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Historical Recordings in

Instrumental Music EducationPhillip M. Hash

Calvin College

Grand Rapids, Michigan

[email protected]

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Introduction

• Purpose

– Locate early recordings

– Examine as historical artifacts

• Research questions

– Histories of the ensembles

– Circumstances surrounding the

recordings

– Sonic information provided

• Recording offer unique

window into a topic

– Connects past & present

– Only valid information on

musical qualities

• Include recordings in the

historical record

Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, IN (Cannon, 1926)

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Online Resources

• Ebay

• Google Books

• International Arcade Museum

• Library of Congress

• E-yearbooks/Classmates.com

• Discography of American Historical Recordings

•University of California – Santa Barbra

Date Title Primary Performer

Victor 7/3/1924The bouquet :

OvertureMarch Junior High School Orchestra

Victor 7/3/1924 Petronel march March Junior High School Orchestra

Victor 5/27/1929 Cavatina Pelham High School Orchestra

Victor 5/27/1929 The pelican parade Pelham High School Orchestra

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Early Recording TechnologyDay, T. (2002). A Century of Recorded Music: Listening to Musical History. Cambridge MS: Yale University Press.

• Acoustic (Pre1925)

• Electrical (After 1925)

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Joseph Maddy (1891-1966)

• Music Education Pioneer

• Professional Musician/conductor

• Supervisor of Music

– Rochester NY (1918-1920)

– Richmond IN (1920-1924)

– Ann Arbor MI (1924-1927)

• Prof. Univ. of Michigan (1924-1961)

• Co-Author - Universal Teacher

• Founder of National Music Camp (1928)

• Radio Music Lessons

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Morton HS Orchestra,

Richmond IN (1922)

• MSNC, Nashville TN (1922)

• Recorded at Starr Piano

Co./Gennett Records

• Acoustic Process

– Ivanow: Caucasian Sketches: “In the Village”

– Sousa: Dwellers of the Western

World: “The Red Man”

• [quote]

Morton HS Orchestra, The Pierien, 1923

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National HS Orchestra – National High School Orchestra &

Band Camp – Interlochen MI (Recorded July 30-31, 1929)

• Victor Records

– Recorded outdoors at the

Interlochen Bowl

– Orchestra = 176 players!

– Electrical Process

– Funds donated to camp

• Symphony no. 1 (II) –

Beethoven

• Heart Wounds – Grieg

• Cripple Creek - Springfield

• Ozarka Suite – Carl Busch

– (IV) Hill Billies Dance

•(Recordings courtesy of Byron Hanson – ICA)

Music

Trade

Review

Oct. 13,

1928

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Boy Scout Band of

Springfield, Missouri (1920-1949)

• Organized 1920

– R. Ritchie Robertson

•Also School Music Supervisor

• Regularly Toured U.S.

• Over 400 members – 1930s

• Newsreels & Promotional

Movies for C. G. Conn

• Phonograph Recordings

– July 28-29, 1926 - St. Louis, MO

– Brunswick Record Company

– 7 recordings/4 issued

•HS Cadets

•Under the Double Eagle

•Stars & Stripes

•General Pershing

R. R. Robertson,

Presto, July 7, 1924

1926 Union Station,

St. Louis,( Springfield

Greene Co. Library)

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National School Band Contests

(1926-1936) • System of State (1924-)&

National (1926-36)

Competitions

– C. M. Termaine NBAM

– CIA of MSNC

– w/ Industry Support

• Classifications based on

School Size & years of

experience

• Cost of travel

– Became Regional Events

(1937-1942)

Massed Bands, National Contest, Tulsa, OK, 1931

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Harbor Special HS Band –

Ashtabula, Ohio (Class B)• Organized fall of 1924

– George E. Wahlstrom

• 1st place: class C (1925);

class B (1926); entered class

A (1927)

• National Contest – May, 1926,

Fostoria, OH (class B)

– 68 members

• Recording (fall, 1926)

– Flanders (March) - McNichol

– Magnolia Serenade - Missud

•Kaarlo Mackey ‘27 (soloist)

•1st place clar. soloist OH

HHS Band, The Mariner, 1927

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Modesto High School Band

• Organized fall 1920

– William Whilman Higgins

• Directed by Frank Mancini

– (1922-1951)

– Former clar. - Sousa Band

• National Contests

– 1927 – Council Bluffs IA (3nd)

– 1928 – Joliet IL (3rd)

– 1929 – Denver CO (2nd)

• Beethoven: Egmont

Overture, Op.84

– Recorded May 11, 1930

– National Recording Registry,

Library of Congress (2006)

•Research by Steven Pecsek (2009) http://www.loc.gov/programs/static/national-recording-

preservation-board/documents/modesto.pdf

– [quote]

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Conclusion

• School Ensembles did

Record

• Becoming More Available

– Ebay

– Internet Archive

– YouTube

• Include w/ other Historical

Information in Research

– Recreating historical

performances

– Online supplements to

articles & dissertations

Members of the NY Philharmonic record music

appreciation series in Gennett’s NY Studio - 1925