Music & Theater 2

CINCINNATI  CONSERVATORY  OF  MUSIC  (C. C. M.)

   Located on the corner of Oak Street, Burnet Avenue and Highland Avenue the Conservatory of Music was founded by Clara Baur (1835-1912) in 1867. This music school was considered to be one of the finest in the United States. The school was located at 7th and College Sts. (1867), s. e. corner of 8th and Vine Sts. (1878), 412 Broadway (1884), s. e. corner 4th and Lawrence Sts. (1892)(first card), and then the buildings shown below on the right in 1902. It was constructed in the 1860's and was known as the home of John Shillito, who had bought it in 1886. It was purchased by the city in 1902 and the Conservatory moved in. It was converted into the administration building. There were seven other buildings on the campus. As stated before it merged with U.C. in 1962.

                       
Founder Clara Baur                                                    Advertisements                                 

Not a postcard

   The image above shows all the buildings the C.C.M. used during their operation. #1 is the 1867 one room studio at Seventh and College Sts. #2 is in 1878 at the Southeast Corner Eighth and Vine Sts. #3 is in 1884 at 412 Broadway. #4 is in 1892 Southeast Corner Fourth & Lawrence Sts. #5 last location of campus at Oak St. and Highland and Burnet Avenues.

Not a postcard
                               
         Lawrence St. location                            Map of the Campus                     Overhead view showing the 
                                                                                                                                  entire 10 acres of the campus

                       
Entrance

               
                  Clara Baur Memorial                                             Main Hall                           Piano Studio               Piano Studio from Hall

                               
   Organ Studio              South end of Drawing Room        The Great Hall            Corner of the Library              Dormitory Bedroom

               
        Concert Band                 Feast of Christmas Carols           Symphony Orchestra

                        
Girls posing for camera          2 Views of the Concert Hall                    Auditorium                            Across the Lawn      

1906  RPPC

   The card above was taken on the grounds of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

   This is a 4 part card for the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music published in 1938. Due to scanner limitations this card had to be scanned into two parts. The top two images show the front and back of the main part of the card, the bottom section of the left image shows where the stamp and address would go, although to send it by mail you would have to tape it together so it would not fly open during mailing. The bottom two images show the part that was separated and mailed in requesting weekly copies of the Columbia Broadcast Programs and/or the 1938 Summer School Catalog.

                                                   
The Monster Band A. F. of  M.                                                     The Mirimbaphone Kids           
Serenading  The Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co.                                                                                                         

           
Norwood Chautauqua

  Founded in 1874 by businessman Lewis Miller and Methodist Minister, later Bishop, John Heyl Vincent, Chautauqua's initial incarnation was in western New York state on Lake Chautauqua. There are few Americans who remember the Circuit Chautauqua but there was a time when those words conjured up a host of images. Audiences saw classic plays and Broadway hits, plus a variety of music from Metropolitan Opera stars to glee clubs to bell ringers. Many saw their first movies in the circuit tents. They were also able to attend lectures on a variety of subjects. The original Chautauqua was too popular not to be copied and soon independent Chautauquas, often called assemblies, sprang up around the country. The goal of the Circuit Chautauquas was to offer challenging, informational, and inspirational stimulation to rural and small-town America.
  Because the independent assemblies were separated by great distances and because there was spirited competition among them to attract the most popular performers, they turned to the lyceum bureaus for help in booking their 'talent.' Keith Vawter, a Redpath Lyceum Bureau manager and later a manager of one of the Redpath Chautauqua circuits, became aware of the inefficiencies and expenses that the talent experienced when appearing at the scattered assemblies. His solution was to organize a series of touring Chautauquas where each performer or group was assigned to a definite day on the program throughout the touring season (each program lasted 7 days.) That way the performers could travel from one tent outfit to another, appearing in each in turn.
  Circuit Chautauqua began in 1904 and by the 1910s could be found almost everywhere, presenting its message of self and civic improvement to millions of Americans. At its peak in the mid -1920s, circuit Chautauqua performers and lecturers appeared in more than 10,000 communities in 45 states to audiences totaling 45 million people.

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