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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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1as general manager for about three years. The company was incorporated in Maine in November 1893, but since 1917 has been a Massachusetts corporation. John Aiken Preston, also an experienced teacher of pianoforte, and Chester W. Greene were prominent during the early years of the company in the development of editorial policies.
3This "company was among the first to establish its business upon the policy of 'Protection of the Retail Dealer'—a policy to which may be attributed much of its phenomenal success—and in this respect its lead was followed by many other publishing houses." 29
5Because of the growth of business, branch offices were opened in New York, London, and Leipzig, Germany. The London branch was under the management of D'Auvergne Barnard, the well known English composer, from its opening in September 1905, until his recent death. Edward Barnard, for some years manager of the New York office of Bosworth and Company, has succeeded him. In October 1920 the company moved into its own building at [address hidden] [address hidden], Boston, and discontinued the New York office which was then no longer needed.
7Mr. Preston died July 22, 1914 and Mr. Wood July 19, 1922. Since the latter's death the business has been carried on with his nephew, Harold W. Robinson, as president of the company and John A. Preston's nephew, W. Deane Preston, Jr. as vice president.
9From its start the company has devoted itself to the publication of easy educational music for the pianoforte, voice and violin. It also handled for some years the Bosworth and Cranz Editions of the classics.
11Mr. Wood concentrated his efforts in supplementing his copyrights with classic teaching material in "Edition Wood," which was started soon after the company's founding. It now numbers over 1000 volumes and has thus become the second largest Edition in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
13"Edition Wood" consists of studies, recreations and classical works. Such composers' names appear as Bach, Otto Barth, Beethoven, Bertini, Chopin, Clementi, Czerny, Jules Devaux, Mozart, Louis Plaidy, Sartorio, Schubert, Schumann, Tschaikowsky, and for violin F. Mazas, I. Pleyel and O. T. Sevick.
1529 Music Trade News. September 1930 p. 11.
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