Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 75 N. 23 - Page 8
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
DECEMBER 2,
1922
Week of Honors tor H. B. Tremaine
International Tribute Paid in Music to President of Aeolian Co. on Twenty-fifth Anniversary—Noted Men in Many
Countries Members of Celebration Committee—Special Duo-Art Concerts in All Parts of World
Mark Remarkable Event—Honored by Pope and Others of Prominence
International Duo-Art Week, the world-wide
tribute to Henry B. Tremaine, president of
the Aeolian Co., on his twenty-fifth anniversary
as head of that company, has come and gone,
but the memory of the affair will linger long in
the minds of those associated with Mr. Tre-
gether with the elaborate concert at Aeolian
Hall on Saturday night which brought the
celebration to a close.
A Notable Committee
Toward the close of last Summer plans were
first formulated for the celebration of Mr. Tre-
distinguished committee is typified by the fol-
lowing cablegram from Ignace J. Paderewski:
"Shall gladly join the Committee whose noble
purpose is to celebrate the anniversary of Mr.
Tremaine's exceptionally brilliant and dignified
career and to offer sincere tribute and warm
appreciation for his eminent services to the
cause of music."
Tributes from All Parts of the World
Every day of Tribute Week brought some
new expression of the world's appreciation to
Mr. Tremaine as a leader in the art and indus-
t/y of music and opened most auspiciously
with a cable from the Vatican notifying Mr.
Tremaine of his appointment as a Chevalier in
the Order of St. Gregory the Great. The cable
was signed by Cardinal Gasparri and read:
"On the occasion of your twenty-fifth anni-
versary as President of the Aeolian Company,
purveyor to the Papal Palace, the Holy Father
sends you congratulations with the Papal bene-
diction. I have also the pleasure of informing
you of your appointment as Chevalier St.
Grcgoire le Grand."
Mr. Tremaine has already been decorated
with the Cross of the Legion of Honor by the
French Government and has seven royal ap-
pointments from the courts of Europe for his
achievements in the field of music.
More than 500 other cables and wires flooded
Henry B. Tremaine's Activities During "Tribute Week"
1—Mr. Tremaine at the Radio Receiver. 2—Being Presented With Silver Loving Cup by the Officers of the Company;
Left to Right, Thos. H. Fletcher, H. B. Schaad, W. H. Alfring, E. S. Votey, H. B. Tremaine, \Y. V. Swords, F. W.
Hessin, G. D. Beattys and F. L. Young. 3—Mr. Tremaine Seated at Beethoven's Own Piano. 4--With the Latest
Duo-Art Piano and the 14-Karat Gold Cup
maine in the Aeolian Co. or who participated
in one way or another in the celebration.
The program, which was months in the plan-
ning, was carried out without a hitch, with the
result that Duo-Art recitals featuring the re-
cordings of pianists of international repute
were held practically simultaneously not only
in the cities of the United States, but also
throughout Europe and even in Australasia and
the Orient. Never before has such an am-
bitious program been carried out in the music
world and its success affords an excellent com-
mentary on the ability and foresight of those
who arranged and carried out the details.
Even the radio, the greatest marvel of the
age, was enlisted to broadcast into thousands
of homes the message of Mr. Tremaine, to-
maine's twenty-fifth anniversary. A committee
of one hundred prominent musicians and
others was organized with Walter Damroscli
as honorary chairman. Among the members
were Ignace Paderewski, Josef Hofmann, John
McCormack, Victor Herbert, Harry Harkness
Flagler, Mrs. Charles H. Ditson, Sir Henry
J. Wood, Isidore Philipp, Maurice Ravel, Henri
Rabaud, Alexander Lambert, Frederick T.
Steinway, Melville E. Stone, Charles Dana'Gib-
son, David Belasco, Arthur Brisbane, Mrs. Ed-
ward McDowell and other outstanding men
and women of every civilized country.
To no individual identified with the commer-
cial development of music and musical instru-
ments has the world ever paid so elaborate
and impressive a tribute. The spirit of the
Unusually Effective "Tribute Week" Window at Aeolian Hall
Loving Cup Presented by the Officers
his office during Tribute Week. They came
from artists in this country and on tour, who
know him and understand his ideals; from busi-
ness associates, from personal friends, and from
well-wishers whose lives have been enriched
by his efforts. They came from all over, from
the rocky promontory of Gibraltar, from the
little Norwegian towns of Gotenborg and Tron-
dygen, from Capetown and Johannesburg; from
picturesque Barcelona, from the manufactur-
ing towns of the south of England; they came
from Japan, the Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Java,
the Dutch East Indies, from Lithuania, from
Australia.
