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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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1This incident led to the organization in 1894 at [address hidden] of the Walter Jacobs' publishing house, which has specialized in band and orchestra music. It was located later successively at [address hidden], [address hidden] and [address hidden] The firm was incorporated in 1921 and moved about twelve years ago to its present address, [address hidden]
3This concern started as a guitar, banjo and mandolin music publishing house and consequently has a considerable catalog for "Fretted Instruments and Mandolin Orchestra." It consists of methods, studies, such as "Weidt's Elementary Studies" for class and private instruction—five graded volumes for each instrument; collections, like Jacobs' Easy Guitar Collection of Solos and Duets and Jacobs' Banjo Collection; and sheet music for mandolin, standard and tenor banjo, guitar, mandola, and mando-cello.
5This company has purchased a number of other catalogs, several of them containing noted publications. These are given below.
7L. B. GATCOMB, fretted instrument catalog taken over in 1904. This contained The Darkey's Dream by George L. Lansing and On the Mill Dam by Babb.
9THEODORE BENDIX, as a New York publisher. This was a general catalog, which included clarinet and 'cello methods, purchased in 1909. The most noted number in this was his suite A Love Episode in Birdland.
11ERNEST S. WILLIAMS' catalog of band and orchestra, vocal and instrumental music, original numbers and reprints, purchased in 1911. The copyright numbers included The National Emblem march by Bagley, The Commander march by Hall and The Columbia Collection of Patriotic and Favorite Home Songs, a big seller.
13JEAN MISSUD, Bandmaster of the Salem Cadets, entire orchestra catalog acquired in 1914. The company obtained all the rights to Our Director march by Bigelow through this purchase.
15BATES & BENDIX, entire general catalog (chiefly band and orchestra) purchased in 1919. This contained Theodore Bendix' popular composition The Butterfly.
17"VIRTUOSO MUSIC SCHOOL" of Buffalo, New York, music publications purchased in 1933. This includes the noted Eby Scientific Method for Cornet and Trumpet, for Clarinet, Saxophone, French Horn, BB-flat Bass, Sousaphone, etc. and Arban's Method for Trombone, Baritone and Other Instruments in the Bass Clef.
19MACE GAY of Brockton, Massachusetts, entire band, orchestra and pianoforte catalog acquired in 1934. This included many of the earlier marches of R. B. Hall, notably De Molay Commandery, and Bay State Commandery march by Burrell.
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