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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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1was his agent afterward in the United States. After some years P. B. Metcalf became associated with Mr. Tracy and bought out Mr. Tracy's interest in the Tracy Music Library in 1900, retaining the name. For a few months the business was located at [address hidden], but presently it was moved to [address hidden] After about eight or nine years at this location Mr. Metcalf moved to [address hidden], where the business was incorporated in 1925.
3The company carries standard music—operas, operettas, musical comedies, oratorios, cantatas, excerpts and orchestral accompaniments for rent. It makes arrangements of music as ordered for individuals, publishers, schools and musical organizations. Music has been sent on a rental basis to all parts of the United States and to Canada, Alaska, Honolulu, Cuba, Porto Rico, Isle of Pines, the Philippines, and the Republic of Argentina.
5For graduation exercises the firm also furnishes whole school departments with octavo and vocal scores and orchestral parts on the same basis.
7The library has unique editions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and specializes in these and other light operas. The company does this because its heads believe that the Gilbert and Sullivan operas "have an educational value far above any of the modern works. Each of the collaborators was preëminent in his line so that their combined efforts have given the world a set of classics which has never been surpassed."
9The service of the library, which is conducted on the basis of consideration of the problems of the musical director or supervisor from an educational point of view, is adapted to all kinds of amateur organizations, educational, religious, and charitable institutions. It is a complete service which includes music—vocal scores for principals, chorus parts, librettos, orchestration, and music directors' guides, added in 1934; stage—costumes and property plots, stage directors' guides including diagrams, chorus positions, etc., wardrobes for the entire cast, and scenery. They even furnish printing—programs, throw-aways, cuts, and synopses. The furnishing of wardrobes and stage settings was done to reduce the total cost of productions in order that organizations could at least make ends meet and thus enable them to give more productions with their attendant educational benefits.
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