J. B. Vicini Burgos, President of the Do-
minican Republic, wrote:
"My enthusiastic congratulations and sincere
recognition for the extraordinary contribution
which during the twenty-rive years of your
presidency of the Aeolian Company you have
given to the education and culture of musical
art and for which the entire world owes you
thanks for its enjoyment. In this memorable
week I have had the pleasure of hearing on
the Duo-Art the exact and faithful reproduction
of those beautiful compositions, Paderewski's
'Minuet' and Granado's 'Reverie'; executed by
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
DECEMBER 2,
1922
Week of Honors tor H. B. Tremaine
International Tribute Paid in Music to President of Aeolian Co. on Twenty-fifth Anniversary—Noted Men in Many
Countries Members of Celebration Committee—Special Duo-Art Concerts in All Parts of World
Mark Remarkable Event—Honored by Pope and Others of Prominence
International Duo-Art Week, the world-wide
tribute to Henry B. Tremaine, president of
the Aeolian Co., on his twenty-fifth anniversary
as head of that company, has come and gone,
but the memory of the affair will linger long in
the minds of those associated with Mr. Tre-
gether with the elaborate concert at Aeolian
Hall on Saturday night which brought the
celebration to a close.
A Notable Committee
Toward the close of last Summer plans were
first formulated for the celebration of Mr. Tre-
distinguished committee is typified by the fol-
lowing cablegram from Ignace J. Paderewski:
"Shall gladly join the Committee whose noble
purpose is to celebrate the anniversary of Mr.
Tremaine's exceptionally brilliant and dignified
career and to offer sincere tribute and warm
appreciation for his eminent services to the
cause of music."
Tributes from All Parts of the World
Every day of Tribute Week brought some
new expression of the world's appreciation to
Mr. Tremaine as a leader in the art and indus-
t/y of music and opened most auspiciously
with a cable from the Vatican notifying Mr.
Tremaine of his appointment as a Chevalier in
the Order of St. Gregory the Great. The cable
was signed by Cardinal Gasparri and read:
"On the occasion of your twenty-fifth anni-
versary as President of the Aeolian Company,
purveyor to the Papal Palace, the Holy Father
sends you congratulations with the Papal bene-
diction. I have also the pleasure of informing
you of your appointment as Chevalier St.
Grcgoire le Grand."
Mr. Tremaine has already been decorated
with the Cross of the Legion of Honor by the
French Government and has seven royal ap-
pointments from the courts of Europe for his
achievements in the field of music.
More than 500 other cables and wires flooded
Henry B. Tremaine's Activities During "Tribute Week"
1—Mr. Tremaine at the Radio Receiver. 2—Being Presented With Silver Loving Cup by the Officers of the Company;
Left to Right, Thos. H. Fletcher, H. B. Schaad, W. H. Alfring, E. S. Votey, H. B. Tremaine, \Y. V. Swords, F. W.
Hessin, G. D. Beattys and F. L. Young. 3—Mr. Tremaine Seated at Beethoven's Own Piano. 4--With the Latest
Duo-Art Piano and the 14-Karat Gold Cup
maine in the Aeolian Co. or who participated
in one way or another in the celebration.
The program, which was months in the plan-
ning, was carried out without a hitch, with the
result that Duo-Art recitals featuring the re-
cordings of pianists of international repute
were held practically simultaneously not only
in the cities of the United States, but also
throughout Europe and even in Australasia and
the Orient. Never before has such an am-
bitious program been carried out in the music
world and its success affords an excellent com-
mentary on the ability and foresight of those
who arranged and carried out the details.
Even the radio, the greatest marvel of the
age, was enlisted to broadcast into thousands
of homes the message of Mr. Tremaine, to-
maine's twenty-fifth anniversary. A committee
of one hundred prominent musicians and
others was organized with Walter Damroscli
as honorary chairman. Among the members
were Ignace Paderewski, Josef Hofmann, John
McCormack, Victor Herbert, Harry Harkness
Flagler, Mrs. Charles H. Ditson, Sir Henry
J. Wood, Isidore Philipp, Maurice Ravel, Henri
Rabaud, Alexander Lambert, Frederick T.
Steinway, Melville E. Stone, Charles Dana'Gib-
son, David Belasco, Arthur Brisbane, Mrs. Ed-
ward McDowell and other outstanding men
and women of every civilized country.
To no individual identified with the commer-
cial development of music and musical instru-
ments has the world ever paid so elaborate
and impressive a tribute. The spirit of the
Unusually Effective "Tribute Week" Window at Aeolian Hall
Loving Cup Presented by the Officers
his office during Tribute Week. They came
from artists in this country and on tour, who
know him and understand his ideals; from busi-
ness associates, from personal friends, and from
well-wishers whose lives have been enriched
by his efforts. They came from all over, from
the rocky promontory of Gibraltar, from the
little Norwegian towns of Gotenborg and Tron-
dygen, from Capetown and Johannesburg; from
picturesque Barcelona, from the manufactur-
ing towns of the south of England; they came
from Japan, the Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Java,
the Dutch East Indies, from Lithuania, from
Australia.
J. B. Vicini Burgos, President of the Do-
minican Republic, wrote:
"My enthusiastic congratulations and sincere
recognition for the extraordinary contribution
which during the twenty-rive years of your
presidency of the Aeolian Company you have
given to the education and culture of musical
art and for which the entire world owes you
thanks for its enjoyment. In this memorable
week I have had the pleasure of hearing on
the Duo-Art the exact and faithful reproduction
of those beautiful compositions, Paderewski's
'Minuet' and Granado's 'Reverie'; executed by
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