Music Trade Review

Issue: 1903 Vol. 37 N. 4

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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
The Great and Original Indian Characteristic
NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE BUILDING,
" S a m m y " (the hit ol "The Wizard of Oz.")
" The Sun Dance."
"I'll be Busy all Next Week."
" There's Nobody just like You."
"The Boys In the Gallery for Mine."
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The Steeplechase March and Two-step
The Hit of the Season; played by Sousa and
more than four hundred bands.
Genevieve Dream Waltzes
"SPECIAL"
$1.OO
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-
tinguishing talent which makes them elig-
ible to communion with the elect. "The
Flying Squadron" is composed of mem-
bers of newspaper, theatrical and artistic
circles, and to be received into member-
ship, you must know how to do something
worth while, or to be somebody who is
worth knowing. There are "harbors" and
"coaling stations" for this squadron in
every large city; a noted chop house in
New York being the chief center of their
manoeuvres. The official fleet songs are
"Boys Will be Boys" and "We're All Jolly
Good Fellows," by Commodores Manuel
Klein and Isadore Witmark, who are two
of the most enthusiastic sailors in the
squadron, and "My Own United States,"
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.
Published by
GOETZ & CO,
81-87 Court Street
BROOKLYN, N. Y .
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n order to introduce m y instruction by mail on
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THE: MUSIC TRADE: REIVIEIW
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wards. The squadron went on a cruise
last week up the Long Island sound and
came to anchor at Rye Beach, where the
first summer manoeuvres were successfully
carried out. They received an enthusiastic
salute from Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht as
they passed, and returned it gallantly and
promptly.
MME. SCHUMAN-HEINK WILL SING THEM.
Two songs, "The Rose and the Lark. v
and "My True Love Hath My Heart," by
Julian Edwards, composer of "Dolly Var-
den" and "When Johnny Comes Marching
Home," and published by the William
Maxwell Music Co., New York, will be
used by Mme. Schuman-Heink in her con-
cert tour this fall. Another production of
these wide-awake publishers, "Lily and
the Blue Bell," by H. Wakefield Smith, is
being sung with great success in the West
by Miss Ada Arnoldson. On September
15, the house will publish a new sacred
song by Harry Rowe Shelly, in three keys,
and which has been pronounced by profes-
sionals, who have seen the manuscript, to
be a composition that will meet the public
favor, and prove as large a seller as any of
his other productions.
"Virginia," a
Southern dance, full of catchy themes and
rhythm, and "Saturday Afternoon," by
Hubbard Harris, are also selling well, both
being published by Western houses for
which Maxwell & Co. are Eastern agents.
A BUSY COMPOSER.
Melville-Ellis, whose valse sentimental
"Pense D'Automne," on the style of the
exalted love songs which have been sung
in Paris for a couple of seasons, has cre-
ated something of a furore in New York,
is probably one of the busiest young com-
posers in the metropolis at the present
time. He has orders galore for prominent
singers and managers, and is working
night and day to. keep up with them. Quite
a good deal of the music for "Mother
Goose," Klaw and Erlanger's next season's
importation, is being written by Mr. Ellis,
and he is also engaged on the score of a
new Japanese play which will be produced
by a prominent management early in the
fall. In adition, this versatile composer is
writing a. number of new songs for Fay
Templeton and the incidental music to
"Dorothy Vernon," Bertha Galland's new
play. Mr. Ellis is a strenuous worker and
doubtless will be able to fill with ease the
many important commissions entrusted to
him.
THE PEERLESS CO.'S ADVANCE.
The Peerless Publishing Co.'s business
has been on a steady increase. They have
a lot of new numbers that have made
sensational hits with singers arcl orchestra
leaders. The letters received praise pub-
lications like "Sadie Green," waltz song;
' M y Bessie's Wedding Day," ballad; "Be-
neath the Stars and Stripes," march song;
The Crown Music Co.
NEW YORK.
Miss Leah M. Barbe has been singing
two of Standish and Silberberg's numbers
with more than ordinary success in concert
and church work. For the former, Miss
Barbe sings "In Fancy, You Are Ever by
My Side," which has met much favor
through her charming rendition of it, and
for the latter "The Voice of Jehovah,"
which Miss Barbe has had translated into
Latin.
PICKED UP HERE AND THERE.
