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THE STORY OF A MUSICAL LIFE.- AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MUSICAL LIFE BY GEO. F. ROOT
Editore: THE JOHN CHURCH CO., CINCINNATI, OHIIO, 1891
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. THERE IS A PREVIOUS OWNER'S GIFT INSCRIPTION DATED 189------- ON THE FIRST FREE END PAGE. THE COVERS ARE A DARK BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH BEVELED EDGES. THE TOP EDGES ARE GILT AND THE TITLES ON THE FRONT COVER AND SPINE ARE IN GILT. THE BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION WITH ONLY MILD WEAR OF THE CLOTH AT THE SPINE ENDS.THE FRONT AND REAR END PAGES HAVE LIGHT GREEN FLORAL PATTERNS. OF INTEREST IS THE AUTHOR'S TALE OF THE CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871 THAT CONSUMED THE RENOWNED CROSBY OPERA HOUSE THAT HOUSED THE AUTHOR'S TWO STORY MUSIC STORE. HUNDREDS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING PIANOS, VIOLINS, CELLOS AND OF COURSE HIS STOCK OF MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS WERE DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. ADJACENT TO THE CROSBY OPERA HOUSE WAS A BUILDING THAT HOUSED HIS OFFICE THAT CONTAINED HIS ORIGINAL MUSICAL SCORES AND EVEN SOME OF THE PRINTING PLATES FOR HIS PUBLICATIONS. THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THOSE ITEMS WERE IN A SAFE THAT WAS RESCUED FROM THE BUILDING BY HIS STAFF BEFORE THE FIRE CONSUMED THE BUILDING. HIS PUBLISHER, JOHN CHURCH CO. IN CINCINNATI, OHIO HOUSED HIS PUBLISHED MUSIC INVENTORY THAT INCLUDED FAMOUS SONGS FROM THE CIVIL WAR SUCH AS "TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP" AND "THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM.". THE AUTHOR ESTIMATES THAT HIS LOSSES TOTALED A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS, AN ENORMOUS SUM AT THAT TIME. THIS IS A CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COLLECTIBLE VOLUME FOR CHICAGOPHI BOOK COLLECTOR.
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CATALOGUE OF THE CHICAGO MUSICAL COLLEGE. LATE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF MUSIC 1872 - 1873
Editore: THE CHICAGO MUSICAL COLLEGE, CHICAGO, IL, 1872
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PRINTED PAPER COVERS. Condizione: VERY GOOD CONDITION. Condizione sovraccoperta: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. First Edition. 32 PAGES. LILAC COLORED PRINTED PAPER COVERS. MILD SOILING OF THE COVERS. THE CHICAGO MUSICAL COLLEGE WAS THE SUCCESSOR OF THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF MUSIC HEADED BY GEORGE F, ROOT AND DIRECTED BY FLORENCE ZIEGFIELD. THE CATALOGUE LISTS THE NAMES OF ALL OF ITS STUDENTS IN THE YEAR 1872. THE FACULTY INCLUDED LOUIS FALK, FLORENCE ZIEGFIELD, GEORGE F. ROOT. THE AIM OF THE COLLEGE, THE PLAN OF MUSIC INSTRUCTION AND THE PREPARATION OF MUSIC TEACHERS. THE BOOKLET INCLUDES 7 PAGES OF ADVERTISEMENTS. PRINTED BY D. & C. H. BLAKELY CHICAGO EVENING POST PRINTERS, CHICAGO, IL. Size: 5 13/16" x 8 15/16:
