Music Trade Review
Issue: 1914 Vol. 58 N. 22 - Page 14
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
C. A. BARNES OF PINE BLUFF IS A PEERLESS ENTHUSIAST.
One of the most en-
thusiastic representa-
tives of the pro.ducts
of the Peerless Piano
Player Co., St. Johns-
ville, N. Y., is C. A.
Barnes, of Pine Bluff,
Ark.
The Peerless
o r c h e s t r i o n s and
automatic
pianos
have many admirers
throughout the coun-
try, and the success of
these products can be
attributed in a con-
siderable measure to
the genuine enthusiasm
manifested by the com-
pany's representatives
and the harmonious
co-operation that ex-
ists among all those connected at all times.
C. A. Barnes is one of the "live wires" in the
orchestrion and automatic piano field. He is as-
sisted in the handling of his successful business
by his wife, who is another Peerless ".booster" and
is always ready to praise and admire the Peerless
line. It is said that Mr. and Mrs. Barnes form an
ideal couple for the piano business, as Mrs. Barnes
renders valuable assistance in the warero.oms, al-
though she maintains that most of her time is oc-
cupied in counting receipts from Peerless pianos.
Road ambassadors of the various piano houses
never fail to visit the Barnes store when in Pine
Bluff, Ark., as Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are hos-
pitable to a degree and make the traveling men's
visits memorable ones. The'car shown in the il-
lustration herewith has helped to entertain many
of the "boys" on the road and aid them in forget-
ting business depression. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes
are very successful, and this success is well de-
served, as their charming personalities and en-
thusiasm for the products they handle have made
them popular throughout their territory.
POINTS FOR THE DEMONSTRATOR.
Three Preludes Opus 104. Felix Mendelssohn-
Bartholdy—(June 1914 List of the Uni-
versal Music Co.—No. 301065).
Mendelssohn's music is romantic. He was a
romanticist; incurably so., thank goodness. He be-
longed in that age of the world's progress (early
nineteenth century) when for a time the minds of
men were imbued with a faith that the expansion
of peaceful commerce between nations, and the
emancipation of the human intellect from the
domination of church and creed would bring the
Golden Age once more. The revolt of art against
the trammels of eighteenth century classicism was
signally shown in music, where Schumann, Weber
and Mendelssohn gloried in a new-found free-
dom. If, now, we discover along with the exquis-
ite finish and polish of Mendelssohn's work, and
its perennial freshness and beauty, a certain nai-
vete, even an amusing naivete, we must remember
that the youth of the romantic movement was
like all the productions of suddenly liberated
minds; joyously reckless and supremely confident
in the value of its own panacea for the particular
kind of world sickness which it has especially to
. overcome. The romanticists in art, in politics and
in philosophy believed that in the freshness and
naivete of their ideas was a profound remedy for
world ills. The romanticists in music thought that
by writing down the fresh thoughts that crowded
on them in the least dry manner, they were res-
cuing music from the chains that they thought had
bound her. Really, they were simply erecting one
creed in place of another. Nothing is nicer than
liberty; until we begin to worship her, erecting
shrines to her and establishing her cult as a re-
ligion. Then she is tyranny, the self-same from
whose clutches we have been striving to rescue
our art and ourselves.
Such is romanticism, and such is the idea you
must keep in mind if you are to interpret Men-
delssohn's music well. Remember that these ro-
manticists were all trying in their music to 'say
something; they were all unsatisfied with the old
idea of formal beauty, beauty in the abstract for its
own sake. They wanted definitely to express a
definite emotion.
Think of these things and you will interpret the
Mendelssohn preludes with intelligence.
ROYAL
MUSIC
ROLLS
give you the best idea of perfect
arrangement and cutting, for these two
features of any roll are the only standards
to go by, for it is these that make the roll.
Not only do Royal rolls possess the fore-
going superior point of comparison but
the paper in each roll is made specially
for ourselves.
Every Royal box has the Royal loop,
too, which is the little device that
enables you to quickly secure a certain
roll instantly, and without disturbing
your library.
PARCEL POST EXTENSION OPPOSED.
The Merchants' Association of this city adopted
a resolution against the increase of the parcel post
weight limit from fifty to 100 pounds. This reso-
lution, together with an explanatory statement of
the reasons therefor, was sent to 119 commercial
organizations in other parts of the country. Thus
far forty-two of these bodies have taken similar
action, two declined to oppose the increase, fifty-
eight have the matter under advisement and seven-
teen have declared they cannot take action because
the matter is o.utside their scope.
To know more about Royal
Rolls, ask for our proposition
No. 7.
Royal Music Roll Co.
All Royal Boxes Have Royal Loops.
