Sacramento County
Biographies
HARRY C. MARTINE
HARRY C. MARTINE.--The musical
interests of Sacramento County are certainly well cared for, if one may judge
from the activities and the remarkably satisfactory results of such an
institution as the Martine School of Music, under the efficient and popular
management of Harry C. Martine, a native of Manchester, N. H., who came to
California a good quarter of a century ago, bringing with him all that stands
for Yankee genius, and luckily finding here, especially in the capital city, a
larger and better field for the exercise and development of his rare
talents. His parents were H. C. and
Olive Martine.
Harry
Martine began his musical studies early with S. H. Gerrish,
John Flocton, Thomas Senyor
and other capable teachers in Boston, during ten years, and
during that time he himself gave piano lessons, not merely increasing his
income, but adding to his knowledge by trying to teach someone else. Later, he studied in Portland, Ore., Oakland and with Edward Finck, Rosewald W. Vincent and others, and in 1900 he located at Sacramento, where he opened the
Martine School of Music, which has been more and more patronized. In addition to teaching music, Professor
Martine has also written much on musical topics for the “Pacific Coast Musician,”
and other magazines, and has published a number of piano compositions for
teaching purposes.
In
this important, progressive work in higher education and the formation of a
better taste on the part of the public for musical art, Professor Martine has the
valuable and faithful assistance of Annette Martine, pianist and teacher of
repute. She finished an academic course
at Milwaukee, Wis., and a collegiate
course at St. Mary’s, at Notre Dame, Ind., and then studied
Mason’s touch and technique with Mrs. Annen, a pupil
of Dr. Mason, and aesthetic analysis with W. S. B. Mathews, and also a special
study of Chopin’s works with Thieman, of Berlin. Later, she studied organ, and for ten years
had important positions as church organist.
In 1921, she located in Sacramento; and with her husband,
she is active not only in the management of the institute, but in teaching
piano and theory, the Martine School paying special
attention to piano. Professor and Mme.
Martine have certificates from the University of America at Washington, D.C., and being certified by
Alexander Henneman, examiner for the Art Publication
Society, they have authority to conduct a normal school. The normal students of the Martine School of
Music are certified both by the Kroeger School of St.
Louis, and by E. R. Kroeger of that school, and only certified teachers are employed by the
Martine School of Music.
Transcribed by Donna L. Becker.
Source:
Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 479.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
©
2007 Donna L. Becker.