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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
P o l k a ; " " L a Gracieuse Caprice Dance;"
" Frivolity Dance De Theatre;" "Fortune's
Child Potpourri;" "Brownies' Band March,"
all strikingly good. Mandolin: "Reign Of
Roses Waltz;" "Santiago Valse Espagnole;"
'' Love's Dream After The Ball;" " Pearly Dew
Drop Mazurka," are all melodious and well har-
monized selections for the mandolin. The firm
make a specialty of mandolin music, and their
pieces can be obtained arranged for two mando-
lins, for mandolin and guitar, and for mandolin
and piano.
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White-Smith Publishing Co., Boston, Mass.
Voice : " New Life," a spring song for soprano
and alto, is a very delightful duet. It is a waltz
song, having a peculiarly happy and graceful
rhythmic movement. Words and melody are
uncommonly excellent and charming. '' The
Two Naughty Flies, " words by Howard Willis,
music by Dan. Braman, is a rollicking comic
song with a dashing and spirited chorus that
has a very peculiar and catchy effect. Piano :
" Mardi Gras March," by D. L. White, is one
of this noted composer's best efforts, and is
dignified and spirit-stirring; " Priscilla," is
the name of a quaint dance by J. T. Clark,
which is well composed and very attractive;
" The Golden Grain Waltz, " by D. L. White, is
bright and melodious. Violin and piano : '' Ber-
ceuse, Cradle Song," is a very pleasing and
effective composition of moderate difficulty.
Oliver Ditson Company, Boston. Voice : Fred.
Sieber's " Vocal Studies." This series of vocal
exercises includes '' Exercises in Velocity For
All Voices; " "Ten Vocalises For High So-
prano," " Mezzo-Soprano " and "Alto;" "Thir-
ty-six Kight Measure Vocalises for Soprano,
'' Mezzo-Soprano," " Alto, " " Tenor," " Bari-
tone " and " Bass ; " " Ten Vocalises for High
Soprano, " Mezzo-Soprano " and " Alto." Each
book is bound in paper and is in very convenient
form; the exercises are constructed with the
utmost care, and cannot fail, if diligently and
intelligently practiced, to secure the highest
attainable degree of voice development. '' Won't
You Kiss Me Once Again ? " " Bill The Bo'sun"
(bass song) ; '' The Avowal ;" " Now Hannah
Don't Get Gay " (comic), exceedingly attractive
songs. Piano : " May Queen Waltzes, " a very
pretty set of waltzes. Violin and piano : '' Com-
ing Through The Rye," a delightful arrange-
ment. Guitar: "Forest Glade Mazurka,"
moderately difficult but well written.
Hamilton S. Gordon, New York. Voice:
"Jubilate Deo," one of the " Morning Service"
series, composed by Arthur A. Clappe, is a
grand sacred melody. " 20 Vocalises," Salva-
tore C. Marchesi, is a series of vocal exercises of
the very highest order of merit. Each exercise
has words in Italian and also in English, but
is to be sung first with the letter "A, " and af-
terwards with the words. Not only are the
scales given, diatonic, chromatic and minor,
with their modifications, but the exercises are so
arranged as to develop every excellence and
power of the contralto and soprano voices. The
book is thorough, interesting and complete.
" Send Back My Letters," song and chorus with
waltz refrain ; '' Love And Duty ;" " Silver
Bells Of Memory;" "Through Sunlight And
Shadow ;" " Leonore ;" " Love's Magic Power;''
" What A Contrast;" " The Sweet Story Old-
en ;" " I Miss Thy Voice ;" " The Last Call;"
"Beware," (trio); "Whistling Wife," (comic);
each of these songs possesses special merit.
Piano : " Meeting Of Friends Galop ;" " Bleu
D 'Azur Valse ;" " Louise Polka ;" ' 'Oriella
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fflozart's
Jgff SOMEWHAT musty story comes from Vi-
^*h+> enna. A gentleman in that city is the pos-
sessor of a skull, mounted on a stand, with a
glass cover, and believed by him, perhaps by
others also, to be the skull of Mozart. The gen-
tleman received it from his brother, whose prop-
erty it became by gift from a man who had
formerly acted as grave-digger at the cemetery
of St. Mark, where, undoubtedly, the composer
was buried. According to this official, he at-
tended Mozart's funeral, and took particular no-
tice of the place assigned to the remains in the
fosse—which place, indeed, he was required to
enter in a book. It was the custom at St.
