Music Trade Review
Issue: 1892 Vol. 16 N. 3 - Page 3
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
ffla/iynotip Issue.
f\n\OT)$ tlpe Bapds.
The Dunham Band, of Rockland Lake, New
York, composed of sixteen men, are meeting
with great success wherever they play.
In his contemplated tour of the continent this
fall and winter, Mr. P. S. Gilmore intended
visiting Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Mr. C. D.
Blackford, secretary of St. George's Benevolent
Society, of that ambitious little city, who was
negotiating with Mr. J. H. Laine, manager of
Gilmore's Band, recently wrote that gentleman
a letter in which he declined to enter into a con-
tract securing the presence of the Band, alleg-
ing as his reason for his action that the Thir-
teenth Battalion Band, of Hamilton, were pre-
vented by the Musicians' Union, of Detroit,
from giving a performance in that city. Mr.
Blackford wrote that in consequence of '' the
unfriendly attitude assumed by the American
people " the society had resolved " in future to
support purely British institutions." Mr. Gil-
more, in a characteristic reply, informed the sec-
retary of certain special courtesies that he had
extended to the Canadian Band at St. Louis,
and also that permission had been given that
band to play anywhere in the United States.
He concluded his letter as follows : '' However
we may differ regarding tariffs, etc., let us give
music a free blow, anyhow, for it cannot be de-
nied that wherever musicians go, they are ' in-
strumental ' in producing ' harmony.' " It is to
be hoped that this witty reply will console Mr.
Blackford for the fact that not one in a million
of the American people is cognizant of his ex-
istence.
f\\\ U/ •ESSRS. KELLER BROS. & BLIGHT, the
East End piano manufacturers, gave a
clam bake to their employes and a large number
of invited guests last Monday. All hands quit
work at noon and preparations were at once
made for the spread. Every employe took hold
with energy, and tables were soon laid in the
grove near the factory. The '' bake '' was under
the direction of Mr. Charles Rohrback, and
those who were fortunate enough to be in at-
tendance claim it was the best of its kind ever
given in this city. About 200 were present.—
Bridgeport, Ct., Standard.
Among the singers on this occasion was the
accomplished Miss Agnes Baylies, the leading
soprano of St. Augustine Church, Bridgeport,
whose remarkable voice and excellent rendition
of Pinsuti's "Fly Forth, O Gentle Dove,"
elicited the most hearty applause. It is predict-
ed that this young lady will be Bridgeport's
leading singer.
THE Krell Piano CO., of Cincinnati, O., manu-
facture instruments that are rapidly winning
their way to popular favor. The company is
also adding largely to its list of agents, and is
now represented by responsible parties in all the
principal cities of the country.
Wtff MONG the exchanges that are placed upon
®^> our desk none are more welcome than
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, a paper published
by Edward Lyman Bill, at No. 3 East 14th
street, New York, in the interest of the musical
industries of this country. During the four-
teen years of the existence of this paper it has
been a semi-monthly until the issue of the 20th,
which announces that henceforth the publication
will be made weekly on Saturdays. The issue
of the 20th is a mammoth one, and abounds in
bright thoughts comprehensively expressed, and
also throughout is a gem of the typographic
art.
Among those who profit by this medium to
reach the trade, the enterprising firm of Corn-
stock, Cheney & Company, of Ivory ton, occupy
an entire page, ornate in display.—Riverside In-
telligence, Essex, Conn.
51?ey Understood.
$JE? VERY choir or orchestra leader knows that
c
-&^ musicians and singers are what Horace
calls genus irritabile, that is, an irritable race.
It requires tact and firmness to manage them,
such as General Custer displayed in dealing
with a refractory regimental band. The Buffalo
Courier tells the story.
The gallant cavalryman believed in having
martial music on all possible occasions. He
would have the band out at five o'clock in the
morning and the last thing in the evening.
One day, when the regiment had just come
into camp, General Custer ordered the band out.
The men were tired, and reported that they had
lost the mouth-pieces of their instruments.
"Very well," said the General, "you may
take pickaxes and shovels and help repair the
roads. You may find the missing mouth-pieces
while you are working." It is unnecessary to
state that the band played soon after.
jie
fflaplesor?.
the late Franz Vetta, the noted bas-
so, was singing in concert in San Fran-
cisco, some years ago, he was summoned before
Col. Mapleson, who at that time was Patti's
manager. When he entered the impressario's
office, the colonel said to him in a patronizing
way: '' Now, my dear boy, I have only five
minutes. Sing me your best song." Vetta
sang on uninterruptedly for nearly an hour,
until Mapleson terminated the exhibition by of-
fering the singer an engagement in Italian opera
for five years.—N. Y. Sunday News.
THE Catalogue Of Mandolin Music, published
by Lyon & Healy, State and Monroe streets,
Chicago, contains an exhaustive list of the
works of American and European composers.
The catalogue is invaluable, not only to mando-
lin players but to music dealers. It will be
mailed free upon application to the publishers.
