Music Trade Review

Issue: 1903 Vol. 37 N. 15

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THE MUSIC TRADE
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REVIEW
In the World of Music Publishing
INCORPORATED.
MADE A BIG HIT WITH "RAGS."
ANOTHER HERBERT SUCCESS.
The "Babes in Toyland" will open at the
Articles
of incorporation
of the
Majestic next week, and those who have
Thatcher Music Co., of Salt Lake City,
seen the piece in Chicago predict that it
Utah, were filed this week. The company
will have a greater run than its famous pre-
is capitalized at $25,000 at shares of $100
decessor at that theatre. The book, which
each, and all the stock is subscribed for.
is by Glen McDonough, is unique, witty
The officers are George W . Thatcher, pres-
and full of clever characterizations; but it
ident; A. L. Farrel, vice-president; D. H .
is undoubtedly the music of Victor Herbert,
Thomas, secretary and treasurer, and B. G.
Thatcher, business manager. T h e com-
pany will carry a full line of music and
stringed instruments.
THE B. F. WOOD MUSIC CO.
(Special to The Review.)
Boston, Mass., Oct. 6, 1903.
C. C. Durgin, of the P>. F. Wood Music
Co., No. 246 Summer street, is on his usual
Western business tour. He will arrive in
Boston about November 16.
"Because of You," by C. S. Briggs, and
"An Evening Love Song," by Thos. Little-
field Marble and Florence Ednah Chipman,
are two charming love songs in easy keys
which the B. F. Wood Music Co. have re-
cently brought out for professionals and ama-
teurs alike.
HARRY ROWE SHELLEY'S LATEST.
Harry Rowe Shelley during his vacation
composed a one-act Japanese opera, which
will probably be produced this season ; also
a Christmas song, which will be published
in time for the holidays.
When "King Dodo" goes on the road
this season under Henry W . Savage's di-
rection with Richard Golden as the funny
monarch, there will be a new equipment of
costumes and scenery.
WHAT THEY SAY.
They say that Madge Fox is singing
Hughie Cannon's latest coon songs "Alic
Busby" and "Won't You Kindly Hum Old
Home Sweet Home to Me." Cannon has
written such hits as "Just Because She
Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes," "Ain't Dat a
Shame" and "Bill Bailey Won't You Please
Come Home?"
They say that Ernest Hogan, the man
who knows how to sing coon songs, is fea-
turing Paul Barnes' new coon ditty "Buz-
zin Around." Ernest knows a good "un
when he sees it" and it didn't take him long
to pick this winner.
NEW AMSTERDAM^THEATRE BUILDING,
"Sammy" (the hit of "The Wizard of Oz.">
42nd Street, near Broadway,
_
C o m i o O p e r a and Musioal
: : : C o m e> d y S u o c e s s e s : : :
"THE JBWBL S P ASIA"—By Frederic Ranker, Harry
B. Smith and Ludwig Englander.
"NANCY BROWN"—By Frederic Ranken and Henry
K. Hadley.
"THE nOCKINd BIRD"—By Sidney Rosenfeld and A.
Baldwin Sloane.
"SALLY IN OUR ALLEY"—By Geo. V. Hobart and
Ludwig Englander.
••THE WILD ROSE"—By Harry B. Smith and Ludwi*
Englander.
''THE JERSEY LILY"-By Geo. V. Hobart & Reginald De
Koven.
"A GIRL FROM DIXIE"-By Harry B. Smith.
'THE ISLE OP SPICE"—By Allen Lowe & Paul Schindler
r.hihhs«b J O S . W . STERN & CO.
7
84 East 21st Street
CHICAGO
LOIDON
NEW YORK
BAH nUHCIMC
The New Instrumental Novelty
By THEODORE BENDIX
"SILLY BILLY."
An Excellent Characteristic by a Popular Composer.
Already in Big Demand.
M. WITMARK 3c SONS,
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
LONDON
•'The Sun Dance."
" The Sun Dance."
"I'll be Busy all Next Week."
"There's Nebedy just like You."
" The Boys In the Gallery for Mine."
