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THE
7VUJSIC TRKDE
REVIEW
In the World of Music Publishing'
A FEW MINUTES WITH THE PUBLISHERS.
Have you ever spent an hour or two at
one of the fashionable continental resorts and
"did" the rounds of the cafes chantants?
Well if you ever did, you probably remarked
the cosmopolitan air that clung to the indi-
vidual halls, their faces and their music, and
you were, no doubt, unable to restrain your-
self from joining and enjoying the general
swing of the Bohemian life—the spirit that
rules.
Just eliminate the inevitable waiter from
your recollection, and you will have a very
good idea of a busy hour among the popular
song publishers of the city.
The"y are all "hail fellows well met," these
creators of the popular song, and as a result
they have plenty of friends and crowds of
visitors, day in and day out—business and so-
cial callers by the hundreds, men and women
decked in the season's latest saunter in and
out in one continuous stream.
Take a run up to the parlor (the rehearsal
room) and you will hear absolutely the new-
est air on the market; perhaps you will lis-
ten to the same refrain, months after, on a
street organ, and perhaps not. The success
of the one pays for the failure of dozens, and
this is what keeps the song mills in perpet-
ual motion.
Apart from the publisher himself and the
artist who exhibits the charms of her person-
ality as well as the song, there is one very
interesting character that must be a part and
parcel of the successful publishing house, and
he is the secretary, or rather the man profes-
sionally known as the "press agent." H e
wears no medals, but the gems that fall from
h's lips are resplendent enough for any mono-
logue artist.
He can give you the history of a song be-
fore it is written or relate some anecdote of
a hit that was made before he was born.
Yes, indeed, you can enjoy the many sides
of life in the popular publisher's home of to-
day ; it is his business to entertain—and you
may be sure that he is at his best while mak-
ing money.
with a result that the venture has been a pro-
nounced success. Hereafter it is quite prob-
able that several weeks of each season will
be devoted to giving grand opera in English
in a limited number of smaller cities of the
Middle West. The Castle Square Opera
Company carries a triple cast of principals,
a chorus of nearly seventv-five and a grand
opera orchestra of thirty-five musicians. In
its repertoire this year are the following
eleven
operas: "A'ida," "Faust," "Carmen,"
ENTERTAINMENT AND BALL
"Tosca,"
"II Trovatore," "Lily of Killarney,"
On Saturday evening, April 18, at Terrace
"Martha,"
"Bohemian Girl," "Mikado," "Loh-
Garden, Fifty-eighth street near Lexington
engrin"
and
Tannhauser." For each opera
avenue, New York, the employees of the pop-
there
is
carried
a complete set of scenery,
ular music publishing house of Shapiro,
from
one
to
two
carloads being required for
Bernstein & Co. will give an entertainment
each
production.
The company travels in
and ball. The entertainment will consist only
two
special
trains
and
is the most expensive
of all-star vaudeville performers, and noth-
operatic
organization
that
tours the country.
ing but the best will be seen. Already the
committee in charge have received numerous
SALES OF MUSIC IN FINDLAY, 0 .
letters from many headliners in the profes-
[Special to The Review.]
sion who are anxious to volunteer their ser-
Findlay, O., March n , 1903.
vices for the occasion. A large attendance is
Louis G. Heusner has about settled in his
assured and every well-known performer new quarters in the Barnhill block. Chancing
within reach of New York will be there. A to be in there the subject of popular music
grand ball will follow the entertainment.
was touched and the information gleaned was
surprising.
Findlay certainly will not be out-
ENGLISH OPERA POPULAR.