You can purchase a piano or an organ from
Lyon & Healy, Chicago, by correspondence, and
if the instrument does not suit you it can be
sent back and the firm will send you others in
its place until you are satisfied, or, if you so
desire, your money will be refunded. The mail
order business of this celebrated house is larger
than that of any other music establishment in
the world.
A NEW orchestra, to be known as the Waverly
Orchestra, has been organized in Portland, Me.
James H. Barry, John McDonald, John Ahern
and others members.
THE Conservatory of Music at Utica, N. Y.,
Teopens September 5th.
f
HE new catalogue of the Chicago Musical
College is, as usual, a very artistic and
beautiful publication. This eminent institution is
in a highly flourishing condition, which reflects
great credit upon its celebrated president, Dr. F.
Ziegfeld, and his able colleagues. The fall term
commences Monday, September 12, and the
twenty-seventh annual concert and commence-
ment exercises will take place Tuesday, June 20,
1893. The Chicago Musical College certainly
deserves an uncommonly large and liberal pat-
ronage.
sompo$^rs.
W& PARAGRAPH in the Elite News appeared
©^> as follows: '' Women as a sex have to
face the fact that while, as compared with men,
greater numbers, probably, have received musi-
cal instruction during the past century, they
have not shown the creative talent that men
have.''
Whereupon a lady correspondent immediately
wrote: " It is probably true that more women
than men have received musical instruction, of
a sort, but not of the sort which qualifies any
one to become a composer. Girls, as a rule, are
taught music superficially, simply as an accom-
plishment. To enable them to play and sing
agreeably is the whole object of their music
lessons. It is exceedingly rare that a girl's
father cares to have her taught the underlying
laws of harmony or the principles of musical
composition. In Germany and Italy, the coun-
tries where the greatest musical composers have
originated, the standard of women's education
is especially low, and the idea of woman's
' sphere ' particularly restricted. The German
or Italian girl who should confess an ambition
to become a composer would be regarded as out
of her sphere, if not as out of her mind. Yet it
is now known that some of Mendelssohn's songs
were composed by his sister, Fanny Mendel-
ssohn, who published them under her brother's
name to avoid the reproach of unwomanliness.
No one detected the difference, or thought these
pieces unworthy of even that celebrated com-
poser. ''
THE Michigan Automatic Music Co. has been
incorporated at Lansing, Mich., with $15,000
capital. Martin N. Brady, president; M. Bren-
nan, vice-president; C. Lingemann, secretary
and treasurer.
THE non-union musicians of Erie, Pa., com-
plain of being insulted and annoyed by the
members of the Musicians' Union on every occa-
sion that offers itself.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
ffla/iynotip Issue.
f\n\OT)$ tlpe Bapds.
The Dunham Band, of Rockland Lake, New
York, composed of sixteen men, are meeting
with great success wherever they play.
In his contemplated tour of the continent this
fall and winter, Mr. P. S. Gilmore intended
visiting Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Mr. C. D.
Blackford, secretary of St. George's Benevolent
Society, of that ambitious little city, who was
negotiating with Mr. J. H. Laine, manager of
Gilmore's Band, recently wrote that gentleman
a letter in which he declined to enter into a con-
tract securing the presence of the Band, alleg-
ing as his reason for his action that the Thir-
teenth Battalion Band, of Hamilton, were pre-
vented by the Musicians' Union, of Detroit,
from giving a performance in that city. Mr.
Blackford wrote that in consequence of '' the
unfriendly attitude assumed by the American
people " the society had resolved " in future to
support purely British institutions." Mr. Gil-
more, in a characteristic reply, informed the sec-
retary of certain special courtesies that he had
extended to the Canadian Band at St. Louis,
and also that permission had been given that
band to play anywhere in the United States.
He concluded his letter as follows : '' However
we may differ regarding tariffs, etc., let us give
music a free blow, anyhow, for it cannot be de-
nied that wherever musicians go, they are ' in-
strumental ' in producing ' harmony.' " It is to
be hoped that this witty reply will console Mr.
Blackford for the fact that not one in a million
of the American people is cognizant of his ex-
istence.
f\\\ U/ •ESSRS. KELLER BROS. & BLIGHT, the
East End piano manufacturers, gave a
clam bake to their employes and a large number
of invited guests last Monday. All hands quit
work at noon and preparations were at once
made for the spread. Every employe took hold
with energy, and tables were soon laid in the
grove near the factory. The '' bake '' was under
the direction of Mr. Charles Rohrback, and
those who were fortunate enough to be in at-
tendance claim it was the best of its kind ever
given in this city. About 200 were present.—
Bridgeport, Ct., Standard.
Among the singers on this occasion was the
accomplished Miss Agnes Baylies, the leading
soprano of St. Augustine Church, Bridgeport,
whose remarkable voice and excellent rendition
of Pinsuti's "Fly Forth, O Gentle Dove,"
elicited the most hearty applause. It is predict-
ed that this young lady will be Bridgeport's
leading singer.
