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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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1what has now developed into two more catalogs with numbers in each for both mixed and treble voices.
3"The Birchard Cantatas and Choral Specialties" catalog contains works by leading choral composers of the day, some for average high school and college groups, some for children in the grades, some combining both adults' and children's choruses and others for choral societies. Several of these works have been given by symphony orchestras in conjunction with prominent choral organizations.
5"The Birchard Operettas and Operas" catalog includes works by contemporary composers, abridged editions of standard operas for stage or concert use in which the difficult recitatives are replaced by spoken dialogue but the famous choruses and arias are preserved, chorus parts only of standard operas and Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and operettas and operas for treble voices only. In the case of the simplified and abridged editions of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas the choruses are in unison and two parts, and difficult songs, recitatives and choruses are omitted. Special stage guides based on authentic editions are available for them. The English translations of the standard operas have led the way to more adequate and dignified translations of foreign operas and have been used by outstanding choral and operatic societies throughout the country.31
7"Birchard Novelties for Children" offers juvenile operettas and singing games with folk lore and folk music in historic, patriotic and fanciful subjects.
9The "Laurel Library Books" catalog comprises music textbooks on such subjects as theory, appreciation, singing, creative music and on the teaching of music in public schools from pre-school age into high school. The latest addition to the teaching books is Music Integration in the Junior High School by Lilla Belle Pitts published in 1935.
11The publishing of orchestral works with the new feature of complete conductors' scores for school use was begun about 1920. Previous to this the conductors of school orchestras had had to rely on the pianoforte part or violin cued parts for a score.
13Publications for toy symphony orchestras were begun about seven years ago when the rhythmic orchestra or band developed from a playtime kindergarten activity into an educational project.
1531 Statement of C. C. Birchard & Co. in "The Birchard Operettas and Operas" p. 40
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