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THE MUSIC
With the music Publishers
MUSIC PUBLISHERS MEET.
settled. We shall know more on the sub-
The Eighth Annual Meeting of the Music ject next week, and will be able to give as
Publishers' National Association, was held full an account as the committee thinks
ar the Broadway Central Hotel, in this city, it well for us to have; probably the more
on June io and i i . From all accounts it important debates we shall know nothing of.
was by far the most successful meeting yet However, the committee know their own bus-
held, and all the members seemed pleased iness best, and that is all there is to be said.
over the questions that had come up for
A. F. ADAMS IN EUROPE.
argument, and the settlements thereof. As
Avon F. Adams, of the John Church Co.,
usual, the meeting was held in secret.
We regret that we are unable to publish sailed for Europe on Saturday on the "Fur-
•J complete report of the meeting. Ow- nessia." He expects to be away some time.
ing to delay on the part of the press commit- The new Sousa march "Imperial Edward" is
tee, the report had not come to hand at the already having a tremendous vogue in Eng-
time we went to press. J. F. Bowers, the land. All of the Sousa compositions are sell-
president, assured our representative that the ing actively throughout the British posses-
report would be given out simultaneous! v sions.
ferred to the United States Federal ("ourt
on the grounds that Mr. I'erley was a resi-
dent of the State of Massachusetts. We look
for a decision in this case early next week.
KAISERS KATALOGUE KUTS KAPERS.
"Blue Grass Beauties,'' Joseph Kaiser's
latest march, promises to be a bigger favor-
ite than even "Georgia Peaches." The orders
come along regularly for it and bandmasters
from all over the country are sending. for
orchestrations. His waltz number "In Old
Panama" is doing equally well; in fact, in
these two instumental pieces he has a cou-
ple of assured successes.
. .'
The Jos. J. Kaiser Music Co. have recently
put on the market two new songs "Up In
a Flying Machine" by P. Campbell, and
"Only Say You'll Always Love Me," one of
the last compositions written by Arthur
Trevelyan before his return to England.
With these four numbers, two instrumental
pieces and two songs, this firm should have
a busy summer. They are getting a name
for publishing good sellers and consequentlv
there is always a demand for their music.
tc all the papers.
THIS WEEK'S LEGAL NEWS.
The following houses were represented:
The case of Heinrich Conried vs. M. Wit-
Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, Mass. by G.
mark & Sons drags along and this week in
V,'. I'umiss; Chas. H. Ditson & Co., New
the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
York, by Chas. H. Ditson; J. G. Ditson &
PROCEEDS FOR GALVESTON.
the defendants gained another point by get-
Co., Philadelphia, Pa., by F. E. Spear; John
We have received from C. Janke & Co.,
ting a decision permitting them to offer as
F. Ellis & Co., Washington, D. C , by Chas.
a defense the decision of the Austrian courts 2217 Market street, Galveston, Tex., a copy
B. Bayly; Leo. Feist, New York, in person;
in the suit brought against Mr. Conried by of a march and two-step entitled "Greater
Hamilton S. Gordon, in person; T. 1>. N
the widow of Johann Strauss, which annulled Galveston," by J. J. Blood. It has a catchy
Harms & Co., by T. B. Harms; Howley,
the contract made by Strauss, giving Mr. air which should soon become popular. After
llaviland & Dresser, by P. J. Howley and
Conried the sole American rights to his op- the terrible tidal wave which swept over
F. Haviland; Lyon & Healy, Chicago, 111.,
eras. This will doubtless have an important Galveston nearly two years ago, destroying
by J. F. Bowers; G. H. Monroe & Co., Fall
bearing on the eventual decision of the court. upwards of 10,000 lives and destroying mil-
River, Mass., by G. H. Munroe; E. T. Paull
lions of dollars worth of property, it was de-
Music Co., New York, by E. T. Paull; Shap-
The case of M. Witmark & Sons against cided by the people of the city to build a sea
iro, Bernstein & Co., New York, by Maurice Frank L. Perley is pending. The plaintiffs
wall as an everlasting protection against a
Shapiro; White-Smith Co., of Boston and in this case are endeavoring to obtain an in-
similar occurrence. About a million dollars
New York, by Daniel White, Wni. M. Ba- junction restraining Mr. Perley from inter-
has been raised, but not yet enough, and the
con, I. J. Maguire, L. P. Maguire ami B. polating the song "Blooming Lize" in "The
publishers of "Greater Galveston" have de-
M. Davison; M. Witmark & Sons, by Jay Chaperones." This case came up before the
cided to turn over to the Sea Wall Fund the
Witmark; Marshall D. Swisher, of Phila- Supreme Court on Monday, but was trans-
entire net profits on its sale.
