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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
A HINT TO LYRISTS.
INCORPORATED.
If a song writer wishes to succeed and
make money by his rhymes and fancies, he
must give lip the idea of writing to please
himself. He should study the signs of the
times, the seasons coming and going and
the trend of public opinion. Indeed to be
a good lyrist, one needs to be an all-round,
well-informed person, alert, witty, and
above all, he must have an eye to the sea-
sonable fitness of things. The writer, af-
ter a long apprenticeship, finds that the
two things of greatest importance in suc-
cessful song writing, is the cultivation of a
graceful ajlitqration and a timeliness of
subject. For instance, in winter, the story
song, the drinking song and the impassion-
ed love song, find a ready market, then,
one may "quaff" and "laugh" and "drink"
and "wink;" but in the summer time, it's
"moon" and "spoon" and "tide" and
"bride," and such rhymes which catch the
public fancy. This assertion may be veri-
fied by a mere glance at the titles of the
songs which are the most popular this sum-
mer: "While the Moon Shines Brighti,"
"The Tale of the Sea Shell," "Come Down
My Evening Star," "The Message of the
Violet," "Ma Starlight Sue," and many
others which might be mentioned, and
among which there will probably not be
found one which does not, in some way,
suggest the pleasures and enjoyments of
the good old summer time.
The Schubert Music Co., of Washington,
D. C , was incorporated this week with the
authorities of Ohio. Capital stock/ $200,000.
Ohio agent, H. C. Schubert, Cleveland.
DEDICATION OF WITMARK BUILDING.
Invitations are out for the dedication cere-
monies of the new building of M. Witmark
& Sons. An orchestra of sixteen pieces will
furnish the music, which will include many of
the old and new successes of this progressive
house, and also a new composition by Victor
Herbert, who has written a triumphant dedi-
cation march about the theme of the Witmark
motto, "Success Is Work." The entire build-
ing will be decorated with flowers by Mac-
intosh and a collation will be served the
guests by a prominent caterer.
Do you realize the necessity of
expert piano knowledge?
Do you know how much better
you can talk pianos when you
have a knowledge
of tone
production?
There is a volume published which
contains all the necessary in-
formation.
repair
It tells how to
instruments, how to
tune; explains the mystery of
the action, has remarks on
temperament.
Explains the acoustic characteris-
tics of strings, the function of
the sounding board, and a
vast amount of matter, includ-
ing an essay on general re-
pairs, telling how to tune and
regulate.
You're a better piano man after
reading this volume.
It is the standard work on tuning,
and hundreds of expert tuners
say that their knowledge of
tuning has been
materially
augmented by a perusal of
this book.
It is recognized in many factories
as the
most
comprehensive
work of its kind ever pub-
lished.
No dealer or salesman should be
$500 FOR STATE SONG.
Moved by the success of "New York
Forever," now being sung on the New
York Theatre roof garden, George W. Led-
erer has offered $500 for the best State
song submitted to him before Oct. 30. Mr.
Lederer has contributed his idea to the St.
Louis Exposition with the added sugges-
tion that the management offer some more
prizes along the same line.
without
it.
The book is
illustrated, and the functional
parts of the piano and action
are made clear.
It is in a convenient form t over one
hundred pages, cloth bound
and will be sent to any part
of North America upon receipt
All the musical numbers of "Red
Feather," Reginald De Koven's new opera
for Florence Ziegfeld, are in the hands of
the publishers, Jos. W. Stern & Co., and
will be ready when Grace Van Studdiford
opens at the Lvric Theatre, probably in
September.
He picked up a batch of MSS. which had
accumulated on his desk for several days,
and with an air of weariness and resigna-
tion the publisher remarked: "Look at this
heap of songs sent in for acceptance—all
from good fellows, but rotten stuff. I
hardly know how to frame a letter declin-
ing them; it is unpleasant to say the least."
of one dollar; nothing extra
for postage.
It 7i>ill be a dollar
investment
that will pay large returns.
When writing ask for "The
Piano: or Tuner's Guide/'
EDWARD
LYMAN
BILL
f Madison Avenue
York.
FROM HOWLEY, HAVILAND & DRESSER.
Broadhurst & Currie's "A Son of Rest
Co.," starring Nat Wills, will feature "Gen-
eral Hardtack—on Guard," a comic march.
"My Little 'Rang Outang" and "In the
Fvening Time." The latter is a light
waltz song and bids fair to outdo that great
hit of last season "In the Good Old Sum-
mer Time."
"The Soul of the Rose," a new waltz
by Henry Frantzen, is pronounced by
bandmasters one of the best waltzes they
have run across in a long time.
Trask & Gladden are featuring Dave
Reed's new coon song, "I'm Thinkin' of
You All de While."
The Trocadero Quartette will open in
August with Quinlan & Wall's Minstrels,
singing "Dear Old Girl," "The Voice of
the Hudson," "Up in the Cocoanut Tree"
and "Hurrah for Baffin's Bay."
Miss Clarice Vance, the inimitable coon
singer, is singing "Buzzin' Around," a new
coon ditty by Paul Barnes.
Junie McCree is singing "Hinkey Dee"
at the Crystal Gardens. He is taking five
and six encores nightly with this song.
The Boston Comedy Four say that "The
Boys Are Coming Home To-day," is their
best number, and will be a long time be-
fore they take it off. All of the foregoing
are published by Howley, Haviland &
Dresser.
BOILED DOWN "BITS."
"Pretty Peggv." the musical comedy in
which Grace George scored a brilliant suc-
cess at the Herald Square Theatre last sea-
son, will be put on at the Montauk Theatre,
Brooklyn, N. Y., early next month. Robert
Lorraine will be her leading man.
Victor Herbert is at work on the score
of the new opera for Fritizi Seluff, with the
title yet to come. Harry B. Smith writes
the book.
"Glory," the martial love song of Ed. T.
Cogley and William Bock, which was in-
terpolated into the score of "The Billion-
aire," has become recognized as one of the
big hits of the piece.
By cable, the publishing rights of "Sire
De Viergy" have been secured by M. Wit-
mark & Sons. This music play is the
reigning sensation in Paris and will be im-
ported to America next season by Fisher
and Ryley, producers of "Florodora." It
is said that in this piece there is an abso-
lute departure from anything that is con-
ventional or hackneyed.
"Girls Will be Girls," a new musical
comedy, will open in Boston August 24,
and will be heard in New York early in the
season.
Deals were closed this week whereby Jos.
W. Stern & Co. have acquired the catalogues
of two Western publishers.
Mme. Jennie Norelli, the well known
soprano whom Henry W. Savage engaged
for his English Grand Opera Company, on
his recent trip abroad, is expected to ar-
rive from Europe this week.