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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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1Manual of Harmony by J. C. D. Parker; and Twelve Sonatas for the Piano by Muzio Clementi.
3In 1856 G. D. Russell left Mr. Reed to form the partnership of Russell & Richardson, successors to the firms of G. P. Reed & Co. and Nathan Richardson, moving in March 1857 to [address hidden] This firm continued to publish high grade works. It advertised itself as the only authorized publisher in America of the compositions of the noted pianist, S. Thalberg, in the only correct, personally revised edition. For a short time about 1858 the firm was known as Russell & Fuller. Richardson died in 1859 and that same year Henry Tolman, a publisher and a dealer in musical instruments and umbrellas who had been at [address hidden] in 1850, became a partner as Russell & Tolman. They were succeeded in 1862 by the firm of Henry Tolman & Co. which remained at the same address, [address hidden], until 1869.
5Joseph M. Russell had conducted since 1850 a rival establishment at [address hidden], at first with Patrick Gilmore the noted bandmaster as partner, and then as Russell & Pattee. This last named firm was located in 1861 at [address hidden] and in 1862 at [address hidden] In 1863 Joseph M. joined his brother George and the firm became G. D. Russell & Co. at [address hidden] In 1877 the brothers separated, Joseph M. going to [address hidden] In 1884 they reunited as Russell Bros. at [address hidden], but in two or three years they again separated, Joseph M. going to [address hidden] After 1889 his name disappeared from the business directories. Meanwhile G. D. Russell continued at [address hidden] until he died about 1888 and Oliver Ditson & Co. took over the business and the extensive catalogs of G. D. Russell & Co. and Russell Bros. These consisted mainly of classical European music, especially pianoforte music and studies, and "contained much of musical worth from forty-nine years of activity. In their best days in the seventies they employed in their retail department A. P. Schmidt." 40-41
7The firm of Jean White 42 was an important publishing house, founded in 1867, which specialized in band and orchestra music.
939 Dwight's Journal of Music December 20, 1856 p. 93.
1040 Fisher, William Arms. One Hundred and Fifty Years of Music Publishing in the United States p. 117.
1141 See p. 38.
1242 Information largely supplied by Thomas King, formerly with Jean White.
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