Name: NINE OCTAVES OR MY SAYINGS AND DOINGS DURING MANY YEARS OF BUSY LIFE
SKU: 689298
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NINE OCTAVES OR MY SAYINGS AND DOINGS DURING MANY YEARS OF BUSY LIFE

Published by Western Mail. Circa. 1916

Good condition. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. The story of the author and his life in the music trade.

Contents very good. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine browned. Covers a little marked. Corners worn.

Stock no. 689298

I. My Place of Origin. Carmarthen and its surroundings. Parent's Musical Ability. Mr. Brinley Richards. Start of Business Career
II. My School Days. A Hard Schoolmaster. A Clean Bolt. School progress under Kind Treatment
III. My First Concert. Jenny Lind. Cardiff Musical Festival. Sir Joseph Barnby
IV. My Business Career. Presentation from Employes. Jubilee Gathering
V. Opening of G.W.R. To Carmarthen. Stage Coaches in the Early Fifties. Inaugural Banquet. Sir Daniel Gooch
VI. The music Trades' Association. My P)residency. The Treasurership. Establishment of Benevolent Society. The Visit to Germany
VII. Municipal Experience. Enlargement of Central Library. Establishment of Branch Libraries. Visit of Royalty
VIII. Advice to young Beginners. What to Avoid. How to Secure Sales. Advertising Moost Essential
IX. Holiday Wanderings. Penzance, The Mumbles, Llanstephan, Aberystwyth, Dolgelly, Barmouth, Porthcawl
Anecdotes from Various Sources