California Musical Journal. Vol. 2, No. 4, January 1896.

Original publisher's brown wrapper with staple binding. 6 3/4" x 10 1/4." Twenty unnumbered pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Illustrated advertisements, most of which relate to music, are on the inside of both covers. A few ads are on the interior pages. Blue stamp of the California State Library in upper-right corner of the front cover. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Front cover has offsetting and a tiny chip in the lower-right corner. Among the businesses and products advertised are Byron Mauzy, Pacific Music Co., Benj. Curtaz & Son, California Cloak Co., Willard's, Fay's Piano, A. L. Bancroft & Co., Joe Poheim, Kohler & Chase, and Sherman, Clay & Co. The California Musical Journal was founded in 1895. It contains a variety of topics, such as news of the latest and upcoming events, news about musicians, and music theory. The following are some of the articles and features in this issue: "Pacific Coast Echoes," "Eastern Items," "Foreign Items," "Correspondence" [includes "Make Study Interesting"], sheet music for "La Grace," "Concerts," "Oakland Notes," "Decline of Religious Music," "Theatrical," "Napa: Melody and Discord," and "Professional Directory.".