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"Oh Joy" and the "In Dahomey" hit, "I'm
a Jonah Man."
Pauline Morangets great comic effects from
"I'm Takin' No Chances Ob Missin' Mah
Meals" and "Is That All You's Got to Say?"
Lew Burton is singing the story song
"Just a Line from Jennie'' and the ballad "In
Loveland."
McKeever and Landry are singing the pa-
thetic Irish song, "Why Did They Sell Kil-
larney?"
Harry Hill is adding a lot of new encore
verses to "I've Got to Go Now, 'Cause I
Think It's Goin' to Rain," by Ed. Ross and
Nat. Osborne.
The American Quartet are scoring big
with "Just Because You Were an Old Sweet-
heart of Mine."
Annie Leslie Williams is making popular
hits with "Trouble," "Dat's de Way to Spell
Chicken," and others in similar vein.
Johnny Quigley is using one of "The
Prince of Pilsen" ballad hits, "The Message
of the Violet."
Miss Hickman is singing a high-grade
composition by Ed. Corliss entitled "Star of
My Life."
George Richter is singing the stirring
song, "Johnny in the Army."
ABOUT SACRED SONGS.
On Easter the grand sacred song "King of
Kings" was sung in several New York
churches, also by choirs in Buffalo, Chicago
and other places. Though originally intend-
ed as a special piece for this season, its sale
has been increasing at so rapid a rate that it
will be kept before the public as a standard
composition of the sacred order.
Speaking of exploiting sacred music, Mr.
Maxwell, of the Wm. Maxwell Publishing
Co., had this to say: "It takes fully two
years before a serious piece of music is prop-
erly introduced and its marketable value as-
certained. Sacred songs do not take in the
sense of rag-time, which jumps immediately
into popularity after it has been rendered by
favorite vaudeville artists, and it dies as
quickly. Songs of a serious or sacred char-
acter reach the public and become appreciated
and bought by a process altogether different.
Their growth is slow, but sure, and the sale
steady and satisfying when once it starts.
My 'King of Kings' is an example, but a bet-
ter one is afforded by Mr. Shelley's other
song 'Resurrection,' written ten years ago,
and its sale preceding and during Easter
was greater than ever before."
"MODERN SONG COMPOSERS."
Thomas Whitney Surette gave the first in
his spring course of lectures on "Modern
Song Composers," before the Brooklyn In-
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stitute last week. He had an enthusiastic things of life, waiting for those who had eyes
audience and was assisted by Willis E. Bach- to see it, and gradually the stimulative power
eller, tenor, of the First Presbyterian Church of such things began to be felt. Except Mo-
Quartet. The subject was "Schubert," in zart (and he in lesser degree) there was no
whom the combined power of poetry and cne like Schubert for tune—pure tune and
music was said to reach to great heights. It melody. He created lieder and gave to them
was declared of him that "if poetry ran out flexibility and a delicious plastic quality."
he could set the encyclopaedia to music," and Here Mr. Surette turned to the piano and
it would have been enjoyable. The growth said: "Ladies and gentlemen, you must al-
of music was rapidly sketched from the folk ways listen to me as well as to Mr. Bach-
song period up through that of the minne- eller. The song and the words give certain
singers, meistersingers and troubadours, at parts, but the accompaniment has an equal
which time common people began to take in- position with those in the perfection of a
terest in the higher forms of the art. The song and sometimes certain expression is
lecturer said that some new folk songs are delegated to it alone." Two of what were
produced even now among simple people, but designated as "Schubert's most beautiful lyric
as a general thing they are an inheritance songs" were then given—the "Faith in
from times of old."
Spring" and "Who Is Sylvia?" The an-
Up to the time of Haydn none of the great nouncement of the latter was greeted with
composers wrote songs, their genius teach- handclapping that was long repeated at its
ing them to write in polyphonic form and close. The elegant and gracious little song
none of what they composed was simple was beautifully given by both singer and
enough for a song. In Haydn the melodies pianist, who were in perfect accord. Other
suggest instrumental tunes, perhaps for vio- songs were "The Post," "The Young Nun,"
lin music, and words and music are not re- "Am Meer," "Impatience," "Her Portrait"
lated, for "no matter what the words the and "Die Allmacht."
tune goes merrily on, because there was
SOME SUCCESSES SCORED.
nothing melancholy in Haydn," said Mr.
One
of
the best musical singing organiza-
Surette. Mozart was said to have done more
tions
en
tour
this season is John W. Vogel's
specializing in song, and in his music there
Minstrels;
this
includes a bevy of vocalists
was a premonition of Schubert, for he made
that
command
attention
by their conscien-
a decided and successful attempt to make the
tious
work.
Among
the
numbers
programed
music express the words. Here Mr. Bach-
are
the
following
from
the
catalogue
of Jos.
eller sang Mozart's "The Violet," introduced
W.
Stern
&
Co.:
"When
the
Fields
Are
because it fittingly emphasized the change
White
with
Cotton,"
"You're
as
Welcome
as
from the old style to the newer. The audi-
the
Flowers
in
May,"
"Maybe,"
"Under
the
ence were bidden to observe that the poem
touches on the simple things of life and sym- Bamboo Tree," "Mandy Won't You Let Me
bolizes them, and yet the old form appears Be your Beau" and "Ghost of a Coon," sung
in the fact that the "top note" of the instru- by John Cartwell, Edmund Balz, Percy
mentation carries the air as in an aria or in Reed and Harry Leighton.
Louise Henry, of the "Yon Yonson" com-
violin music, and the accompaniment par-
pany,
recently scored a great success at the
takes decidedly of the conventionality of the
Alhambra
Theatre, Chicago, 111., with her
time. "If there were time in such a lecture
charming
rendition
of Cole and Johnson
as this," said Mr. Surette, "for the song to
Bros.
"Under
the
Bamboo
Tree" and "When
be given twice, it should be done—sung,
It's
All
Goin'
Out
and
Nothin'
Comin' In."
then explained, then sung again—and then
with
their
great
topico-comical
song
hit writ-
the best that lies in it would be appreciated.
ten
by
Lewis
and
Peyser,
"I
Ain't
Seen
Your
When we have the Utopia and I lecture to
Name
Stamped
on
any
Cigars."
you we will do that way." There was so
It is almost settled that the new "Blanche
much applause for the pretty song that Mr.
Bacheller was obliged to bow many times and Ring" comedy by Harry B. Smith and Gus-
Mr. Surette said: "I see, ladies and gen- tav Kerker is to be called "A Blonde in
tlemen, that you evidently approve of my Black" and its premier is to take place near
New York on or about May 18.
plan of having songs twice."
Miss Amy Ricard, whose success in the
Schubert was said to have been born at
the right psychological moment. He, Heine "Stubbornness of Geraldine" was second
and Jean Paul Richter were a group of only to that of its star, Miss Mannering, is
idealists, who had to suffer much ridicule going to forsake the dramatic stage this sum-
because they created a fanciful world of mer in favor of musical comedy. She is to
poetry and music. "The old songs were be the leading comedienne of "The Babes in
didactic," Mr. Surette said, "theirs were sug-
Toyland," the new extravaganza by Victor
gestive and taught the beauty of the common
Herbert and Glen MacDonough.
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