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Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians

Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians (1920), vol. 6. archive.org, grovesdictionary0006wald. https://archive.org/details/grovesdictionary0006wald.

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  1. Chronological, Adams F scan page 30, line 7
  2. Smith, Squier J scan page 56, line 11
  3. White, John (Abington, Mass., 1785-1865, Barre, Mass.) scan page 34, line 31
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Title
Grove's dictionary of music and musicians
Date
1920
Volume
6
Repository
archive.org
Identifier
grovesdictionary0006wald

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  • White, John (Abington, Mass., 1785-1865, Barre, Mass.) draft

Everyone this source names

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  1. Chronological, Adams F scan page 30, line 7 mention only — no record here yet

    Adams, F. W. (Montpelier, Vt., 1787–1859), a violin-maker after about 1805 who made about 140 instruments, marked by much excellence of tone. — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — surname inherited from the headword at line 3: "CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  2. Smith, Squier J scan page 56, line 11 mention only — no record here yet

    Squier, J. B. (Ohio, 1838–1912, Boston), after the Civil War noted as one of the best American violin-makers, with headquarters at Boston. See Violinist's Guide (1916), p. 39. — trade term as printed: "violin-makers" — surname inherited from the headword at line 9: "Smith, Dexter (Peabody, Mass., 1839–1909, Boston), from 1865 was editor in Boston of several musical periodicals, chief of which was Ditson's 'Monthly Musical Record,' started in 1878. He was also a facile writer of verse." — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  3. White, John (Abington, Mass., 1785-1865, Barre, Mass.) scan page 34, line 31 draft record