Well, the reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
While I will return to my history of Card Magic literature at some point (it’s mostly written); I got distracted by other things.
In the meantime, I have been performing at Jonathan Harrington (1811-1881) for at least six years. Last year I presented a talk on Harrington at the Magic Collector’s Weekend in Montreal and was asked to turn that into an article for MAGICOL (which I am currently procrastinating from finishing).
When researching historical topics, you never know when you are going to discover something new.
Like today. I stumbled upon a piece of sheet music that was composed for the opening of Harrington’s museum in Boston in 1840.
Yup. Sheet music.
It was written by Irènèus J. Solomons and published by Henry Prentiss who resided at #33 Court Street in Boston (Harrington’s Museum was located at #76 Court Street).
So… I fired up Finale (might as well use my music degree), transcribed the piece, and then recorded it using sampled instruments.
This has likely not been heard for nigh on to 178 years.
Enjoy!
Piano with solo clarinet and piccolo sections:
Piano only:
