Carl E. Gardner was an American percussionist, drum maker, and method book author.
Career Carlton Edward Gardner was born in 1885 in Massachusetts. He published a book called Music Composition sometime before his book on music theory, Essentials of Music Theory, in 1912.Gardner, Carl. Essentials of Music Theory. Carl Fischer, 1912. Gardner was the timpanist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1915-1920. During this time he also published a rudimental drumming manual called The Military Drummer (1918), which was "indorsed [sic] by the U.S. Army and Navy authorities,"Gardner, Carl E. The Military Drummer. Carl Fischer, 1918. Music Composition: A New Method of Harmony (1918),Gardner, Carl E. Music Composition: A New Method of Harmony. Carl Fischer, 1918. and The Gardner Modern Method for the Instruments of Percussion (1919).Beck, John H. Encyclopedia of Percussion. Routledge, 2013.Gardner, Carl E. The Gardner Modern Method for the Instruments of Percussion. Carl Fischer, 1919. In 1919, Gardner partnered with BSO trombonist Fortunato Sordillo Jacobs, Walter. Jacobs' Band Monthly. Volume 6, 1921. to form the Sordillo-Gardner Music Company, which manufactured Gardner-designed Free Tension Drums. After leaving the Symphony in 1920, Gardner helped form the Boston Society of Musical Instrument Manufacturers in 1922."Manufacturer of Instruments Organize Society in Boston". Music Trades, Volume 64, 1922. In 1925, he contributed to Carl Fischer's Drum Fife and Bugle Corps Leaflets along with Francis Findlay and W.A. Maynard.Soracco, Joseph P. "A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF BUGLES, AND A SURVEY DETERMINING THEIR PREVALENCE AND STATUS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF MASSACHUSETTS." BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 1951. 3 of the 8 lessons in the leaflets were on the snare drum and each leaflet cost 10 cents. Gardner wrote several volumes of Progressive Studies for the Snare Drum, the first of which was published in 1928.Gardner, Carl E. Progressive Studies for the Snare Drum. Carl Fischer, 1928. Gardner was the program director for the Music Supervisor's National Band Conference Band Festival on Boston Common at least 4 times, the 4th being in 1928. He went on to serve as the Supervisor of Bands and Orchestras for Boston Public Schools in the 1920s,JOURNAL OF THE MUSIC SUPERVISORS NATIONAL CONFERENCE. Chicago, Illinois: April 15–20, 1928. 1930s "Eastern Conference, Boston - March 14–17." Music Educators Journal. Volume: 25 issue: 3, page(s): 48-51. December 1, 1938. and 1940s,"The Wartime Program in Action." Music Educators Journal. Vol. 29, No. 4 (Feb. - Mar., 1943), pp. 42-47. where he taught :de:Joe Cocuzzo.Iero, Cheech. "Talking Drums With Joe Cocuzzo." Modern Drummer. August/September, 1980. Gardner published a timpani method in 1944,Reifel, Edward Martin. (2011) “Timpani: New Suggestions for Excerpt Practice Based on A Survey of Literature.” University of Toronto. a percussion method in 1945 called Drums, Cymbals, Accessories, and a book called Reading Lessons for the First Year Drummer in 1950.Gardner, Carl E. Reading Lessons for the First Year Drummer. Carl Fischer, 1950. His book Modern Method for Bells, Xylophone, Marimba, and Chimes is a recommended volume for teachers of percussion.Pearl, Jesse. (1971) Music: Instrumental Techniques and Percussion. US department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Publications All of Gardner's publications were released with Carl Fischer Music Music Composition Essentials of Music Theory The Military Drummer Music Composition: A New Method of Harmony The Gardner Modern Method for the Instruments of Percussion Carl Fischer's Drum Fife and Bugle Corps Leaflets Progressive Studies for the Snare Drum Book 1 - Elementary Progressive Studies for the Snare Drum Book 2 - Intermediate Progressive Studies for the Snare Drum Book III - Advanced Progressive Studies for the Snare Drum Book IV - Post-Graduate The Gardner Method for the Timpani Drums, Cymbals, Accessories Reading Lessons for the First Year Drummer Modern Method for Bells, Xylophone, Marimba, and Chimes
References