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Billhead - 1888…..(Mark) Hassler's Musical Bureau….Orchestral Services…1119 Chestnut St., Philadelphia…remit to residence, 1340 Lombard St. He was a Composer and bandleader. The Mark Hassler Orchestra was a famous Philadelphia group in demand up and down the east coast from about 1870 to 1900. Hassler was credited with introducing the waltzes of Strauss to America and was the musical director for the Arch Street Theater. Mark Hassler (1834-1906). His death in 1907 was noted in The American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 9, Directory Of National And Local Organizations In The United States (September 9, 1907, to September 25, 1908 / 5668), pp. 504-506 (3 pages) Hassler was not native to the city, having emigrated in 1842 with his family from Germany, but they all found success in America. Father Henry was a violinist and conductor at the Arch Street Theatre in 1844, the Chestnut Street Theatre in 1845, and the Walnut Street Theatre from 1846 to 1855. He was accepted as a member of the Musical Fund Society in 1857, but not before his sons were members. Mark's brother Simon (1832-1901) also conducted orchestras, at the Walnut Street Theatre from 1865 to 1872, the Chestnut Street Theatre from 1872 to 1882, and the Chestnut Street Opera House from 1882 to 1899. Both brothers were composers and arrangers of various forms of dance music. As Ms. Pennell's memoir would indicate, Mark Hassler's dance orchestra was in great demand for dance events not only in greater

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