SEND FOR OUR NEW CATALOGUE.
TWO BIG HITS OF THE SEASON
The Steeplechase March and Two-step
The Hit of the Seaten; played by Sousa and
'red bands.
more than four hundre
Genevieve Dream Waltzes
SPECIAL'
$1.OO
"Hallet & Davis Piano Co. March," by
Jarvis Jocelyn, one of the Hallet & Davis
Piano Co.'s clever Boston salesmen, has
just been issued by that firm as a piano
solo. It is bright, catchy and original, and
is sure to find favor wherever played.
of the following-
The Great and Original Indian Characteristic
By J O S E P H
THE HALLET & DAVIS MARCH.
•Separate Numbers and Scores
VICTOR HERBERT.
SOL BLOOM
= NEW YORK
Boston, Mass., Oct. 5, 1903.
Brandon and Willey, the lively and en-
tertaining "real coon" comedians, vocalists
and dancers, made their first appearance in
Boston this week, at Keith's Theatre, and
scored a distinct hit with "Any Rags," pub-
lished by George M. Krey, of this city.
Robt. G. Ross, piano dealer of Pittsburg.
died in Denver, Col., last week of typhoid
fever. He was thirty-five years old.
who is probably one of the most versatile
composers in America, which has made the
extravaganza the great success it is. He
has bestowed a wealth of harmony on this
fanciful theme, having ranged in variety
from the exalted symphonic poem to the
MR. DYRSON MISSED.
The musicians who are returning from catchy popular ballad. The publishers, M.
their summer vacations are astounded to Witmark & Sons, sav that there are an un-
find Mr. Dyrson missing from his accus- usual number of musical hits in the piece,
tomed post at Schirmer's where he has notably: "Toyland," "Jane," "A Legend,"
been for a matter of thirty-five years. That "Go to Sleep, Slumber Deep," "Barney
he will be missed goes without saying, as O'Flynn," "Floretta," and "The Moon Will
he knew every sheet of music in the build- Help You Out."
ing and every sheet that had passed
through it for years. He is resting at pres-
ent, and he has not given out any plans.
[Special to The Review.]
Published by
GOETZ
&
CO.
81-87 Court Street,
BROOKLYN, N . Y.
BAREUTHER
In order to introduce my instruction by mail on
the Cornet, I will make a special offer of $1.00 for
the first five lessons for the next thirty days only.
SPECIAL*
T h e other five lessons of the series will also be furnished to all who will take advantage of this offer for
$1.00 extra. & All ten lessons for only $2.00.
& & & & & ? * & } * ? * } * ? * & ? *
CHAMBERS SCHOOL FOR CORNET, 34 E«LS. 14th Street, New York City.
Noble, Publishers, 31 W.Yftk St
.
'y,wiilsendyou any ofthe*bookssub-
ject to approval. Enclose th is adrjrtisitn
Bongs of AU the Colleges •
Songs of the Eastern Colleges
Sons* of the Western College
Hew Songs fop Dlee Club* .
New Songs for Mate Cswtettei
New Sobffi for Ci&rcli Quartette*
H&avt Taken Priies •
Nt* Pieces That Will Take Prime
Fjeces for Ewry Occasion •
* M n»u Declamations for College Men
3-Mloote Readings for College Girta
How to Attract and Hold an Andlenoa
Palmer's New Parliamentary Manual
Pros and Cons, (Complete Debate*)
Commencement Parts (Orations, Essays,
Gnnnison's New Dialogue* and Plays
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
POPULARIZING SONQS.
Many and Varied Plans Adopted to This End—
Professionals Have the Call and Make Big
Money—The Risk in the Publishing Field—
What a Publisher Says.
In popularizing songs, melodies, char-
acteristics, ballads and whatever other
name the publisher may designate his
productions, the enlistment of profession-
als is an initiatory step that goes hand in
hand with publicity efforts. The experi-
ence and practice of the publisher when
"up against" the professional artist—man
or woman—is varied and picturesque, ac-
cording to competent testimony. One of
the newest recruits as a publisher, but a
veteran in the line, had this to say on
Tuesday to The Review:
"When we have what is believed to be a
good thing, it needs vigorous pushing
along, no matter what its merits may be.
