NATIONAL MUSIC NEWSLETTER Volume 37, Number 3 www.nmmusd.org December 2010

"To have assembled the world's premier collection of musical instruments and to deploy them with such taste enriches the culture of our country and of mankind itself. From 16th-century violins to 18th- century Portuguese to the great American by , the breadth of the National Music Museum's collection represents a wonder not just o f m u s i c b u t o f civilization." — James Leach, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities November 8, 2010

“Chairman Leach was, I think it’s fair to say, based on his reaction at dinner tonight, overwhelmed with the quality of the instruments and the breadth of the collection there, so that’s one more great tribute to the University of South Photo by Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet Dakota.” —Tom Brokaw, NBC Schieffer Unveils The King Henry IV Violin News Special Correspond- ent and USD Alumnus, in The violin by Antonio and Girolamo Amati (Cremona, ca. 1595), bearing speech given at USD, the armorials of King Henry IV of Navarre and France (1553-1610) that was September 29, 2010 presented to the NMM on May 14, 2010 by Kevin Schieffer (Sioux Falls), was National Music Museum revealed to the public in its new display case on September 24, 2010. The 414 East Clark Street timing of the unveiling, which took place during the annual fall Member and Vermillion SD 57069 Trustee Reception, was scheduled in honor of the 400th anniversary of the 605-677-5306 phone requiem mass held for King Henry IV in the Medici family church of San 605-677-6995 fax Lorenzo, in Florence, Italy, on September 16, 1610. The royal violin, along [email protected] www.nmmusd.org with its 18th-century case made during the reign of Louis XVI, can now be seen during regular museum hours. The Newsletter is published by the NMM and is available in both printed and electronic Visit the NMM website for additional images of The King Henry IV violin, formats. Margaret Downie Banks, Editor. its unveiling, and an account of the annual Member & Trustee Reception. ©National Music Museum, 2010. James Leach, NEH Chairman, Bill Willroth, Sr. Retires as Visits NMM Galleries NMM Photographer Sally Fantle Archival Research Center Bill Willroth, Sr., Vermillion, retired in November after eight years as the Guestbook NMM’s official photographer. His photo- Bob Carlin, Lexington, North graphic legacy includes thousands of Carolina, conducted extensive digital images of musical instruments research about Regal Musical that will continue to be seen on the Instruments (1895 -1955), NMM’s website and in organological pub- consulting both the Musical lications for many years to come. The Instrument Manufacturers’ entire staff extends its gratitude and best Archive (MIMA) and the NMM’s wishes to Bill as he focuses upon more instrument collection. relaxing pursuits. Ken Drobnak, Director of Bands, NEH Photo by Greg Powers and Audrey Crewe South Dakota School of Mines James Leach, Chairman of the National (Rapid City) conducted on-going Endowment for the Humanities, visited the research about the Holton NMM on September 29, prior to addressing Company and euphoniums for a the campus community at the Al Neuharth presentation at Wayne State Media Center. His lecture, “Civility in a College (Wayne, Nebraska). Fractured Society,” was presented as part of Wayne Jones, Evansville, a fifty-state “American Civility Tour: Indiana, searched the Felix Bridging Cultures.” Vinatieri Music Archive for Leach is the ninth chairman of the NEH, Photo by John Koster compositions to be arranged and an independent grant-making agency of the performed by his Civil War U.S. government, dedicated to supporting Michael Tsalka Records Daniel re-enactment band. research, education, preservation, and public Türk Sonatas on Five Historic Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, programming in the humanities. California, best-selling authors NMM staff and members of the NMM Keyboards at NMM and collectors, toured the Board of Trustees accompanied Leach on his Michael Tsalka, Professor of NMM with Arian Sheets, Curator tour of the galleries. [Read more on NMM website!] and Chamber Music at the of Stringed Instruments. Escuela Superior de Música (National Jennifer Newberry, USD graduate Center for the Arts), Mexico City, recorded student, conducted research Catherine Stearns Addresses twelve sonatas by Daniel Gottlob Türk at about Leblanc produc- Cultural Diplomacy the NMM in August. Five of the NMM’s tion for her M.M. in musicology. historic keyboard instruments will be fea- Rolf Olson, USD Professor of C a t h e r i n e tured in a two-CD set to be published on Music, and Dave Reynolds, Chair, Stearns, a Pub- the Naxos label. [Read more on NMM website!] Music Department at South lic Affairs Dakota State University Advisor to the CALENDAR OF EVENTS (Brookings), examined brass in- Assistant Secre- December 10. Holiday Brass, South struments and archival materials tary of State for Dakota Brass Quintet. 