delphia, Pa., in person; B. F. Wood & Co.,
Four Great Marches:
Boston, Mass., by B. F . Wood; and E. W. PARIS CHAMBERS
AMICIZIA.
LA DUVAL.
GIRALDI.
REVELATION.
Music Distributer for
Schuberth & Co. There were a number of
Novelties:
Bands and Orchestras
new applications for membership which
Trombone Sneeze.
Honeysuckle and the Bee. ** Enita ** Ser.
3 4 E.14TH ST., OPP. UNION SQ.
Cubana. Grasshoppers' Hop. It's the man behind the Gun.
NEW YORK CITY
were accepted.
Coon, Coon, Coon.
Fox Hunter's March.
Instantaneous Success
After an interesting informal debate on
Song Successes:
" Unscr Heinrich March "
" I do." •'Baby Mine." "I'd like to hear that song again.**
the various propositions brought before the
association, the election of officers took place,
The Song that Is sweeping the Country
CHORUS
resulting in the unanimous re-election of the
On a Saturday night, dear old Saturday
night.
present officers for another year. Those are
When your pockets are filled with coin.
Everybody Is asked to join.
By HOWARD and EHERSON, authors of "Hello, fly Baby.' On
a.-i follows:
a Saturday night, good old Saturday
night.
J. F. Bowers, Lyon & Healy, Chicago,
VANDERSLOOT n U S I C CO.
The next day Is Sunday, but still on
president; Hamilton S. Gordon, New
41 West 28th Street
NEW YORK We flojiday
dream of Saturday night.
York, vice-president; Chas B. Bayly, John
CHARACTERISTIC MARCH
F. Ellis & Co., Washington, D. C , secretary;
BY
AND TWO-STEP
E. S. Cragin, C. H. Ditson & Co., New
York, treasurer.
SPANISH WALTZES
The executive committee for the coining
year is made up of the following members:
The Jos. J. Kaiser Music Co.,
40 West 28th Street, New York
Walter M. Bacon, White-Smith Co., Boston ;
Thos. B. Harms, Thos. B. Harms & Co.,
HOWLEY, HAVILAND,
The hit of "The Wild Rose"
New York; George W. Furniss, Oliver Dit-
son Co., Boston, Mass; F . B. Haviland,
& DRESSER,
J*
J*
Howley, Haviland & Dresser, New York;
E. T. Paull, E. T. Paull Music Co., New
vide the N e w York Critics. J 260-66 Broadway, N. Y.
York, with the president and secretary, ex-
officio.
The one important discussion was on the
The Sensations of Paris.
subject of perforated music. We under-
"AMOUREUSE," VALSE LENTE
stand that nearly all the publishers present,
and u LOIN DU PAYS," VALSE TZIGANE
9
East
J7th
St.
signed the paper granting exclusive rights
By RODOLPHE BEROER.
to the iEolian Co. The credit bureau ques-
Piano Solo 60c. Small Orchestra 50c. Large Orchestra 75c.
tion came up again, and was satisfactorilv
"On A Saturday Night"
Bine Grass Beauties
Tit Old Panama
"NANCY BROWN"
Booscy & Co,
New York
Jos. J. Kaiser