Music Trade Review
Issue: 1881 Vol. 5 N. 6 - Page 6
68
October
20th, 1881.
THE
CRITIC AND TRADE
REVIEW.
Music Trade Review
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'* Some proverb-maker—T forget who—
says God to some men givetb wisdom a n d
u n d e r s t a n d i n g , and to others t h e a r t of
playing on t h e fiddle."-PA UK'S DOGMAS
O F T H E CONSTITUTION.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
The rates for subscription to the MUSICAL CRITIC
AND
TRADE REVIEW.
AND TRADE REVIEW in the United States and Canada
AMATEUR CRITICISMS.
are:
A
FTER
dramatic
performances, the remarks are
1 YEAR (including postage)
.. $2.00
6 MOS.,
"
"
l.OO
often heard: " Oh, I think he is just grand,"
or " Oh, she is really elegant," or " Ain't he fine
looking," or "Ain't she splendid." This is the
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
With which is incorporated THE MUSIC TRADE JOURNAL.
In all foreign countries included in the Postal Union sum and substance of the average dramatic criti-
the rates for subscription to this paper are :
1 YEAR (including postage)
$2.50 cism! Not alone by the general public, but by the
THE ORGAN
« MOS.,
"
"
1.25 intelligent public, for they have no time to devote
3 MOS.,
"
"
65
ALL THE ABOVE RATES MUST INVARIABLY BE PAID to the investigation of dramatic criticism, and, as
IN ADVANCE.
a result, the poor, illegitimate and dangerous
SINGLE COPIES
1 0 CENTS.
drama, nourishes unduly.
AND THE MUSIC TEADES OF AMERICA.
The public only seeks to have its gross and
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. I.
emotional
faculties satisfied, and demands either a
We wish to be particularly emphatic in our statement
the public that subscriptions for the MUSICAL CRITIC sensational, or an easily comprehended situation.
PUBLISHED on THE 5th & 20th OF EACH MONTH to
AND TRADE REVIEW must invariably be paid in ad-
It does not investigate literature, nor the histrionic
At 853 Broadway, Cor. 14th St.
vance.
In future NO NAMES WILL BE ENTERED ON OUR art, but simply desires the eye to be rivetted and
SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS UNTIL THE PRICE FOR THE
FULL PERIOD OF SUBSCRIPTION HAS BEEN RECEIVED the emotions to be excessively strained.
BY us. This rule will not be deviated from in any case. But with music it is entirely different. A piano
Editor and Proprietor.
player in the house or a son or a nephew scratch-
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. II.
ing on the fiddle, puts the family into the position
AH communications should be addressed to the editor,
We sometimes receive complaints from subscribers that
CHARLES AVKRY WELLES, 853 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Checks and Post-Office Orders should be made payable to the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW does not of musical critics. Each one of its members has
CHARLES AVERY WELLES. Proprietor.
come to them regularly.
We are not responsible for the return of rejected manu-
To these we must reply that thefauli can hardly lie at heard music most charmingly performed.
script.
Correspondence must always be accompanied by the name this end of the line, as our wrapping and mailing depart When any member of the family visits a concert
and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, but
ments are very carefully supervised.
as a guarantee of good faith.
In most cases we have found that papers have been or an opera, a criticism, based upon a profound
Trade reports, items and communications, relating to the removed
from their wrappers bg parties to whom they knowledge of the art of music, is a logical
music trade, are solicited from all parts of the world.
were not addressed.
Whenever copies of the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE sequence. Each member of the family is a
NEW YORK, OCTOBEE 20, 1881. REVIEW fail to reach subscribers regularly, we trust "judge." Each knows that M'lle So and So did
they will promptly notify us.
not take the B flat with ease, and that Signor R.
did not hold the dotted half-note in the 719th bar
ADVERTISING RATES.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. III.
The following is the schedule of advertising rates for When a subscriber to the MUSICAL CRITIC AND long enough, The score is taken to the opera and
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW :
TRADE REVIEW receives his paper in a WHITE WRAP- the measures are watched, and on the very next
PER, it is a notification that the SUBSCRIPTION HAS EX-
PIRED. If it is desired to CONTINUE THE SUBSCIP- occasion, when all the friends are gathered in the
COVER PAGES.
