Carl Fischer is a music publishing company established in 1872 in New York, which plays an important role in publishing music for education and performance. This house is renowned for its extensive catalog that includes music for almost every type of instrument and ensemble, ranging from solos and duets for wind, string, and percussion instruments, to works for orchestra, choir, and bands.
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Weidt, Albert John (1866-1945)
Born in Buffalo NY, on Feb.
15th, 1866, died in
Middletown, New Jersey, on
December 9, 1945. A highly
prolific composer and arranger
of light entertaining works
for the fretted instruments,
A. J. Weidt had nearly three
hundred works published during
the first three decades of the
20th century. Although his
primary instrument was the
five-string classic banjo, and
later the tenor banjo, he also
published ninety-four works
for guitar and many others for
mandolin and mandolin
orchestra. Basing his career
in Newark, New Jersey, Weidt
was noted for founding and
conducting a number of large
banjo and mandolin orchestras
such as the Newark Mandolin
Orchestra of 100 members, the
Whyte Laydie Banjo Club, the
Gibson Mandolin Orchestra and
the Ideal Banjo Club. An
advertisement from his
teaching studio indicates that
he was open for business from
4 pm till 10 pm weekdays. Sheet music list : › A Trip to Coney › Airy Fairy › Alevia › Amusement › Arion Schottische › Autumn Days › Banjo Bugs › Boston Galop › Bright Eyes › Butterscotch