12:05 p.m. from the Holton Collection in Educational January 28. Klassic Klarinet Klezmer, preparation for a presentation at and Cultural Deborah Check Reeves (USD) & John D. the International Trumpet Guild Affairs, Wash- Check (University of Central Missouri). convention to be held in ington, DC, 12:05 p.m. Minneapolis in May 2011. spoke about the February 8, 15, 22, March 1. Histories Rainer Beilharz and John value of cultural and Mysteries at the NMM, OLLI Class Simmers, violin makers from diplomacy at with Deborah Check Reeves. Australia, spent several days the annual NMM Member & Trustee March 4. Fingerstyle Fireworks, Bill Mize examining stringed instruments Reception on September 24. [Read more on and Beth Bramhall (Gatlinburg, in the Witten-Rawlins Collection. NMM website!] Photo by Aaron Packard Tennessee). 12:05 p.m. Kendra van Nyhuis, USD under- As you do your estate planning, please March 18. Returning and Returned, graduate student, conducted don‟t forget to include the National Music Michael Mandrell (Portland, Oregon). on-going research about bamboo Museum. The care and preservation of 12:05 p.m. flutes for her Senior honor’s the NMM‟s great collections is an awe- March 18-20. Gamelan Workshop with thesis. some responsibility. Your help is needed, Joko Sutrisno. Lynn Wheelwright, Clearfield, if we are to meet the challenges of the March 25. An Eclectic Musical Journey, Utah, conducted extensive future. Become a member of The Amati Curtis Teague & Loretta Simonet research about the manufacture Society! (Minneapolis). 12:05 p.m. of plucked stringed instruments. BEHIND THE SCENES Recent Staff Publications Curatorial Sabine K. Klaus Congratulations to “The Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Commentary John Koster, Conserva- Collection of High Brass tor and Professor of Instruments: A Trumpeter’s Dream Click on Links Below to Read Music, who was named Comes True,” International Trumpet Articles Posted on the the USD College of Guild Journal 34, No. 4 (June 2010): NMM Website Fine Arts Distin- 38-45. guished Professor for “Trumpet in B-flat by Joseph “A „Lot‟ of Love: A Love Story 2010-2012. In October, Lathrop Allen,” in “Historical Forever Preserved at the NMM” he was presented with Instrument Window,” International By Deborah Check Reeves the 2010 President’s Trumpet Guild Journal 35, No. 1 Award for Research (October 2010): 56. “C. G. Conn‟s Double-Wall Wonder ” Photo by Aaron Packard Excellence in the “Zinkengrößen. Überlegungen zur Established Faculty historischen Terminologie,” in By Margaret Downie Banks category. [Read more on website!] Mozart im Zentrum. Festschrift für Manfred Hermann Schmid zum 60. “The Grace of Imperfection: The NMM welcomes Geburtstag, ed. by Ann-Katrin Jarana Primera by the Legend- Jonathan Santa Zimmermann and Klaus Aringer ary Maker Carlos Escribano” Maria Bouquet, (Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 2010): By Jonathan Santa who joined the 423-438. Maria Bouquet NMM staff as a John Koster Conservation Re- “Among Mozart’s spättischen “The Objects of Research: The search Assistant on Clavier: a Pandaleon-Clavecin by Documentation of Musical November 22. Frantz Jacob Spath, Regensburg, Instruments at the NMM” Bouquet will 1767?,” Early Keyboard Journal 25 By Jonathan Santa continue creating (2007-2008; published in 2010): 153- Maria Bouquet technical drawings Photo by Aaron Packard 223. of selected musical “Stringed-Keyboard Instruments in “Measuring Sound: BIAS instruments. He has already begun the tech- Eighteenth- and Early-Nineteenth- Aids Understanding of nical documentation of the NMM’s bass viola Century Spain,” in Susanne Skyrm, Brass Instruments” da gamba (later converted into a ) made ed., Anthology of Eighteenth-Century By Sabine K. Klaus in the Stradivari workshop in Cremona, Italy, Spanish Keyboard Music for Organ, ca. 1730. , Harpsichord, or “How Did They Do It? Musical (Colfax, North Carolina: Wayne Instrument Making Tools at Sarah Deters Richardson, Curator of Musical Leupold Editions, 2010): v-vii. the NMM” Instruments, joined Jonathan Santa Maria “The Harding Bible Organ in By Arian Sheets Bouquet and former conservation intern, Perspective,” The Organ Yearbook Jimena Palacios Uribe, in Mexico City in 38 (2009): 17-43. “A Visit to Andy Taylor‟s November, where the three colleagues Editor, The Historical Harpsichord, Trumpet Workshop” presented papers at a conference attended by Volume Five: Aspects of By Sabine K. Klaus museum specialists, musicologists, and Harpsichord Making in the British conservators. [Read more on website!]so Isles (Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2010). News and Notes Michael F. Suing, a 2009 graduate of the Deborah Check Reeves • ’s new DVD, NMM’s M.M. program in the history of “Historically Speaking [Conn Approaching the Serpent: An Histori- musical instruments, is a Curatorial Research double-wall