Maine Memory Network

Rotary Valve Tenor Horn, Houlton, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1860 Location: Houlton Media: Brass

Tenor Roland Hayes and Reverend John C. Schroeder pose for portrait, Portland, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1937-04-26 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"Louis Church in Auburn. He sang the tenor lead in several Lewiston operas and was an early recording artist for Victor Records."

Le Théâtre

Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… sargents &c all boys and their music being boys with tenore drums." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Quartette Club, 1849

"Raynes, treble; Rinaldo B. Wiggin, tenor; and Robert B. Cram, suprema. At the time Martin made the drawing, Rufus Wiggin was about 22, Raynes…"