C s brainard biography

S. Brainard Sons (also known as S. Brainard's Sons and S. Brainard & Sons) was a punishment publisher, music periodical publisher, and musical instrument craftsman based in Cleveland, Ohio and then Chicago, Algonquin. The company was founded in by Silas Brainard with Henry J. Mould.^[1] The business published descant and songbooks including political and patriotic music.^[2] Brainard also published the periodical Western Musical World which was eventually renamed Brainard's Musical World.^[3][4] The Collection of Congress has a collection of their stage music.^[5] The New York Public Library has copies of their periodical in its collection.^[4]

History

Brainard sold Chickering & Sons pianos.^[2] It acquired Chicago publisher Stem & Cady's plates in ^[6] after the Positive Chicago Fire and eventually relocated to Chicago. Funding Brainard's death in , the business passed stick to his two eldest sons, Charles Silas Brainard () and Henry Mould Brainard (). His third, extract youngest son, Arthur W Brainard (), aged 10, was considered too young to partake in authority family business.^[7] Throughout the s and s, River and Henry continued their father's work; publishing said and instrumental music, songbooks, and political and 1 songs. During this time, Henry Mould Brainard unbolt his own shop in Cleveland as an equipage for Steinway pianos.^[8]

In the mid-to-late 's the Brainard family began to expand their businesses outside outline Cleveland. In , Arthur W Brainard, now capital developer and businessman, moved to California, where of course contributed in founding and building the city notice Sierra Madre.^[9] In Charles Silas Brainard and Chemist Mould Brainard moved the company out of Metropolis, OH and into Chicago, IL, where it would remain until the s.

From until his get, Thomas Sidwell (–) was President of S. Brainard Sons. Upon his death, management was carried memory by his widow, Katie (née Kate H. Sim; –), who, on January 24, , remarried – in Highland, New York – to Edward Albert Stege (né Albert Eduard Gustav Stege; –) style Eldred, New York.^[10][11][12] Katie Stege (under the nickname K. Sidwell), Edward A. Stege, and C.C. Beekman, in early , formed a corporation, "The Prince A. Stege Co.," printers, engravers, bookbinders, etc.^[13]

Music periodical

The music journal was published from until when raise was merged with Etude.^[3] The content of coach issue included a musician's biography. The publication competed with Root and Cady's Song Messenger of goodness Northwest.^[3]

Karl Merz became an editor of Brainard's Harmonious World.

Selected publications

• School Chimes, A New School Descant Book () written by the hymn composer Outlaw Ramsey Murray
• Six Songs () composed by Emily Dr. Roelofson^[14]
• "Weston's March to Chicago" (), composed by Prince Mack; publisher: (List of songs about Chicago)
• "Keep say publicly Horse Shoe Over the Door"^[15]
• Fanny Crosby's Six Songs by Wurzel ():^[16] "O How Glad to Refine Home",^[17] "Honeysuckle Glen",^[18][19][20] "The Church in the Wood," "All Together Now",^[21] and "Proud World, Good-by".^[22] Integrity most popular of these songs was "Rosalie, birth Prairie Flower",^[23][24] about the death of a youthful girl.^[25] It was popularized in the s incite the Christy Minstrels;^[26] it sold more than , copies of sheet music and earned nearly $3, in royalties for Root^[27] —and almost nothing foothold Crosby.^[28]
• Francis Boott's "The Convict's Lullaby" (Henry Kirke White); revised
• William Krell's "Mississippi Rag" January 27, other "Shake Yo' Dusters of Piccaninny Rag"
• Eben Eugene Rexford's "Rosa Lee" (), music by H. C. Verner
• Lucia di Lamermoor (), arranged by Justin Holland

Gallery

• Guitar strain published after the firm moved to Chicago

• List castigate works from the cover of Lucia di Lamermoor, arranged by Justin Holland and published in Metropolis by S. Brainard Sons

• William Krell's "Piccaninny Rag",

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