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THE: MUSIC TRADE
37
REVIEW
In the World of Music Publishing'
GEORGE MAXWELL RETURNS.
After an absence of twelve weeks,
George Maxwell, manager of Boosey &
Co., got back from Europe on Sunday,
aboard the Celtic of the Cunard line. All
this week he has been an extremely busy
man, picking up the threads of his busi-
ness, and looking after matters requiring
his personal attention, accumulating while
away. Speaking of his trip Tuesday, Mr.
Maxwell mentioned the drawbacks of the
present English copyright law, which lack-
ed the penal clause in order to reach the
offenders and deter them from future vio-
lations. This, he thought, would be rem-
edied in the measure now under considera-
tion by Parliament, and which would,
doubtless, be placed on final passage before
the close of the year.
"I have had a splendid trip," continued
Mr. Maxwell, "and visited the chief points
on the continent. In the music line I have
brought back a number of new things,
which will be announced to the trade in
due course. The publishing business as
conducted here and in England is so totally
different that no comparison can be made.
Suffice it, everything points to a good trade
in the fall."
STANISLAUS STANGE.
In reproducing a picture of Stanislaus
Stange, the librettist of "Dolly Varden,"
the music of which is by Julian Edwards,
Messrs. Shuberts first venture in London
theatricals, it may be said that this opera
will be produced with Mabelle Oilman in
Lulu Glaser's part, and as Miss Oilman is
a great favorite in England, the venture
will doubtless prove a big success. The
THE FLYING SQUADRON.
opera is just of that dainty and chic style
which is particularly pleasing to English
tastes. This is the second American comic
opera success to be produced over there of
which the Witmarks control the publish-
ing rights, the first being Victor Herbert's
"Fortune Teller." These two importations
have been effected since this firm have es-
UNTIMELY DEATH OF RENE STRETTI.
tablished a branch of their business in
The drowning of this gifted young con- London, which argues well for the future
ductor-composer at Atlantic City, N. J., is success of that enterprising house in plac-
a particularly pathetic occurrence, as it cut ing American operas on the foreign stage.
off a singularly artistic career in the field
INTERESTING COPYRIGHT DECISION.
that he was active in. A few days before
The Law Journal of recent date contain-
his demise, he called upon his publishers,
Jos. W. Stern & Co., in reference to a com- ed the following interesting copyright de-
position of his (the lyrics of which were cision : In Barnes vs. Miner (United
written by Jas. W. Johnson, of Cole & States Circuit Court, 122 Federal Reporter,
Johnson Bros.), which is in the hands of 480), it was held that a stage performance
Messrs. Shubert Bros., for early interpola- consisting of the singing of well-known
tion in one of their many productions; it is songs by a woman dressed to personate
entitled:
"What!
Never
Heard of other singers, prefaced by a short and
Mandy?" This was written in the com- commonplace dialogue having no refer-
ence to such performance, and with a
poser's best vein.
kinetoscope exhibition during the intervals
Max S. Witt has composed two fine mu- when the performer is changing costume,
sical numbers for Broadhurst & Currie's
production "The Song of Rest;" one of in which she is shown while making such
ihese is "Sukey Sue" with lyric by Fred- changes by means of moving pictures pre-
viously taken photographically on a film,
eric Ran ken.
SOL BLOOM
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Any observing person must have noticed
recently how many men there are who are
wearing a little blue button upon which a
tiny anchor is engraved. This is the em-
blem of an association which is neither a
club, a society nor an order, simply an ag-
gregation of choice spirits who understand
good fellowship, and who bear some dis-
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ible to communion with the elect. "The
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worth while, or to be somebody who is
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Good Fellows," by Commodores Manuel
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the new national song, by Stange and Ed-
"The Sun Dance."
TWO BIG HITS OF T H E SEASON
By J O S E P H
is not a subject of copyright, the dialogue
not being a dramatic composition within
the meaning of the statute, and neither the
dialogue, performance, nor exhibition be-
ing such as to "promote the progress of
science" or "useful arts," within the mean-
ing of the constitutional provision confer-
ring upon Congress power to enact copy-
right laws, and by which such power is
limited. It was further held that, conced-
ing the validity of such a copyright, it is
not infringed by a performance in which
the performer is a man, and neither the
same dialogue, costumes, songs, nor pic-
tures are used, but where the only similari-
ty is in the general plan of the entertain-
ment, and the representation by pictures
of the rapid changing of clothing bv a per-
son, neither of which can be protected by
copyright.
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