clarinets],” The Clarinet cal and Pedagogical Overview (2010), Fellow in the Department of Musical Instru- 37, No. 3 (June 2010): 26-27. filmed at the Utley Collection in ments at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, South Carolina, is available for pur- “Historically Speaking [Cundy- where he co-authored the recently published chase through the NMM Gift Shop. Bettoney Silva-Bet clarinet],” The book, MFA Highlights Native American Art • The commemorative guitar Clarinet 37, No. 4 (September 2010): by Gerald W. R. Ward, Pamela A. Parmal, donated by South Dakota Governor 28-29. Michael Suing, Heather Hole, and Jennifer Mike Rounds in March is now on “Historically Speaking [Cundy- Swope (Boston: MFA, 2010). display in the Everist Gallery. Bettoney Boston Wonder clarinet],” • President Clinton’s is The Clarinet 38, No. 1 (December John Koster, Conservator and Professor of back on display in the Everist 2010): 20-21. Music, recently completed an extended Gallery, following its annual summer research trip to Europe, where he participat- Arian Sheets, Curator of Stringed Instru- loan to the Presidential Wax ed in several scholarly conferences, met with ments, was interviewed about The King Museum in Keystone, SD. numerous professional colleagues, and Henry IV Amati violin by Paul Guggen- • Have you seen the list of the examined instruments in various collections. heimer for broadcast on his SDPB radio NMM’s most recent acquisitions on [Read more on website!]sound show, “Dakota Mid-Day,” September 23. the website? OLLI‟s “Histories and Mysteries The NMM in Print NMM BY THE at the NMM” to Be Presented Andrew Dipper and Claire Givens, “Fit Why do the bells of Civil War brass for a King,” The Strad 121, No. 1446 NUMBERS instruments point the same direction as (October 2010): 26-34. their mouthpieces? How can a piano What Makes the NMM Kenneth Drobnak, “A Catalog of Upright Unique? sound like a drum? Why does the Tubas by Frank Holton & Company at Hardanger fiddle have eight strings? the National Music Museum (USA),” How can bagpipers sing while they play? ITEA Journal 38, No. 1 (Fall 2010): 92- 1,138 Instruments Made by Members of 96. Different Manufacturers the Osher Life- 24 Kenneth Drobnak, “The Process of long Learning in Elkhart, Indiana Cataloging an Unsigned Tuba,” ITEA I n s t i t u t e Journal 37, No. 4 (Summer 2010): 46-47. (OLLI) will Craig Kridel, “Resurrecting the Bass 740 158 soon have the Cornetto,” ITEA Journal 38, No. 1 (Fall Instruments by opportunity to Instruments 2010): 86-88. Mentions cornetti in the Joe Conn & Pan uncover the by Buescher and Joella Utley Collection. American answers to David Lias, “400-year-old Violin these and other Unveiled at National Music Museum,” m u s i c a l Vermillion Plain Talk (October 1, 2010). 1 Cornet (#3) m y s t e r i e s Photo by Aaron Packard The Earliest Surviving while attend- “The National Museum of Music [sic] ing the first OLLI course ever to be Receives a Violin by Antonio and offered at the NMM. Deborah Check Girolamo Amati Bearing Armorials of by Conn & Dupont Reeves, Curator of Education, will meet King Henri IV of Navarre and France,” with registered OLLI members for two France-Midwest Express Retrospective hours every Tuesday afternoon (2-4 PM) (August/September 2010). 54 53 from February 8-March 1, to lead them Corinne Ramey, “The Power of 8,” The Instruments Percussion in this exciting new experience. Strad (November 2010): 41-44. Features by Martin Instruments images of all the instruments in the OLLI’s intellectually engaging and Band by Leedy and enriching classes, workshops, activities NMM’s Carleen Hutchins Violin Octet. Instruments Ludwig and events, designed for lifelong learners Sonya Szabo Reynolds, “From the New age 50 and up, are being offered in World . . .,” The Dvorák Society For Czech Vermillion for the first time this winter. and Slovak Music Newsletter 93 (October 1 Saxophone (#16) Learners of all ages, from all back- 2010): 4-5. Review of the NMM website’s The Earliest Surviving virtual tour, “Muzika! A Celebration of grounds, and levels of education are American-Made Saxophone welcome to register for the NMM’s class. Czech and Slovak Music.” Visit www.olliuc.org for information “Violin Strings Together French Past and (by Conn) about how to become a member of South American Future,” News from France: A Dakota’a OLLI and register for Free Monthly Review of French News and The C. G. Conn Archive “Histories and Mysteries at the NMM.” Trends 10.07 (September 30, 2010): 8. Class size will be limited, so be sure to About presentation of the King Henry IV 1 Flute Amati violin to the NMM, published by register early. For further information Made in Elkhart for the about the Bernard Osher Foundation, the French Embassy Press and Communi- which supports South Dakota’s OLLI, cation Service, Washington, DC. Movie, The Music Man visit www.osherfoundation.org.

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