TION, NOTIFY US ACCORDING TO "NOTICE TO SUB-
parlor, Charles shows his admirers how easily he
The four pages of the cover are divided into two col- SCRIBERS, NO. I . "
umns to a page.
could have made his career as a tenor, thereby
IN THE WIDTH OF A SINGLE COLUMN ON THESE
COVER PAGES THE BATE IS
also exposing the faulty singing of Signor R. at
$ 2 0 PER INCH for one quarter (3 months.)
the opera the preceding night. And the beautiful
CORRESPONDENTS.
INSIDE PAGES.
Euphemia, who has just had her finishing quarter
The inside pages are divided into three columns to a
from Professor Tomdickandharry, plays Mozart's
page.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, No. I.
A flat Sonata by Beethoven much better than Mr.
IN THE WIDTH OF A SINGLE COLUMN ON THESE
We need a few more experienced parties to furnish Jacoby did at the last recital.
INSIDE PAGES THE KATE 18
musical and trade correspondence from all parts of the
$ 1 4 PEK INCH for one, quarter (3 months).
world.
Forward applications immediately, and when our de- Gradually both members of the family become
DIRECTORY
cision is made credentials will at once be given.
known as wonderful critics of music, and as a re-
Including subscription to the MUSICAL CRITIC AND
sult of this accumulated wisdom, they demolish
TRADE REVIEW.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, No. II.
the poor artists. We remember an instance where
In the "Directory of the MUSICAL PROFESSION AND
THE Music TRADES," a apace of THREE LINES,
Letters from correspondents intended for publication
a
NEITHER MORE NOR LESS, IS ALLOWED FOR A SINGLE in the issues of Nov. bih and 20th, and Dec. 5th and very accomplished pianiste from Europe, mar-
CARD. These cards will not be taken for a shorter time
2()th, must positively reach us on the following dates in
ried a real good-natured gentleman. He never had
than one year, and their wording cannot be altered after order to insure publication: Oct. 29th, Nov. 11th, Nov.
heard a symphony before his marriage. After
the first insertion, except in the case of a change of ad- 26th, and Dec. Wth.
dress, or something equally necessary. Payment for Letters must be bright, concise, andfi II of telling mat-
these cards MUST INVARIABLY BE MADE IN AD- ter. " Padding" will not be tolerated. Deal with news several years he became known as a critic par
VANCE. They will not be inserted until paid for.
and gossip, rather than with attempts at criticism of excellence, and did not hesitate to say that Joseffy,
THE RATE FOR A SINGLE CARD IS
threadbare topics. We are living in the year 1881 not in
for instance, could not play a note on the piano.
$ 1 5 2 , THREE LINES, ONE YEAC, INCLUDING ONE 179H. Discuss live topics, not technicalities.
YEAY'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND
Properly accredited correspondents who do not forward
He had become so interested in the art that he
TRADE REVIEW, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
us information regularly will be considered to have re-
gave up other business and devoted himself to col-
signed their positions.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, No. I.
lecting his wife's bills. She is a successful music
We particularly desire to call attention to the fact that
teacher and her bills amount to a goodly amount
we carry NO "DEAD-WOOD," OR UNPAID ADVERTISE-
BINDERS.
per quarter; yet the quantity of money to be col-
MENTS IN THIS PAPER.
All our advertisements are
properly contracted for.
Our patrons are taking such a lively interest in the lected does not intimidate him in the least. He
It would be an act of the GBOSSEST INJUSTICE TO MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIE W that they are
devotes his time to it most heroically, and con-
ADVERTISERS WHO PAY TO INSERT THE ADVERTISE- faithfully preserving the back numbers of the paper. In
MENTS OF OTHER PARTIES WHO PAY NOTHING, OR answer to frequent inquiries we may say that we will tinues in the meanwhile to criticize music and
3 MOS.,
41
"
5O
Of the Musicians
CHARLES AVERY WELLES,
supply handsome embossed, cloth binders, suitable for
holding the numbers of this paper for two years, for musicians pro bono publico.
$1.00. Orders must be accompanied by cash.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, No. II.
Important musical questions which have been
We do not take pianos, organs, or any description of
agitating the art critics of both hemispheres, and
•musical merchandize, in payment for advertisements in
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
We are
NOTE WELL.
are not disposed of yet, are settled by our young
not engaged in renting out musical instruments, nor in
This is the ONLY INDEPENDENT PAPER published in lady amateurs at once. The philosophy of the
selling them upon the installment plan.
America DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY to MUSIC, MUSICIANS
Neither do we pay our printer'8 or other bills in pianos
question, or the application of the laws of aesthetics
and the MUSIC TRADES.
or organs taken for advertising.
NEXT TO NOTHING.
