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Seminar "Proper Attitude Toward the Player"
By Paul Johnson

Mechanical music folks in Northern California may be interested in a
presentation to be given at the Society for American Music conference
being held in Sacramento, California.  On Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m.,
the following seminar will be presented:

  "Proper Attitude Toward the Player": Promotion of the
  Early-Twentieth-Century Player Piano from Showroom to Parlor
  Catherine Hennessy Wolter, University of Illinois

One day tickets are available for $35.  The conference is being held at
the Sheraton Grand Hotel.

Paul Johnson

 [ At http://www.american-music.org/conferences/Sacramento/2015_SAM_Program_FINAL.pdf 
 [
 [   "My paper explores the efforts of player piano proselytizers
 [ and industry members to integrate player piano technology into the
 [ fabric of American musical life through the lens of two little-
 [ known periodicals.
 [
 [   "I examine The "Player" Magazine (1911-1912), a music appreciation
 [ publication with interest in how its editor  used iconography,
 [ persuasive rhetoric, and narratives of music appreciation and
 [ progress to depict a legitimate and elevated space for music making
 [ at the player piano.
 [
 [   "My study of The Player-Piano/The Player-Piano Journal (1911-1916),
 [ a trade journal, focuses on its pro-reform stance, including its
 [ contributors' perspectives on retail sales techniques and advertising."
 [
 [ -- Robbie


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