This is the oldest picture of the Christian Brothers Band shot it 1889
Br. Maurelian (center row, left), Prof. Schneider (front row, left), Michael McCormack (front row, third from right)
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL BAND
DETAILED HISTORY
1888-1889
This is the oldest picture of the Christian Brothers Band shot it 1889
Br. Maurelian (center row, left), Prof. Schneider (front row, left), Michael
McCormack (front row, third from right)
Cash journals of the school for the 1888-1889 school year indicate that the first director of the band, Paul Schneider, was paid a salary of $70 per month. Students paid $5.00 per month for music lessons. Schneider was also paid for arranging and copying music for the band:
| Arranging & copying finale "Soldiers Chorus" for orchestra | $1.00 |
| Arranging & copying "Hail to the Chief" for Band | $1.00 |
| Arranging "Tic Tac Polka" | $1.50 |
| Arranging "Water Lillie Gavotte" | $1.50 |
| Arranging "Flip-Flap Polka" | $1.50 |
| Arranging "Jolly Hunter Quickstep" | $1.50 |
Published arrangements purchased included the following:
| "Hand & Heart Polka" | $1.00 |
| "Steeple Chase Gallop" | $1.00 |
| "New Home Schottishche" | $1.50 |
| "Victory March" | $1.50 |
| "S. & D. Polka" | $1.00 |
| March Cheerfulness | $1.50 |
| Studies for Violin | $1.00 |
| "Six National Airs" | $3.00 |
Other Purchases included:
| Violin bridge | 10 cents |
| "A" String | 15 cents |