October
20th, 1881.
THE
CRITIC AND TRADE
REVIEW.
Music Trade Review
-- © MUSICAL
mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com
-- digitized
with support from
namm.org
'* Some proverb-maker—T forget who—
says God to some men givetb wisdom a n d
u n d e r s t a n d i n g , and to others t h e a r t of
playing on t h e fiddle."-PA UK'S DOGMAS
O F T H E CONSTITUTION.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
The rates for subscription to the MUSICAL CRITIC
AND
TRADE REVIEW.
AND TRADE REVIEW in the United States and Canada
AMATEUR CRITICISMS.
are:
A
FTER
dramatic
performances, the remarks are
1 YEAR (including postage)
.. $2.00
6 MOS.,
"
"
l.OO
often heard: " Oh, I think he is just grand,"
or " Oh, she is really elegant," or " Ain't he fine
looking," or "Ain't she splendid." This is the
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
With which is incorporated THE MUSIC TRADE JOURNAL.
In all foreign countries included in the Postal Union sum and substance of the average dramatic criti-
the rates for subscription to this paper are :
1 YEAR (including postage)
$2.50 cism! Not alone by the general public, but by the
THE ORGAN
« MOS.,
"
"
1.25 intelligent public, for they have no time to devote
3 MOS.,
"
"
65
ALL THE ABOVE RATES MUST INVARIABLY BE PAID to the investigation of dramatic criticism, and, as
IN ADVANCE.
a result, the poor, illegitimate and dangerous
SINGLE COPIES
1 0 CENTS.
drama, nourishes unduly.
AND THE MUSIC TEADES OF AMERICA.
The public only seeks to have its gross and
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. I.
emotional
faculties satisfied, and demands either a
We wish to be particularly emphatic in our statement
the public that subscriptions for the MUSICAL CRITIC sensational, or an easily comprehended situation.
PUBLISHED on THE 5th & 20th OF EACH MONTH to
AND TRADE REVIEW must invariably be paid in ad-
It does not investigate literature, nor the histrionic
At 853 Broadway, Cor. 14th St.
vance.
In future NO NAMES WILL BE ENTERED ON OUR art, but simply desires the eye to be rivetted and
SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS UNTIL THE PRICE FOR THE
FULL PERIOD OF SUBSCRIPTION HAS BEEN RECEIVED the emotions to be excessively strained.
BY us. This rule will not be deviated from in any case. But with music it is entirely different. A piano
Editor and Proprietor.
player in the house or a son or a nephew scratch-
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. II.
ing on the fiddle, puts the family into the position
AH communications should be addressed to the editor,
We sometimes receive complaints from subscribers that
CHARLES AVKRY WELLES, 853 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Checks and Post-Office Orders should be made payable to the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW does not of musical critics. Each one of its members has
CHARLES AVERY WELLES. Proprietor.
come to them regularly.
We are not responsible for the return of rejected manu-
To these we must reply that thefauli can hardly lie at heard music most charmingly performed.
script.
Correspondence must always be accompanied by the name this end of the line, as our wrapping and mailing depart When any member of the family visits a concert
and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, but
ments are very carefully supervised.
as a guarantee of good faith.
In most cases we have found that papers have been or an opera, a criticism, based upon a profound
Trade reports, items and communications, relating to the removed
from their wrappers bg parties to whom they knowledge of the art of music, is a logical
music trade, are solicited from all parts of the world.
were not addressed.
Whenever copies of the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE sequence. Each member of the family is a
NEW YORK, OCTOBEE 20, 1881. REVIEW fail to reach subscribers regularly, we trust "judge." Each knows that M'lle So and So did
they will promptly notify us.
not take the B flat with ease, and that Signor R.
did not hold the dotted half-note in the 719th bar
ADVERTISING RATES.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. III.
The following is the schedule of advertising rates for When a subscriber to the MUSICAL CRITIC AND long enough, The score is taken to the opera and
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW :
TRADE REVIEW receives his paper in a WHITE WRAP- the measures are watched, and on the very next
PER, it is a notification that the SUBSCRIPTION HAS EX-
PIRED. If it is desired to CONTINUE THE SUBSCIP- occasion, when all the friends are gathered in the
COVER PAGES.
