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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1B. F. Baker was both editor and proprietor, and it was printed by Stacey and Richardson, [address hidden], with the words "and Literary Gazette" added.
3This publication aimed at the diffusion of general musical information to promote and cultivate music and the improvement of church music. It contained editorials, news, correspondence about music, advertising and some pages of music.
5Feb. 25, 1860-August 1871. Boston Musical Times.
7The first and second volumes were issued fortnightly, then it became a monthly review of music, art and literature, published first by Russell and Tolman, and printed by Edward L. Balch. Price $1. From Vol. III No. 1, March 1, 1862 to August 1868 it was published by Henry Tolman and still printed by Balch. From then on it was issued by G. W. Stratton with D. Clapp & Sons, printers, except for Feb.-Dec. 1869, when S. T. Gordon of [address hidden], New York, shared in the publication and the subheading was "Boston and New York." It contained articles, bulletins of publications, correspondence, some original compositions and advertising.
9Around 1869. Blanchard's Brass Band Journal.5
10Price $1. Arranged for brass bands of ten or twenty performers.
12September 1869-October 1895. Vols. 1-41. The Folio.
14Published on the 15th of each month by White, Smith and Perry. This was "a monthly journal devoted to music, art and literature," edited at first by Dexter Smith. It stated "musical, artistic and literary events transpiring in Boston, New York, London, Paris and other centres will be duly chronicled, while choice sketches, biographies, poetry, etc. together with a complete bulletin of publications will be found in every number in addition to two beautiful pieces of music,"6 one vocal and one instrumental. It also contained technical discussions, portraits, illustrations, and some advertising, and circulated among music lovers and teachers. Terms $1. per annum.
161872-1878, copyrighted 1877. Vols. 1-14. Dexter Smith's Musical, Literary, Dramatic, and Art Paper.
18A monthly magazine devoted to music, drama, art and literature. It contained some vocal and pianoforte music in addition to articles, news and advertising, and was edited, published and owned by Dexter Smith. Price $1.75 per annum.
20A Hundred Years of Music in America described Dexter Smith as a musical journalist as follows—"as Writer of words for music this may be called his specialty and as a writer of song poems of a
225 Information from Dwight's Journal of Music, October 1869 p. 35 and see L. A. Blanchard for publisher p. 18.
236 The Folio "Salutatory," September 1869—Vol. 1, p. 4.
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