In a certain class of music—the better
goods, if you please—the methods follow-
ed to get it before the public, via the deal-
er, is along well defined lines, quite conser-
vative at that, but correct. This quality is
not expected to get on the market at one
bound, as it were. It works its way grad-
ually, though surely, and the sale is steady
and reasonably lasting.
"With another species—what is generally
known as the popular kind, the procedure
is altogether different. The publishing bus-
iness along this particular road is some-
thing of a gamble, and to my mind is
strongly suggestive of playing the races.
There is no settled or accepted rule for
picking the winner for a certainty in either
division, if I may so term it. If one fol-
lows 'form' the chance of getting in the
one, two, three class is almost as hazardous
as a blind selection, observing, of course,
certain general rules of the game.
"Now, as to popularizing a song the
surest and quickest way is to have the lead-
ing professionals place it in their repertoire.
Then accompany this step with judicious
advertising in mediums for getting it be-
fore the dealers, and of which The Review
is one of the most effective examples. For,
without the newspapers how is the trade to
know who is the publisher? The singer is
not at all loath to have his auditors believe
he is the 'whole thing' when it comes down
to giving credit where credit is due.
"But the work, and often fun, comes in
while after the professionals. They are
in a class by themselves, and require
special handling if business is on the car-
pet. Certain singers there are who need
no carrying around of chips. If they fancy
a piece and it answers their purpose, sing
it they will, and no one will say them nay,
manager or any one else. The average art-
ist is particular and one must be careful
not to make too much of them. This is a
fatal step, for then they will walk all over
you. Handle just right—the secret of
which is learned only by actual contact
through some years—and you can get your
point without much difficulty.
"One house makes it a practice never to
pay a cent in advance for singing any num-
ber in the catalogue. Should the piece
'catch on' that is another proposition, and
we are only too willing to give every one
assisting us to its success a generous rake
off. Some firms pay as high as $500 to
$1,000 down as a starter, to get the pro-
fessional interested; and this is a policy
steadily adhered to for certain artists, but
we, and others, are not traveling in that
class. At the go-off not a few singers will
either intimate there should be 'gate money'
down, or their 'cold touch' is in such fine
working order that the demand is the first
'crack out of the box.' None of it in ours,
until the worth of their efforts shows for it-
self. Of course, when a piece is a hit with
any of them money consideration is a sec-
ondary matter, for their exclusive terri-
torial singing rights are in order, and then
the publisher comes in strong. Oh, yes, the
publishing business is surely a gamble. It is
either big money or none at all, unless you
are a piker, and there are some few of those,
also."
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HERE AND THERE IN THE TRADE.
"The Fisher Maiden," by Harry Von Til-
zer, and produced by the Von Tilzer Opera
Co. at the Victoria Monday, was received
with every evidence of popular favor. This
is Mr. Von Tilzer's first operatic score, and
his song numbers are in the style which made
his former compositions such ready and
steady sellers. He has been warmly congrat-
ulated on his success. It is needless to add
that the publishing rights reside with the
Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.
The verdict of Minneapolis and St. Paul,
upon Walter Jones in Geo. V. Hobart and
G. E. Conterno's comic opera, "The Sleepy
King," was affirmed and emphasized in Mil-
waukee and other cities where they recent-
ly played to crowded houses. The success
songs were: "Mamie,Oh,My Mamie,""Reu-
. ben Redbreast,""I'm So Sleepy,""Ye Morn-
ing Winds," "Sweet Sixteen," "Sweetheart of
THE HALF DOLLAR
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In attractiveness of typography and binding the volumes far surpass all other
low-priced collections of music.
The following-named volumes have been issued :
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EASY FOUR-HAND PIECES, Second and Third Grades
EASY PIECES IN EASY KEYS. Vol. I
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EASY SALON MUSIC FOR THE PIANO
FAVORITE DUETS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
FORTY VERY EASY PIANO PIECES
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MARCHES AND TWO-STEPS FOR THE PIANO
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