The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-10-05
A WONDERFUL MUSIC BOOK

ga 900 thousand Copies Sold the First Season :
THE SHAWN A complete Library of Church
Il Music By William d. Bradbury and George
4. Root assisted by Thomas Hastings and L. B. Ma
son, of Cincinnati
This il in many respects tho most remarkable col
lection of Church Music issued in any country.
Making its first appearance in August, 1883 1t had
by the LIST of February ensuing. including period
of little over five months reached tho extraordi-
nary sale of sixty four the usand copiesa sale great
er, it is belle cd by half, than any similar work
ever attained in tho timo. Moreover, this sale
would have been yet much larger, bad VIC been able
to manufacture fast enough to supply tho demand.
This was SO unprecedented, however, that though
presses were running night and day, we were Tor a
time unable TO meet il. This immense popularity 10
te the public the best possible evidence in favor OF
anv book for it proves that il is just what they like
We therefore deem it unnecessary TO append any
Of tho almost numberless recommendations OF tho
Shawn, which are in our hands We may, however,
allude to several points which render it so popular
L. 1t contains n much larger amOznt of matter
than previous similar works, embracing in all nearly
one Thousand Musical Compositions, thus really
warranting the name of A Library Of Church Mu-
sic.n
2. The fact that Il is the result Of the combined
experience, labor and resources Of so many popular
authors has rendered it peculiarly rich in the vaTi-
oty well as general value Of its contents.
g. 1t is safe to assert that previous similar work
has contained nearly many Of the favorto compo-
sitions of all our most popular American well
foreign authors. But few tunes in familiar use
IN the ycstrlcS social meetings, or congregations OF
any part of the land, which are not here preserved
Besides their compositions, the authors were,
by special arrangement, permitted to mako use OF
many of the favorite works of Mr. Lowell Mason and
many other distinguished authors This feature of
the work has elected universal appreciation. The
remark is frequent, Heretofore We have been
obliged to have several books in order to all
our favortes, but the Shawn contains them all
4. The quantity of new tunes presented 10 ? -
usually large. Assistance from abro~ sad e'sr
by foreign correspondence. o. '. ..HF ..t.5'- =
search among the wo-' so grsst .' cor. .re'.
the past and - specially ESQ r.rl
rich ~ III .}5t t- DE-. t"- .Eo authors
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eros ehrr- .'i '- sDe aandred. This
81 ..r' .. et = li .c .Ominations.
=, aaIl ~, an unusual variety of An
,i-r 81, EOS, Chants. &C.. of popular and val
lai --aracter
{. 1t contains new and original Cantata Tor Or.
atorio) entitled Daniel, or tho Captivity and Res
toration.n This renders it peculiarly valuable to
Singing Societies and Schools, well as Choirs be-
ing in itself of sufficient length for Concert while
most of the choruscs may DO used as occasional
pieces in the regular Sabbath services
g. The matter and arrangement of the Elements Of
Music, IN department termed The Singing Class,
and the introduction therein Of quito number of
6iees and Part Songs, are much liked by teachers
Tho fact that q work containing much and
such n variety of matter, is afforded at the same
price with previous less extensive collections, an
important consideration rendering it as cheap as it
Is good.
We have now full supply of the Shawn, and
trust We shall hereafter be able to Bill all orders
promptly 1t may be obtained Of n Schss,1sn gen.
orally MASON BhoIHEkS,
Oct 5-stsow % Park Row Now York.