Gwlym Miles, the baritone, is using on
his concert tour four exquisite little songs,
which, though pleasing the popular taste,
are of the very highest grade of musical
composition. These songs are "A Little
Dutch Garden," and "Daddy and I," by
Harvey Worthington Loomis, a pupil of
Dvorak; "The Lily of the Valley," by Reed
Miller, and "A Little Dreaming by the
Way," a delicious song fragment by Paul
Laurence Dunbar and John Carrington.
In September a new musical comedy by
Basil Hood and Edward German is to be
produced at the Broadway Theatre by
John C. Fisher and Thomas W . Ryley,
who will then take it to London. The
same managers are to bring out "The
Medal and the Maid," the comic opera now
running at the Lyric Theatre, at the Broad-
way in January. The publishing rights are
still in abeyance.
J. Bodewalt Lampe has placed with M.
Witmark & Sons a characteristic piece for
band, orchestra or piano, entitled "Moon-
light on the Old Plantation," and a humor-
ous male quartette called "Bill of Fare."
Nau & Schmidt Music Co., of Milwau-
kee, Wis., recently devoted one of their
large show windows to the display of Cole
& Johnson Bros.' song, "Nobody's Lookin'
But the Owl and the Moon;" several owls
were perched in property trees and wink
electric eyes upon a pair of spooning lay
figures seated in a corner of the window'.
Signor Archambault, whose voice, by
the way, is one of the finest heard for 5 ears
in this country, is making the feature of
his concert repertoire two fine songs by
Hermann Devries, entitled "Si J'Etais
Dieu," the words of which are by Suljy
Frudhomme, and "Bon Jour Suzon," writ-
ten to De Musset's poem. Mr. Devries is
the composer and singer who was recently
honored by the French Academy with the
title of "Officer of Public Instruction."
At Young's Pier, Atlantic City, N. J., M.
Witmark & Sons have established a sum-
mer branch under the management of J.
A. Willard.
Sol Bloom is a leader in the production of
popular songs, and those now heard every-
where areHeelan and Helf's "The Boys in the
Gallery for Mine," "Good Morning, Glory,"
"Ev'ry Man Is a Volunteer;" also "Ring the
Bell and Let the Car Go On," "The Spirit of
'76," "There's Nobody Just Like You," "The
Girlie With the Baby Stare," "Sometime,
Someday, Somewhere," which are only a few
from one of the best catalogues in the coun-
try.
We can supply you with anything pub-
lished. Send for our monthly list of
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NEW MUSIC.
From Jos. W. Stern & Co :Vcal—"The
Three of the numbers of Harry R.
Automobile Honevmoon," by Harry B.
Smith's musical comedy "The Dixie Girl,"
Norris; "When the Cows Are Coming
will be from the pens of Cole & Johnson
Home," pastoral ballad, by Max S. Witt,
Bros, respectively: "The Mandarin W h o
words by Robt. F . Rodin; "Courage," a
Played Upon the Mandolin," "The Kind
beautiful love song, by H . W . Petrie,
You Read About," and "The Frog and the
words by A. Chapman ; "You're As Wel-
Owl." Geo. Rosey will contribute some
come as the Flowers in May," a- sentimen-
fine ensembles, as well as a charming num-
tal ballad, by Dan. J. Sullivan; "Give Me
ber called "Bubbles." Two very pretty
the Sunny South," and "Moriarity," two of
numbers entitled "The Lovers A. B. C."
Horwitz and Bowers' famous composi-
and "The Firefly and the Frog" will be
tions ; "Shine on My Evening Star," a Cole
given elaborate comic production with
and Johnson song success; "When She
large choruses; these have been written by
Walks Like This," by Annie Andros Haw-
Max S. Witt. Irene Bentley is to be star-
lcy.
Instrumental—"The Pet of the
red in "The Dixie Girl," and will open the
Army," march and two-step by Georgie
season at Atlantic City September 7; later
Rosey.
on it will be heard in New York, Philadel-
phia and Boston.
•Separate Numbers and Scores
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have received ovations of applause are the
following well known top liners: J. Aldrich
Libbev and Katharine Trayer. "Clivette,"
The Man in Black. Jules Cluzetti, Reta
Walker, Marie Norris, Doody & Wells,
Morris Haswell, The Sisters Howard, and
many more. Dealers cannot afford to over-
look this firm when ordering.
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"THE HOCKINQ BIRD"—By Sidney Rosenfeld and A.
Baldwin Sloane.
"SALLY IN OUR ALLEY"—By Geo. V. Hobart and
Ludwig Englander.
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