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Historical Recordings in
Instrumental Music EducationPhillip M. Hash
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, Michigan
pmh3@calvin.edu
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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)
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
Early Recording TechnologyDay, T. (2002). A Century of Recorded Music: Listening to Musical History. Cambridge MS: Yale University Press.
• Acoustic (Pre1925)
• Electrical (After 1925)
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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]
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
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