THE Krell Piano CO., of Cincinnati, O., manu-
facture instruments that are rapidly winning
their way to popular favor. The company is
also adding largely to its list of agents, and is
now represented by responsible parties in all the
principal cities of the country.
Wtff MONG the exchanges that are placed upon
®^> our desk none are more welcome than
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, a paper published
by Edward Lyman Bill, at No. 3 East 14th
street, New York, in the interest of the musical
industries of this country. During the four-
teen years of the existence of this paper it has
been a semi-monthly until the issue of the 20th,
which announces that henceforth the publication
will be made weekly on Saturdays. The issue
of the 20th is a mammoth one, and abounds in
bright thoughts comprehensively expressed, and
also throughout is a gem of the typographic
art.
Among those who profit by this medium to
reach the trade, the enterprising firm of Corn-
stock, Cheney & Company, of Ivory ton, occupy
an entire page, ornate in display.—Riverside In-
telligence, Essex, Conn.
51?ey Understood.
$JE? VERY choir or orchestra leader knows that
c
-&^ musicians and singers are what Horace
calls genus irritabile, that is, an irritable race.
It requires tact and firmness to manage them,
such as General Custer displayed in dealing
with a refractory regimental band. The Buffalo
Courier tells the story.
The gallant cavalryman believed in having
martial music on all possible occasions. He
would have the band out at five o'clock in the
morning and the last thing in the evening.
One day, when the regiment had just come
into camp, General Custer ordered the band out.
The men were tired, and reported that they had
lost the mouth-pieces of their instruments.
"Very well," said the General, "you may
take pickaxes and shovels and help repair the
roads. You may find the missing mouth-pieces
while you are working." It is unnecessary to
state that the band played soon after.
jie
fflaplesor?.
the late Franz Vetta, the noted bas-
so, was singing in concert in San Fran-
cisco, some years ago, he was summoned before
Col. Mapleson, who at that time was Patti's
manager. When he entered the impressario's
office, the colonel said to him in a patronizing
way: '' Now, my dear boy, I have only five
minutes. Sing me your best song." Vetta
sang on uninterruptedly for nearly an hour,
until Mapleson terminated the exhibition by of-
fering the singer an engagement in Italian opera
for five years.—N. Y. Sunday News.
THE Catalogue Of Mandolin Music, published
by Lyon & Healy, State and Monroe streets,
Chicago, contains an exhaustive list of the
works of American and European composers.
The catalogue is invaluable, not only to mando-
lin players but to music dealers. It will be
mailed free upon application to the publishers.
You can purchase a piano or an organ from
Lyon & Healy, Chicago, by correspondence, and
if the instrument does not suit you it can be
sent back and the firm will send you others in
its place until you are satisfied, or, if you so
desire, your money will be refunded. The mail
order business of this celebrated house is larger
than that of any other music establishment in
the world.
A NEW orchestra, to be known as the Waverly
Orchestra, has been organized in Portland, Me.
James H. Barry, John McDonald, John Ahern
and others members.
THE Conservatory of Music at Utica, N. Y.,
Teopens September 5th.
f
HE new catalogue of the Chicago Musical
College is, as usual, a very artistic and
beautiful publication. This eminent institution is
in a highly flourishing condition, which reflects
great credit upon its celebrated president, Dr. F.
Ziegfeld, and his able colleagues. The fall term
commences Monday, September 12, and the
twenty-seventh annual concert and commence-
ment exercises will take place Tuesday, June 20,
1893. The Chicago Musical College certainly
deserves an uncommonly large and liberal pat-
ronage.
s
W& PARAGRAPH in the Elite News appeared
©^> as follows: '' Women as a sex have to
face the fact that while, as compared with men,
greater numbers, probably, have received musi-
cal instruction during the past century, they
have not shown the creative talent that men
have.''
Whereupon a lady correspondent immediately
wrote: " It is probably true that more women
than men have received musical instruction, of
a sort, but not of the sort which qualifies any
one to become a composer. Girls, as a rule, are
taught music superficially, simply as an accom-
plishment. To enable them to play and sing
agreeably is the whole object of their music
lessons. It is exceedingly rare that a girl's
father cares to have her taught the underlying
laws of harmony or the principles of musical
composition. In Germany and Italy, the coun-
tries where the greatest musical composers have
originated, the standard of women's education
is especially low, and the idea of woman's
' sphere ' particularly restricted. The German
or Italian girl who should confess an ambition
to become a composer would be regarded as out
of her sphere, if not as out of her mind. Yet it
is now known that some of Mendelssohn's songs
were composed by his sister, Fanny Mendel-
ssohn, who published them under her brother's
name to avoid the reproach of unwomanliness.
No one detected the difference, or thought these
pieces unworthy of even that celebrated com-
poser. ''
THE Michigan Automatic Music Co. has been
incorporated at Lansing, Mich., with $15,000
capital. Martin N. Brady, president; M. Bren-
nan, vice-president; C. Lingemann, secretary
and treasurer.
THE non-union musicians of Erie, Pa., com-
plain of being insulted and annoyed by the
members of the Musicians' Union on every occa-
sion that offers itself.
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