Music Trade Review
Issue: 1893 Vol. 18 N. 18 - Page 7
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
evangelist and the sweet singer, went in couples.
Such men were Moody and Sankey, Perkins and
Porter Bliss, Joseph P. Webster and Filmore S.
Bennett. It was in 1867 these two brought out
a book of gospel songs, as they were called, en-
titled : "The Signet Ring." Webster died in
1875 at Elkhorn, Wis., leaving his wife sole
executrix. Mrs. Webster now begs the interest
of the court to compel these publishers to render
her an accounting. The principal point at issue
is the song '' The Sweet Bye and Bye,'' on ac-
count of the permits given to reproduce it in
other ways by other publishers from whom the
heirs of Joseph Webster have received no com-
pensation.
"TH£ STEINERT
COLLECTION,"
beg to acknowledge receipt of a hand-
somely bound volume by Mr. Morris
Steinert, of New Haven, entitled, "The Steinert
Collection of Keyed and String Instruments,
with Treatises on the History of these Instru-
ments, the Method of Playing Them, and Their
Influence on Musical Art." It is a well printed
book of 170 pages, and is in every respect typo-
graphically perfect. Charles F. Tretbar, ol
* * *
Stein way Hall, is the publisher.
The different articles which constitute this
Mr. Du Chaillu's new book is written to sup-
port his theory that Englishmen, Scotchmen interesting book were written originally to
and Welshmen are Norse in origin. In the in- serve as an explanatory medium of informing
troduction to '' Ivar the Viking,'' he prints a visitors of the nature and construction of the
letter from Mr. Gladstone. " My prepossessions different keyed and string instruments ex-
are on your side,'' the Premier writes ; " I am hibited by Mr. Steinert at the Columbian Ex-
a man of Scotch blood only—half Highland and position.
half L,owland, near the border. A branch of my
Mr. Steinert is especially well fitted for a
family settled in Scandinavia in the first half, I work of this kind. He entered into the collec-
think, of the seventeenth century. When I tion of these quaint old instruments that
have been in Norway or Denmark or among the courted the inspirational faculties of the great
Scandinavians I have felt something like a cry masters, with a zeal and enthusiasm that be-
of nature from within, asserting (credibly or tokens the man, and his technical knowledge
otherwise) my nearness to them. "
of the mechanism enabled him to repair and
It's good blood, Scotch blood. The old learn the original method of playing them. Mr.
Liberal has a right to be proud of it. Ferdinand Steinert has covered a wide field in his work.
de Lesseps remarked once : " I don't like to say With the aid of excellent illustrations, illumined
so—it has the appearance of boasting—but, with descriptive text, he takes us back to the
really, I am half Scotch."
clavichord and spinet of the 15th century, and
*
brings us down through the harpsichord
It was a beautiful sentiment expressed by a to the piano of last century and up to the
Baltimore belle when, on hearing of Gounod's splendid instrument of to-day. His chapter
death, she said : " O h . i t makes no difference. on '' The Renaissance of Joh. Seb. Bach's Method
He is sure to be the choir leader in God's own of Playing the Clavichord " is slightly dis-
appointing, nevertheless it is a valuable con-
Chapel."
T H E REVIEWER.
tribution. After a synopsis of the attainments
of the great piano builders of the 17th and 18th
centuries, he closes with a lucid and compre-
hensive treatise on the history of the violin.
All lovers and students of music and its con-
comitants must feel grateful to Mr. Steinert for
giving us such an invaluable and extremely in-
teresting work. It is a volume that should be
in every musical library.
WEGMAN & CO.
DEPARTMENT L, LIBERAL ARTS.
We report that this Exhibit deserves awards
for : First, the tone quality which is very good.
Second, the duration and singing qualities are
excellent. Third, the scale is well balanced.
Fourth, the action is light and prompt to re-
spond. Fifth, the cases of artistic design.
Sixth, a new feature is the locking of the tun-
ing pins by reason of the eccentric holes in the
iron frame exclusively, in which they are fitted ;
a point of construction highly recommendable
as securing the power of remaining in tune.
(Signed.)
HUGH A. CLARK,
K. BUENZ,
President Board of Judges Liberal Arts.
J. GORE, Secretary.
& HEALY, besides contributing $5,000
worth of Exposition stock to aid the new
Columbian Museum project, presented the
Museum with twelve replicas of the antique
musical instruments that were exhibited in
their booth at the Fair.
HAQD-B
FOE
TTTlsTEES
THE * PIANO
OVER
PRICE
One Dollar.
Scientific, Technical and Practical
Instructions relating to Tuning, Regu-
lating and Toning.
ILLUSTRATED.
By DANIEL SPILLANE.
