__ Horniman Museum: Wheatstone Concertina
Ledgers--Dickinson Archives (1910-1974) -- on CD
— Bill of sale, 3 October 1895: Mr. Bevington purchases
an Anglo concertina (Lachenal) from Henshaw & Loebell,
Manchester, for ?6.5.0; note on bill reads: "Special
Concertina, made as per instructions[,] extra reed carriage[,]
diagram catalogue enclosed with instrument"-- Bevington's
address given as "25 Toronta Arcade Toronta"
— "Price List of 'Wheatstone' English Concertinas
and AEolas": no date, but reference to such performers
as "G. Matusewitz (USA)" and The Fayre Four, combined
with other features, place it in the 1920s
---Re: Giulio Regondi: copy of an autograph
letter-- [Liverpool?], 2 December [1847], to [Henry or
William Sudlow?], 2pp; original at Pierpont Morgan Library,
Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (see
Atlas, "Giulio Regondi: Two Newly Discovered Letters,"
The Free-Reed Journal, 4 [2002])
— Re: Richard Blagrove: letter of 1868 inviting Blagrove
and his wife to perform at the Red Drawing Room, Windsor
Castle
— Re: George Case: three documents concerning his
death on 21 January 1892
Cawdell, William. A Short Account of the English Concertina
(London: Cawdell, 1865)--an early "history" of
the instrument.
Ewer, John J. Catalogue of Ewer & Co's Universal
Circulating Music Library (London: Ewer, 1860)--Pt.
II/Sections XXXIV-XXXVII/Nos. 31395-31842, with catalogue
of music for concertina.
Wheatstone & Co. Catalogue (London: Wheatstone,
c. 1900)--a turn-of-the-century catalogue of the company's
publications for concertina.
Wheatstone, Charles. Patent No. 5803 (1829): "A Certain
Improvement or Certain Improvements in the Construction
of Wind Musical Instruments"--deals with symphonium
and concertina.
Wheatstone, Charles. Patent No. 10,041 (1844): "Improvements
on the Concertina and other Musical Instruments, in which
the Sounds are Produced by the Action of Wind on Vibrating
Springs."
Wheatstone, William, Patent No. 2289 (1861): "Improvements
in Concertinas and other Musical Instruments, the Tones
of which are Produced from the Vibrations of Springs."
Alsepti, [James] and Richard Ballinger, Patent No. 8290
(1885): "Improvements in Concertinas" -- this is the
patent for the so-called "bowing valves."
2. Books and articles
Atlas, Allan W. "George Gissing's Concertina,"
Journal of Musicology 17 (1999), 304-18.
- - - - -. "The 'Respectable' Concertina," Music
& Letters 90 (1999), 241-53.
- - - - -. "Collins, Count Fosco, and the Concertina,"
Wilkie Collins Society Journal 2 (1999), 56-60.
- - - - -. "Who Bought Concertinas in the Winter of
1851? A Glimpse at the Sales Accounts of Wheatstone and
Co.," in Musical Life in Nineteenth-Century Britain,
Nineteenth-Century British Music Studies 1, ed. Bennett
Zon. (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999), 55-87.
- - - - -. The Wheatstone English Concertina in Victorian
England (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996).
Bergquist, Hilding. "Glorious Past of Concerto,"
Accordion World (April 1948), 4-5.
- - - - -. "The Accordion in the Orchestra,"
(see entry under accordion).
- - - - -. "Concertina Concertos," Accordion
World (January 1950), 17, 37.
- - - - -. "The Accordion and Concertina in Russia,"
Accordion World (October 1953), 6-7.
Button, Stewart. The Guitar in England, 1800-1924
(New York: Garland, 1989)--with pages concerning Giulio
Regondi and Catherina Pelzer.
Concertina Magazine [Australia], Nos. 1 (1982) -
25 (1988).
Dunkel, Maria, ed. Accordion, Bandonion, Concertina…
(see above, under Accordion).
- - - - . Bandonion und Konzertina … (see
above, under Bandoneón).
Elliot, Dave. The Concertina Maintenance Manual: A Guide
to the Repair and Maintenance of all Types of Concertina
(Mosborough: South Riding Folk Network, 1997).
Ellis, Alexander John. "On the Musical Inventions
and Discoveries of the Late Sir Charles Wheatstone, F.R.S.,"
Royal Musical Association Proceedings 2 (1875/76),
85-93.
Eydmann, Stuart. "The Concertina as an Emblem of the
Folk Music Revival in the British Isles," British
Journal of Ethnomusicology 4 (1995), 41-49.
Hayden, Brian. "Fingering Systems," Concertina
Magazine 16 (1986), 19-23; 17 (1986), 7-9; 18 (1986),
11-15.
Heatwole, Oliver W. The English Concertina and an Introduction
to Music (Washington, D.C.: Heatwole, 1974).
Jacobs, Helmut C. Der junge Gitarren- und Concertinavirtuose
Giulio Regondi: Eine kritische Dokumentation seiner Konzertreise
durch Europa 1840 und 1841. Texte zur Geschichte und
Gegenwart des Akkordeons, 7 (Bochum: Augemus, 2001).
- - - - -."Die englische Concertina und ihre Zeit,"
Das Akkordeon 7 (1983), 16-35; 8 (1983), 10-20; 9
(1984), 19-27; 11 (1986), 33-36.
Lawrence, Tom. "Giulio Regondi and the Concertina
in Ireland," Concertina World: International Concertina
Association Newsletter, 411 (July 1998), 21-25.
Mayhew, Henry. London and the Working Poor (London:
Griffin, Bohn, 1861-62/rpt; New York: Dover, 1967)--Vol.
III, section on "Concertina Player on the Steamboats."
Robson, Pat. "Mainly about Concertinas," English
Folk Dance and Song Society (1983).
Rogers, Douglas. "Giulio Regondi: Guitarist, Concertinist
or Melophonist? A Reconnaissance," Guitar Review
91 (Fall 1992), 1-9; 92 (Winter 1993), 14-21; 97 (Spring
1994), 11-17.
Wayne, Neil. "The Wheatstone English Concertina,"
Galpin Society Journal 44 (1991), 117--49.
- - - - -. "The Wheatstone Story: The Life and Works
of Charles Wheatstone," unpublished MS--with copious
information drawn from the Wheatstone & Co. sales ledgers.
- - - - -. "The Concertina Museum. V: Archives,"--unpublished
catalogue of the archival holdings of the former Concertina
Museum, Belper, Derbyshire.
3. Miscellaneous
Bishop, Iris. "Library/Archive--Master List. International
Concertina Association" (1996)--unpublished catalogue
of the ICA library/archive.
--illustrated brochure (1991) for the former Concertina
Museum.