The Castle Square Opera Company, the done in anything and surely not in the avid-
only organization giving grand opera in Eng- ity with which its people buy the latest songs.
lish, is now in its eighth season. During the In less than three weeks Mr. Heusner alone
past week Manager Henry W. Savage has has sold 300 copies of "Under the Bamboo
deviated from his original policy and pre- Tree" and nearly as many of "Under the
sented the famous organization for the first Shade of the Sheltering Palm" and "Dolly
time in a series of smaller cities. Repeated Varden." And a Cincinnati critic was sur-
requests and flattering offers caused him to prised that a certain dealer in that city had
curtail the St. Louis season one week and sold 300 in a month.
present his company in Indianapolis, Terre
I do not think it any particular honor that
Haute, Evansville, Ind., and Decatur, 111., so much popular music is sold here, but then
facts are facts.
"SUESSES MADEL" IN ENGLISH.
TWO BIG HITS OF THE SEASON a
Published by
The Steeplechase March ancPTwo-step
The Hit of the Season; played by Sousa and
more than four hundred bands.
81-87 Cowt*Street
Genevieve Dream Waltzes
By J O S E P H
W. PARIS CHAMBERS
Musio Distributer for
Bands and Orohestras
3 4 E . 1 4 T H ST., .rp. UNION S«.
NEW YORK CITY
Instaatincoui Success
" Unscr Hcinrich March "
GOETZ" & CO
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
BAREUTHER
Four
AMIOZIA.
Great
GIRALDI.
Marches:
REVELATION.
LA DUVAL.
Novelties:
Trombons Sneeze.
Honeysuckle and the Bee. "Enita" Set.
Cuban*.
Grasshoppers' Hop. Iff the man behind the Gun.
Coon. Coon, Coon.
Fox Hunter's March.
Sort( Suocastn:
"I do."
" Baby Mine." ** Vd like to hear that tong again."
^ ^ HOWLEY, HAVILAND & DRESSER ** **
"THE HOUSE ON BROADWAY'
"The Same Old Crowd'" Blanche Ring's hit in "Jewel of Asia".
"Hurrah for Baffin's Bay", from "Wizard of Oz",
"Marriage Is Sublime", from "Mr. Bluebeard",
"Dear Old Illinois", Paul Dresser's Latest,
"Broadway Dance Folio", for Piano Solo—best folio published.
1 2 6 0 - 6 6 B r o a d w a y , NEW YORK
Grand Opera House Block, CHICAGO
"THE EMERALD ISLE"
By Arthur Sullmn and Edwird German,
Now being played at the Herald Square Theatre, New York
"THE COUNTRY GIRL"
The Great Daly Theatre Success
Vocal Scores, Piano Selections and Separate Songs of the above to be had from
BOO$«y $ CO,, 9 € . 17t1> SU lleW VOrR.
Solc
Agentt for Chappell & C o . , London
"Suesses Madel," produced at Conried's
Irving Place Theatre, is a big success. M.
Witmark & Sons, who represent the authors
(M this side, are. also the publishers of the
score. They have also arranged with a prom-
inent management for an early production,
in English, on Broadway.
Mabel Hudson has been singing "Good-
night, Beloved, Good-night" most of this
season and intends keeping it on for some
time to come. The Johnson trio are also
singing this with great success.
Ben Jerome and Matt C. Woodward, who
are with Sol Bloom, have a bunch of sur-
prises up their sleeve and will spring half a
dozen novelties on the public very shortly.
Some "SureTire" Popular BH$!£J5i?r lni
' LITTLE SALL1E BROWN " By James W. Casey.
'• PRETTY nOLLIE SHANNON " By Ryan & Wolff.
" 1 WANTS A PINO PONd HAN "By Howard Whitney.
" STAY IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD " By Kennett &
Udall.
" MOON, MOON " By Nat D. Mann.
•TIAIDIE, COflE BE nY LADY" By Marshall *
Loraine.
" SWEET MAOOIB MAY " By Raymon Moore.
"IT'S FOR HER, HER, HER" By Ren Sheilds & Billee
Tavior.
"SOMEBODY'S WAITINQ 'NEATH SOUTHERN
SKIES " By Lamb & Bratton.
WATCH
THESE
And Future Announcements
M. WITMARK * SONS,
Now York
Witmark Bnlldlnrs,
London
Chicago
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