Excerpt from One Hundred and Fifty Years of Music Publishing in the United States: An Historical Sketch With Special Reference to the Pioneer Publisher, Oliver Ditson Company, Inc., 1783-1933In those days the' very name musician was one of reproach but, stern as were the events and condi tions of the period, surely some mother-hearts crooned lullabies as they rocked the cradle, or over their house work hummed in soft undertone some unforgotten folksong.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.