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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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1Miles (Jonas), a lawyer, and another C. W. Thompson (Charles W.), bought the retail store of Arthur P. Schmidt in 1889 and started a publishing business at the same location, [address hidden], about 1890. Mr. Thompson had begun as a boy with J. M. Russell and then had become chief clerk in Mr. Schmidt's retail store. Later the firm became C. W. Thompson & Co., which was located at A & B [address hidden] in 1910, at [address hidden] in 1920 and finally at [address hidden] in 1925. This company had a general catalog of vocal, piano and instrumental compositions including standard teaching classics and popular songs of the day. As a whole it was more light than classical in type and mainly by local composers. This was taken over by the Boston Music Company in 1925.
3The firm of William H. Gerrish was located at [address hidden] from about 1890, apparently after Mr. Gerrish gave up making reed organs,66 till 1924. He died and his catalog was at [address hidden] from 1925 to 1927 inclusive as "The Gerrish Collection" of Masonic music with Geo. R. Marvin as agent. It is still in the possession of some of his family. Mr. Gerrish was one of the best and finest publishers of the old school. His catalog of octavo music was church and Masonic choral music, in which order he was greatly interested. One of his best selling octavo numbers was his arrangement of Still, Still with Thee When Purple Morning Breaketh.
5Herbert F. Odell, son of Ira H. Odell, began publishing music at [address hidden] about 1905 as H. F. Odell & Company. He remained at this address as long as he was in this business. This firm's catalog67 of music, largely for fretted instruments, and its trade journal, Crescendo, were taken over by The Vega Company about 1925.
7Mr. Odell was a mandolin player, took charge of that playing when it was wanted at the Boston Opera House, and taught. He had the exclusive agency for Gibson of Kalamazoo, Michigan, fretted instruments, and an orchestra of sixty pieces, first called the Langham and later the Odell Orchestra. He also made many arrangements for Oliver Ditson Company, Inc. and for Carl Fischer. He died about six or seven years ago.
9Ernest S. Williams, a cornetist, started publishing band and orchestra music about 1906 in Music Hall Building. He moved
1166 See p. 252.
1267 For further information about the Odell Edition see p. 230.
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