Buffalo, N. Y.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
C. A. BARNES OF PINE BLUFF IS A PEERLESS ENTHUSIAST.
One of the most en-
thusiastic representa-
tives of the pro.ducts
of the Peerless Piano
Player Co., St. Johns-
ville, N. Y., is C. A.
Barnes, of Pine Bluff,
Ark.
The Peerless
o r c h e s t r i o n s and
automatic
pianos
have many admirers
throughout the coun-
try, and the success of
these products can be
attributed in a con-
siderable measure to
the genuine enthusiasm
manifested by the com-
pany's representatives
and the harmonious
co-operation that ex-
ists among all those connected at all times.
C. A. Barnes is one of the "live wires" in the
orchestrion and automatic piano field. He is as-
sisted in the handling of his successful business
by his wife, who is another Peerless ".booster" and
is always ready to praise and admire the Peerless
line. It is said that Mr. and Mrs. Barnes form an
ideal couple for the piano business, as Mrs. Barnes
renders valuable assistance in the warero.oms, al-
though she maintains that most of her time is oc-
cupied in counting receipts from Peerless pianos.
Road ambassadors of the various piano houses
never fail to visit the Barnes store when in Pine
Bluff, Ark., as Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are hos-
pitable to a degree and make the traveling men's
visits memorable ones. The'car shown in the il-
lustration herewith has helped to entertain many
of the "boys" on the road and aid them in forget-
ting business depression. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes
are very successful, and this success is well de-
served, as their charming personalities and en-
thusiasm for the products they handle have made
them popular throughout their territory.
POINTS FOR THE DEMONSTRATOR.
Three Preludes Opus 104. Felix Mendelssohn-
Bartholdy—(June 1914 List of the Uni-
versal Music Co.—No. 301065).
Mendelssohn's music is romantic. He was a
romanticist; incurably so., thank goodness. He be-
longed in that age of the world's progress (early
nineteenth century) when for a time the minds of
men were imbued with a faith that the expansion
of peaceful commerce between nations, and the
emancipation of the human intellect from the
domination of church and creed would bring the
Golden Age once more. The revolt of art against
the trammels of eighteenth century classicism was
signally shown in music, where Schumann, Weber
and Mendelssohn gloried in a new-found free-
dom. If, now, we discover along with the exquis-
ite finish and polish of Mendelssohn's work, and
its perennial freshness and beauty, a certain nai-
vete, even an amusing naivete, we must remember
that the youth of the romantic movement was
like all the productions of suddenly liberated
minds; joyously reckless and supremely confident
in the value of its own panacea for the particular
kind of world sickness which it has especially to
. overcome. The romanticists in art, in politics and
in philosophy believed that in the freshness and
naivete of their ideas was a profound remedy for
world ills. The romanticists in music thought that
by writing down the fresh thoughts that crowded
on them in the least dry manner, they were res-
cuing music from the chains that they thought had
bound her. Really, they were simply erecting one
creed in place of another. Nothing is nicer than
liberty; until we begin to worship her, erecting
shrines to her and establishing her cult as a re-
ligion. Then she is tyranny, the self-same from
whose clutches we have been striving to rescue
our art and ourselves.
Such is romanticism, and such is the idea you
must keep in mind if you are to interpret Men-
delssohn's music well. Remember that these ro-
manticists were all trying in their music to 'say
something; they were all unsatisfied with the old
idea of formal beauty, beauty in the abstract for its
own sake. They wanted definitely to express a
definite emotion.
Think of these things and you will interpret the
Mendelssohn preludes with intelligence.
ROYAL
MUSIC
ROLLS
give you the best idea of perfect
arrangement and cutting, for these two
features of any roll are the only standards
to go by, for it is these that make the roll.
Not only do Royal rolls possess the fore-
going superior point of comparison but
the paper in each roll is made specially
for ourselves.
Every Royal box has the Royal loop,
too, which is the little device that
enables you to quickly secure a certain
roll instantly, and without disturbing
your library.
PARCEL POST EXTENSION OPPOSED.
The Merchants' Association of this city adopted
a resolution against the increase of the parcel post
weight limit from fifty to 100 pounds. This reso-
lution, together with an explanatory statement of
the reasons therefor, was sent to 119 commercial
organizations in other parts of the country. Thus
far forty-two of these bodies have taken similar
action, two declined to oppose the increase, fifty-
eight have the matter under advisement and seven-
teen have declared they cannot take action because
the matter is o.utside their scope.
To know more about Royal
Rolls, ask for our proposition
No. 7.
Royal Music Roll Co.
All Royal Boxes Have Royal Loops.
Buffalo, N. Y.
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