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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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13. SPECIAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS
3Under this heading are included the firms which so far have specialized in only a few types of music.
5a. Vocal and Pianoforte
7CHARLES W. HOMEYER & CO., INC.
9Mr. Homeyer, who had been selling for other Boston retail music stores, started his own business about 1900. The firm consisted of Arthur P. Schmidt and Charles W. Homeyer. About 1918 Mr. Homeyer bought out Mr. Schmidt's interest. When the business was incorporated in 1932, two fellow workers became members of the firm, the name of which was changed to Charles W. Homeyer & Co., Inc. It is now located at [address hidden]
11While this firm is known mostly for music and instrument jobbing and retailing, it has done some publishing, practically from its inception, of pianoforte pieces, vocal songs and choruses, mostly of the art type, and some teaching material. Most of the publications are of foreign works for which this firm has the American rights, though some are by Americans.
13The pianoforte music includes works of modern French, Spanish and Russian composers for which this company has the American rights, arranged and edited by George Copeland, and a pianoforte solo edition of eleven standard symphonies edited by John P. Marshall. These last have been used for study and analysis by a number of colleges and universities.
15The songs include compositions by Carrie Bullard, Samuel Endicott and John Adams Loud, and the choruses are for all combinations of voices including some school music for three parts.
17b. Church Music
19THE PARISH CHOIR
21This publishing business was started by Reverend Charles L. Hutchins in 1873 or 1874 in Buffalo, New York, and devoted solely to Episcopal Church music.
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