Thompson & Odell

Thompson & Odell (ca.1874 – ca.1905) of Boston, Massachusetts, published music and repaired and manufactured musical instruments. Musicians Charles W. Thompson and Ira H. Odell ran the business. Composers they published included hymn author and composer Emma Pitt. They kept a shop on Tremont Street and later on Washington Street. Towards 1900 "Carl Fischer purchased their catalogs of fretted instrument, band and orchestra music. ... About 1905 the Vega Company took over their manufacturing interests."

References

↑ Commerce, manufactures & resources of Boston, Mass: a historical, statistical & descriptive review. National Publishing, 1883
↑ "Oh! He's the Lad for Me (Pitt, Emma) - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 2026-08-31.
↑ Boston Almanac. 1876
↑ Boston Almanac. 1888, 1894
↑ Christine Merrick Ayars (1937), Contributions to the art of music in America by the music industries of Boston, 1640 to 1936, New York: The H.W. Wilson company, OCLC 26107160, OL 6349676M

Images

Hail Dat Gospel Tug, by Fred Lyons, 1880 (Library of Congress)
Baby Elephant Waltz by F.F. Hagen, 1882 (Library of Congress)
Irresistible Polka by W.F. Sudds, 1882 (Library of Congress)
Fairy Revels by W.F. Sudds, 1883 (Library of Congress)

External links

[1] Commerce, manufactures & resources of Boston, Mass: a historical, statistical & descriptive review. National Publishing, 1883

[2] "Oh! He's the Lad for Me (Pitt, Emma) - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 2026-08-31.

[3] Boston Almanac. 1876

[4] Boston Almanac. 1888, 1894

[ayars-5] Christine Merrick Ayars (1937), Contributions to the art of music in America by the music industries of Boston, 1640 to 1936, New York: The H.W. Wilson company, OCLC 26107160, OL 6349676M