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He sought to spread a love of music among the people and to 

 elevate their taste. With this in view he joined in the management 

 of the Germania Orchestra for a season. It was a failure. His 

 partner disappeared, and Mr. Tryon had to supply pecuniary defi- 

 ciencies. 



In connection with a musical-publication firm — Lee and Walker, — 

 he edited and j)ublished, prior to 1873, librettos of fifty-two stand- 

 ard and popular operas. During 1874 and 1875, he revised and 

 edited the sheet-music publications of Lee and Walker, and in the 

 sam?, years edited The Amateur ; a monthly magazine of music and 

 literature. He also arranged a series of operatic songs which were 

 published, in 1875, under the title of Operatic Gems. In 1884, he 

 published " Sacred Songs for Choir and Home Circles, a Collection 

 of Solos, Concerted Pieces, Hymns, etc.," the music of which consist- 

 ed largely of selections from the scores of the more popular operas. 



Mr. Tryon was a warm admirer of the fine arts, and occasionally 

 amused himself with painting. 



Music and the fine arts were secondary occupations ; they never 

 diverted him from the pursuit of'natural history. 



He w'as elected a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia, June 1859. From that time till the end of his life no 

 one did more to promote the interests of the institution. His ser- 

 vices were many and important. The society is largely indebted to 

 Mr. Tryon for the edifice which it now occupies. On his motion, 

 November 14th, 1865, a committee was formed " to devise methods 

 for advancing the prosperity and efficiency of the academy, by the 

 erection of a building " etc. He w^as appointed chairman of the 

 committee. The measures recommended by it were adopted. The 

 election of a Board of Trustees of the Building Fund followed, Jan. 

 11, 1867. Mr. Tryon was appointed Secretary and held the ofiice 

 till he died, twenty-one years. He w^as a member of the building 

 committee. No one labored more assiduously in every way to pro- 

 mote the completion of the enterprise which he had started. He 

 gave SoOOO to the building fund ; and his generosity enabled the 

 Conchological Section of the Academy to give to it as much more. 



Mr. Tryon was elected a Curator of the academy, January, 1869, 

 and resigned July, 1876. Under his direction and personal attention 

 the numerous collections of the museum were safely transferred, in 

 January 1876, from the old, and arranged in the new building. This 

 arduous task was admirably performed. 



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