TION, NOTIFY US ACCORDING TO "NOTICE TO SUB-
parlor, Charles shows his admirers how easily he
The four pages of the cover are divided into two col- SCRIBERS, NO. I . "
umns to a page.
could have made his career as a tenor, thereby
IN THE WIDTH OF A SINGLE COLUMN ON THESE
COVER PAGES THE BATE IS
also exposing the faulty singing of Signor R. at
$ 2 0 PER INCH for one quarter (3 months.)
the opera the preceding night. And the beautiful
CORRESPONDENTS.
INSIDE PAGES.
Euphemia, who has just had her finishing quarter
The inside pages are divided into three columns to a
from Professor Tomdickandharry, plays Mozart's
page.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, No. I.
A flat Sonata by Beethoven much better than Mr.
IN THE WIDTH OF A SINGLE COLUMN ON THESE
We need a few more experienced parties to furnish Jacoby did at the last recital.
INSIDE PAGES THE KATE 18
musical and trade correspondence from all parts of the
$ 1 4 PEK INCH for one, quarter (3 months).
world.
Forward applications immediately, and when our de- Gradually both members of the family become
DIRECTORY
cision is made credentials will at once be given.
known as wonderful critics of music, and as a re-
Including subscription to the MUSICAL CRITIC AND
sult of this accumulated wisdom, they demolish
TRADE REVIEW.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, No. II.
the poor artists. We remember an instance where
In the "Directory of the MUSICAL PROFESSION AND
THE Music TRADES," a apace of THREE LINES,
Letters from correspondents intended for publication
a
NEITHER MORE NOR LESS, IS ALLOWED FOR A SINGLE in the issues of Nov. bih and 20th, and Dec. 5th and very accomplished pianiste from Europe, mar-
CARD. These cards will not be taken for a shorter time
2()th, must positively reach us on the following dates in
ried a real good-natured gentleman. He never had
than one year, and their wording cannot be altered after order to insure publication: Oct. 29th, Nov. 11th, Nov.
heard a symphony before his marriage. After
the first insertion, except in the case of a change of ad- 26th, and Dec. Wth.
dress, or something equally necessary. Payment for Letters must be bright, concise, andfi II of telling mat-
these cards MUST INVARIABLY BE MADE IN AD- ter. " Padding" will not be tolerated. Deal with news several years he became known as a critic par
VANCE. They will not be inserted until paid for.
and gossip, rather than with attempts at criticism of excellence, and did not hesitate to say that Joseffy,
THE RATE FOR A SINGLE CARD IS
threadbare topics. We are living in the year 1881 not in
for instance, could not play a note on the piano.
$ 1 5 2 , THREE LINES, ONE YEAC, INCLUDING ONE 179H. Discuss live topics, not technicalities.
YEAY'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND
Properly accredited correspondents who do not forward
He had become so interested in the art that he
TRADE REVIEW, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
us information regularly will be considered to have re-
gave up other business and devoted himself to col-
signed their positions.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, No. I.
lecting his wife's bills. She is a successful music
We particularly desire to call attention to the fact that
teacher and her bills amount to a goodly amount
we carry NO "DEAD-WOOD," OR UNPAID ADVERTISE-
BINDERS.
per quarter; yet the quantity of money to be col-
MENTS IN THIS PAPER.
All our advertisements are
properly contracted for.
Our patrons are taking such a lively interest in the lected does not intimidate him in the least. He
It would be an act of the GBOSSEST INJUSTICE TO MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIE W that they are
devotes his time to it most heroically, and con-
ADVERTISERS WHO PAY TO INSERT THE ADVERTISE- faithfully preserving the back numbers of the paper. In
MENTS OF OTHER PARTIES WHO PAY NOTHING, OR answer to frequent inquiries we may say that we will tinues in the meanwhile to criticize music and
3 MOS.,
41
"
5O
Of the Musicians
CHARLES AVERY WELLES,
supply handsome embossed, cloth binders, suitable for
holding the numbers of this paper for two years, for musicians pro bono publico.
$1.00. Orders must be accompanied by cash.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, No. II.
Important musical questions which have been
We do not take pianos, organs, or any description of
agitating the art critics of both hemispheres, and
•musical merchandize, in payment for advertisements in
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
We are
NOTE WELL.
are not disposed of yet, are settled by our young
not engaged in renting out musical instruments, nor in
This is the ONLY INDEPENDENT PAPER published in lady amateurs at once. The philosophy of the
selling them upon the installment plan.
America DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY to MUSIC, MUSICIANS
Neither do we pay our printer'8 or other bills in pianos
question, or the application of the laws of aesthetics
and the MUSIC TRADES.
or organs taken for advertising.
NEXT TO NOTHING.
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