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Merciful," an Easter anthem. Hinds & No- terwork of Hector Berlioz, "Episode in the
ble also have "New Songs for Male Quar- Life of an Artist," for the first time in San
Francisco. At present he is the general mu-
tets" in press.
sic director of the Geo. W, Lederer enter-
MOVE TO WILUAMSPORT.
prises and is booked to write a comic opera
The Vandersloot Music Co. will make their which will shortly have a Broadway produc-
home in Williamsport, Pa., after April 15, tion. Blanche Ring's "Doll Song" and "My
having secured three floors in the handsome Honey Bunch," by this talented composer,
building at 29 Washington street, which will are two of his latest efforts which have been
give them three times the room they occupied successfully interpolated in "The Jewel of
in New York. F. W. Vandersloot left for Asia."
Williamsport on Tuesday and will be fol-
SUCCEEDS ARTHUR WELD.
lowed by his brother, C. M. Vandersloot, with
John
Sebastian
Hiller, K.S.R.A.M., the
the stock and effects. The remainder of the
well-known
conductor
and composer and all-
staff, including Lee Orean Smith, will stay
in New York, as will also Al Trahern. Both round genius, has been engaged to direct the
gentlemen have excellent connections in con- "Silver Slipper" in place of Arthur Weld,
and joins the company in Washington on
templation,
March 30th. Mr. Hiller,has recently written
HIRSCHFELD SIGNS WITH-JOS. W. STERN & CO. a musical comedy with Stephen Cassin en-
Another important composer has been add- titled "The Monarch and the Maid," which
ed to the notable staff already controlled by will be produced by a prominent manager
the well-known firm of Jos. W. Stern & Co. next season. Those who have heard the mu-
By contracts entered into between the in- sic are enthusiastic over its charm and ori-
terested parties the compositions of Max ginality,
Hirschfeld for the next few years will be
"THE PRINCE OF PILSEN" A SUCCESS.
published exclusively by the firm, who within
"The Prince of Pilsen" is an undoubted
a few brief months, have been particularly
success, and Henry W. Savage is talking
fortunate in securing the services of the best
about what good things monarchs are, even
known librettists and composers in this coun-
in a republic, on the stage. This manager
Hirsch, A year ago the New Haven publish- try, and have since their entrance into
has made three notable successes with poten-
ers refused an offer of $1,000 for the priv- the field of comic opera and musical comedy,
tates of varying degrees this season—"King
ilege now held exclusively by Hinds & Noble. made themselves important factors therein.
Dodo," "The Sultan of Sulu," and now "The
"How did the Yale Boola Song originate?" In Mr. Hirschfeld they have found a most
Prince of Pilsen/' The Prince of Pilsen is
has been asked thousands of times. It was versatile adjunct, as he figures prominently
only a Cincinnati brewer, but he might be
born at the Yale-Harvard Football Game at as composer, as well as musical director, and
the Sultan of Turkey if one should judge by
New Haven, Conn., November, 1900, the is a graduate of the Konigliche Akademi
the number of pretty girls who swarm about
greatest football game ever played which re- Hochschule for Musik of Berlin, Germany;
him like bees about a hop patch. The plot
sulted 20 to o in favor of Yale. The stu- having studied under Kullah, Wuerst, Ru-
and dialogue of this new musical comedy are
dents of Yale had compiled a chorus, the dorff and Kiel; and when he visited Amer-
witty and novel, and among its songs which
"Yale Boola Marching Song," which was ica the first time in 1883, he did so as teacher
have already reached that envied height of
sung by over twenty thousand people at the of the higher branches of music in San Fran-
popularity where they are "especially re-
game with the wildest enthusiasm. It was cisco.
quested," are Wagner's topical song, "He
the piean of victory. Boola is the Hawaiian
His first professional tour was as conduc-
Didn't Know Exactly What to Do," the pret-
term of exultation and ecstacy, and is used by tor with the opera companies controlled by
ty balads, "The Tale of a Sea Shell," "The
the native Hawaiians to accent the rhythms Conried; later on, wielding the baton for
Message of the Violet," the romantic song,
of their dances. The accompanying cartoon, E. E, Rice and the first Castle Square Opera
"Pictures in the Smoke," and the beautifully
which appeared a day or two after the event, Company in Boston, which produced his own
executed double quartet "Heidelberg," which
represents Handsome Dan, the Yale mascot, opera "Au Clair de la Lune." He also wrote
is deserving of a place in the glee clubs of the
bringing the outfit of John, the Harvard the music of "Dorcas" produced by the Paul-
large colleges.
orange peddler, into camp and it is such an ine Hall Opera Co., and of "The Star of
Of this musical comedy Kate Carew in the
excellent illustration of the birth of Boola that India" which had its initial performance at
Sunday
World says:
it is herewith presented as a humorous record Charleston, S. C, in May, 1893. Mr. Hirsch-
To me the most interesting sight at the
of the event. "Adelina, the Yale Boola Girl," feld has directed symphony concerts in sev-
first
of "The Prince of Pilsen"
is also a new song in the same book.
eral of the large cities of the United States, was performance
the composer, Gustav Luders, of Chi-
Another new issue this week is "O, Most and has the distinction of rendering the mas- cago, who conducted. Such a picture of
happy, perspiring enthusiasm was enough to
warm the heart of the Ice Trust. He con-
TWO REIGNING SONQ HITS
ducted with every nerve and muscle, and
"THE MEANING OP U. 3 . A." a great descriptive rtarch Song.
vet found time to throw many a proud side-
long smile at sympathetic friends in a stage
•I'VE OPT MY EYES ON YOU/' Novelty Walt* Song, already In Its second edition.
box as the rising tide of encores rolled up
Broadway, cor. 37th Street,
the good man's Broadway success. The Hei-
AHERICAN ADVANCE MUSIC CO.,
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THE FAMOUS YALE BOOLA SONG.
Every Yale man and his friends the world
over will be pleased to hear that as a result
of a special arrangement with the publishers
Hinds & Noble have been able to include the
famous Yale Boola Song in "Songs of All the
Colleges. This song is admitted to be one of
the most popular ever written—the melody is
so "catchy" that the orchestras and bands
have taken it up and are playing it every-
where. The chorus fairly "takes you off your
feet." This enterprising firm have printed
both the athletic and sentimental words. The
arrangement has been made by Thos. G.
Shepard, director of the Yale University
Glee Club for many years, and the score is
correct and perfect. The music is by A. M.
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