the
organization of Federated Business Publica-
tions, Inc., Mr. Spillane became vice-president
and director of that company.
Gurran Music House
Suffers Heavy Fire Loss
B. Brittain Wilson
of
business
paper
publishing concerns, con-
Ashes Not Cool Before R. A. Curran Arranges
For Resumption of Business in Sharon, Pa.— trolling a score of papers in various fields of
industry and employing some two hundred in-
Loss Put at $75,000
dividuals.
During his long contact with the members- of
SHARON, PA., December 22.—Phoenix-like R. A.
Curran, owner of the Curran Music House the music industries in its various divisions,
which was totally destroyed by fire when flames Mr. Wilson, who in addition to being editor of
swept the DePoreest Block, State street, last The Review is also associate editor of the
week, arranged for the resumption of sales Talking Machine World, has made a host of
in his former place of business, East State street. friends who wish him well at the outset of his
Some of the merchandise that was saved from 31st year as a member of the music trade and
the burned store, supplemented by a new stock profession.
ordered by telegraph and long distance tele-
phone, was placed in the store which opened for
business this evening.
Mr. Curran places his loss at $75,000 with
partial insurance. The fire, of undetermined
origin, started in the DeForeest Block, owned by
CAMDEN, N. J., December 21.—The board of di-
M. V. DeForeest, the former well-known music
merchant, who places his loss at $125,000 with rectors of the Victor Talking Machine Co. to-
partial insurance. Mr. DeForeest was in New day declared the following quarterly dividends
York at the time of the fire, and was notified by to stockholders of record at the close of busi-
his son, William, of the fire. He returned home ness on December 31, 1928.
$1.75 per share' on preferred stock (69 shares
at once. The DeForeest Block was a total loss,
entailing a loss to the various occupants of old stock outstanding), payable January 15, 1929.
about $250,000. Mr. Curran had on display an $1.75 per share on 7 per cent cumulative prior
unusually large stock of pianos, talking ma- preference stock, payable February 1, 1929. $1.50
chines, radio sets and other musical merchan- per share on $6 cumulative convertible preferred
dise for the holiday trade which fell prey to stock, payable February 1, 1929. $1 per share
the fire fiend. The fire was discovered by Ray on common stock, payable February 1, 1929.
Johnston, of the Curran Music Co., who de-
tected the flames as he was about to fire the Consult the Universal Want Directory of
furnace in the basement. He was unable to The Review In it advertisements are inserted
enter the basement due to the dense smoke.
free of charge for men who desire positions.
Victor Talking Machine Go.
Directors Declare Dividend
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NEWARK. N. J
ONE OF AMERICA'S/FINE PIANOS
GRANDS
UPRIGHTS
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