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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
17 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 73. See the scan on archive.org.
1Halls, Robin Adair, Annie Laurie, I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls, and Verdi's Anvil Chorus.
3This seems to have been a copyrighted edition which was entered according to Act of Congress of 1869.
5Apparently this series sold well for the publisher printed on the back page of some numbers—"Of Cundy's 'Five Cent Series of Music' with which the public is so well acquainted, we have only to say that since its introduction to the musical class it has been fully appreciated. It is now distributed over every part of the U. S. and has found its way into nearly every household in our country." He then added "The great success of the above has induced the publisher to put in book form, neatly bound, some of their finest selections of music, entitled 'Cundy's Edition of Popular Music.' Each book contains $8.00 worth of sheet music comprising 25 pieces—vocal and instrumental and may be obtained for the small sum of thirty-five cents." one of two readings
6Apparently this series sold well for the publisher printed on the back page of some numbers—"Of Cundy's 'Five Cent Series of Music' with which the public is so well acquainted, we have only to say that since its introduction to the musical class it has been fully appreciated. It is now distributed over every part of the U. S. and has found its way into nearly every household in our country." He then added "'The great success of the above has induced the publisher to put in book form, neatly bound, some of their finest selections of music, entitled 'Cundy's Edition of Popular Music.' Each book contains $8.00 worth of sheet music comprising 25 pieces—vocal and instrumental and may be obtained for the small sum of thirty-five cents." one of two readings
8In 1907 Mr. Harry Bettoney, who had started in 1900 the publication of educational works of music for all kinds of wind instruments, bought out the Cundy Music Publishing Co. The music department is now located in Jamaica Plain.
10The Cundy-Bettoney Company has specialized in music for clarinet, flute and saxophone for all of which they have extensive catalogs and a European as well as American clientele. They also have some music for cornet, trombone, and orchestra, and methods for clarinet, flute, saxophone, cornet and trombone. The publications consist of music popular at home and in school, about 75 per cent being reprints of classical European works.
12WALTER JACOBS, INC.7
14Walter Jacobs was born at Oberlin, Ohio. As a boy of ten he became interested in the guitar through hearing a group of [address hidden] guitarists. By diligent practising he taught himself and did much playing. At the age of twenty-one he came to Boston and began teaching. He soon learned to play banjo and mandolin and taught them also. Along with this he composed and published his own compositions, until he was one day persuaded by "Tommy" Allen, the violinist, to purchase, for five dollars, about ten numbers of his, including the now widely known galop, Whip and Spur.
167 For information about the various music journals published by this firm see the next section on Music Journals.
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