E D W A R D L Y M A N BILL, Publisher,
3 East Fourteenth Street,
NEW YORK.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
evangelist and the sweet singer, went in couples.
Such men were Moody and Sankey, Perkins and
Porter Bliss, Joseph P. Webster and Filmore S.
Bennett. It was in 1867 these two brought out
a book of gospel songs, as they were called, en-
titled : "The Signet Ring." Webster died in
1875 at Elkhorn, Wis., leaving his wife sole
executrix. Mrs. Webster now begs the interest
of the court to compel these publishers to render
her an accounting. The principal point at issue
is the song '' The Sweet Bye and Bye,'' on ac-
count of the permits given to reproduce it in
other ways by other publishers from whom the
heirs of Joseph Webster have received no com-
pensation.
"TH£ STEINERT
COLLECTION,"
beg to acknowledge receipt of a hand-
somely bound volume by Mr. Morris
Steinert, of New Haven, entitled, "The Steinert
Collection of Keyed and String Instruments,
with Treatises on the History of these Instru-
ments, the Method of Playing Them, and Their
Influence on Musical Art." It is a well printed
book of 170 pages, and is in every respect typo-
graphically perfect. Charles F. Tretbar, ol
* * *
Stein way Hall, is the publisher.
The different articles which constitute this
Mr. Du Chaillu's new book is written to sup-
port his theory that Englishmen, Scotchmen interesting book were written originally to
and Welshmen are Norse in origin. In the in- serve as an explanatory medium of informing
troduction to '' Ivar the Viking,'' he prints a visitors of the nature and construction of the
letter from Mr. Gladstone. " My prepossessions different keyed and string instruments ex-
are on your side,'' the Premier writes ; " I am hibited by Mr. Steinert at the Columbian Ex-
a man of Scotch blood only—half Highland and position.
half L,owland, near the border. A branch of my
Mr. Steinert is especially well fitted for a
family settled in Scandinavia in the first half, I work of this kind. He entered into the collec-
think, of the seventeenth century. When I tion of these quaint old instruments that
have been in Norway or Denmark or among the courted the inspirational faculties of the great
Scandinavians I have felt something like a cry masters, with a zeal and enthusiasm that be-
of nature from within, asserting (credibly or tokens the man, and his technical knowledge
otherwise) my nearness to them. "
of the mechanism enabled him to repair and
It's good blood, Scotch blood. The old learn the original method of playing them. Mr.
Liberal has a right to be proud of it. Ferdinand Steinert has covered a wide field in his work.
de Lesseps remarked once : " I don't like to say With the aid of excellent illustrations, illumined
so—it has the appearance of boasting—but, with descriptive text, he takes us back to the
really, I am half Scotch."
clavichord and spinet of the 15th century, and
*
brings us down through the harpsichord
It was a beautiful sentiment expressed by a to the piano of last century and up to the
Baltimore belle when, on hearing of Gounod's splendid instrument of to-day. His chapter
death, she said : " O h . i t makes no difference. on '' The Renaissance of Joh. Seb. Bach's Method
He is sure to be the choir leader in God's own of Playing the Clavichord " is slightly dis-
appointing, nevertheless it is a valuable con-
Chapel."
T H E REVIEWER.
tribution. After a synopsis of the attainments
of the great piano builders of the 17th and 18th
centuries, he closes with a lucid and compre-
hensive treatise on the history of the violin.
All lovers and students of music and its con-
comitants must feel grateful to Mr. Steinert for
giving us such an invaluable and extremely in-
teresting work. It is a volume that should be
in every musical library.
WEGMAN & CO.
DEPARTMENT L, LIBERAL ARTS.
We report that this Exhibit deserves awards
for : First, the tone quality which is very good.
Second, the duration and singing qualities are
excellent. Third, the scale is well balanced.
Fourth, the action is light and prompt to re-
spond. Fifth, the cases of artistic design.
Sixth, a new feature is the locking of the tun-
ing pins by reason of the eccentric holes in the
iron frame exclusively, in which they are fitted ;
a point of construction highly recommendable
as securing the power of remaining in tune.
(Signed.)
HUGH A. CLARK,
K. BUENZ,
President Board of Judges Liberal Arts.
J. GORE, Secretary.
& HEALY, besides contributing $5,000
worth of Exposition stock to aid the new
Columbian Museum project, presented the
Museum with twelve replicas of the antique
musical instruments that were exhibited in
their booth at the Fair.
HAQD-B
FOE
TTTlsTEES
THE * PIANO
OVER
PRICE
One Dollar.
Scientific, Technical and Practical
Instructions relating to Tuning, Regu-
lating and Toning.
ILLUSTRATED.
By DANIEL SPILLANE.
E D W A R D L Y M A N BILL, Publisher,
3 East Fourteenth Street,
NEW YORK.
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