Mark's to dig up and cart away the bones of
persons interred in common after ten years from
the date of burial. Those of Mozart being so
treated, the grave-digger watched his opportun-
ity, and stole the musician's skull, keeping his
possession of it a secret till just before his death,
when he gave it away. The new owner, it is al-
leged, also held his tongue, out of consideration
for the grave-digger's family, and not till re-
cently have the existence and whereabouts of
the relic been made public. There is good
authority for believing, however, that between
the funeral and the first visit of Mozart's widow
to the cemetery, the grave-digger who had of-
ficiated at the ceremony left his employment,
and a new one came on the scene. We do not
at all believe in this Vienna skull.
HE system the humorous papers have of
scattering jokelets through their advertis-
ing pages is supposed to be of much advantage
to the advertiser, but it occasionally has an
opposite effect. Mr. George Batten directs my
attention to one of these mediums in which a
startling example of the mal-apropos in adver-
tising occurs, and inquires whether the adver-
tiser, in all justice, could not demand another
insertion. In fine type appears this little an-
nouncement :
Read these little 3 lines.
Buy Cook's Extra Dry Imperial Champagne
if you want a fine and delicious drink.
Directly above it in overshadowing type was
this :
One of the men of whom the devil feels the
surest is the moderate drinker who thinks he is
safe.—Ram's Horn.
Heretofore advertisers have been quite content
W. F. MERRILL, with Ivers & Pond, was in
to order an advertisement '' next to pure reading
New York last week on his way from Savannah,
matter," but if this sort of thing keeps up they
Ga., to Boston.
will soon want to be editing the paper itself.
ISAAC I. COLE & SON, manufacturers of veneers,
have just received a fine lot of blister walnut,
The
which surpasses anything of its kind heretofore
seen. All varieties of veneers may be seen at
Remarkable Adventures
their warerooms and factory, foot of 8th street,
of a
E. R., New York, and it will amply repay one
Rooster and Three Hens.
to visit this establishment and see the hand-
I have become somewhat accustomed to re- some display of piano case veneers.
HARRY PEPPER, the celebrated tenor of this
ceiving advertising booklets with peculiar titles,
but I must confess to being startled upon re- city, left for Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 1st, and
ceiving a pamphlet with the above conspicuously has been giving his highly instructive and in-
emblazoned on the cover. The subject matter teresting entertainment, entitled "An Evening
does not relate to poultry raising, but to the with the Ballad," which has met with unstinted
merits of a steam heater. Probably this is as praise everywhere. He will return in the early
good a way as any to get people to turn over fall.
the pages of a circular, but I should not advise
A FACTORY for the manufacture of hammers
similar methods in newspaper advertising.
for pianos is being built at Rockville Centre, N.
Y., by E. D. Seabury. W. E. Whitney is in
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While it is nothing new for a bill of fare to charge of the work.
contain an advertisement, it is something new
THE new organ built by the Felgemaker Or-
for an advertisement to be a bill of fare. The gan Works was given a public trial at St. Mary's
following menu for the baby in an exchange Catholic church, Erie, Pa., recently and left a
deserves approbation as not only '' cute '' but as very favorable impression upon the audience.
being very much to the point:
A LARGE pipe organ, to cost $3,000, is being
BEST BILL OF FARE FOR THE BABY.
erected in Nelson Memorial chapel at the Wyom-
SUPPER,
ing Seminary, Kingston, N. Y.
Lactated Food.
W. FAY, of Spencer, Mass., has bought out
DINNER,
the music store at the W. L. and S. waiting-
Lactated Food.
room, and will open same with a full stock of
BREAKFAST,
musical instruments and sheet music.
Lactated Food.
THE Linwood Piano Fund Society of Linwood,
With an occasional lunch of Lactated Food. O., has been incorporated.
This is the standard diet for babies of all ages.
THE Henning Piano Co., New York, are manu-
It is relished by them as well as mother's milk, facturing instruments which are constantly
and keeps them strong and hearty.—Printer's
growing in popular favor. Dealers who have
Ink.
not seen the Henning will do well to order a
sample
piano.
Whoever takes THE MUSIC TRADE RE-
A.
G.
Wigand is now with the Braumuller
VIEW wishes to preserve it on account of the
Co.,
and
will
represent them on the road during
valuable news and general information it contains.
Send $3 and receive the paper, weekly, for a year, the fall.
together with a binder worth $i t with which to
W. H. Guernsey, representing Jacobs Bros.,
keep your files complete.
is traveling through the South.
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