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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
which Mr. Loraine has written with John P. Wil-
son, this composer is to give us "another taste of
his quality." The plot of this new comedy is
good, and its many exciting complications have
given Mr. Loraine an opportunity to write some
dramatic and stirring numbers which will not
soon be forgotten. Naturally, there are a lot of
popular numbers, too, and the ever present topi-
cal and coon song; but taken as a whole, it may
safely be said that "The Fillibuster," both in
book and musical setting, is calculated to pre-
sent the public with a brand new sensation of en-
joyment. The score is now in work at M. Wit-
mark & Sons.
FLASHES FROM A LIVE WIRE.
Jos. W. Stern & Co. have compiled a folio of
songs, all of which are the works of the well-
known composers, Cole and Johnson Bros., authors
of "Under the Bamboo Tree," "The Congo Love
Song," "The Maiden With the Dreamy Byes" and
"Nobody's Looking But the Owl and the Moon."
This collection of quaint and classic negro songs
is neatly bound in a folio of eighty pages. The
publication was inspired by a large number of
subscribers to a limited special edition, and since
then the orders for this collection has made it
imperative to print up two editions to be placed
upon the market for public sale.
LIBRETTIST OF RARE ABILITY.
on Monday, who probably recalled Mark Twain's
remark under the same circumstances.
As a librettist Stanislaus Stange occupies a
position of peculiar strength and individuality.
His work represents a wide range in musical
comedy, the latest, now running at the Casino in
New York, "Piff, Paff, Pouf," being a fair exam-
ple of writing in lighter vein, sparkling and bril-
liant, its frolicsome spirit being admirably re-
flected in Jean Schwartz's musical setting. The
opera, which is drawing phenomenal houses, is
George W. Setchell, Boston, is down as en-
joying an excellent business. His new song
"Sylvia," a waltz number, is said to look good
and locally is selling well.
The sheet music department of Wise, Smith
& Co., Hartford, Conn., last week hit on a novel
plan for stimulating sales and incidentally giv-
ing Meyer Cohen, manager of Chas. K. Harris'
ballad plant, an order not to be despised. On
Saturday they had a striking ad. in the local
dailies to this effect: "Meyer Cohen, the well-
known baritone singer of New York, will sing
the following songs Saturday morning, after-
noon and evening at our music department."
Then followed a list of the latest Harris vocal
gems, and to which Mr. Cohen did full justice,
as he was in good voice, with the stimulating ef-
fect of a packed house. Needless to say the
suggestion emanating from the baritone soloist
worked like a charm and the songs sold like hot
cakes. During Mr. Cohen's New England trip
he sold 14,000 copies in four days.
STANISLAUS STANGE.
down for an indefinite stay, all other datings at
Those who were so fortunate as to see Kirke this house having been cancelled. Shapiro.
LaShelle's production of "The Virginian" are Remick & Co. are the exclusive publishers.
impressed deeply by the characteristic abandon
A partial list of Mr. Stange's other books in-
of the "dead broke" song, "Ten Thousand Cat- clude the following: "Friend Fritz," "Madeline;
tle Straying," the singing of which accentuated or The Magic Kiss," "The Singing Girl," "The
Shapiro, Remick & Co. have several new de- every intense moment in the play. There is a Wedding Day," "Quo Vadis," "Brian Boru,"
partment stores in the process of negotiation, reckless fatalism about this song of Owen Wist- "Dolly Varden," "When Johnny Comes March-
and they expect to soon control a sufficient num- er's which makes it excel, it is believed, in dra- ing Home," "The Daughter of Hamilcar"; also
ber of these establishments to make a continuous matic effect any song of recent years except a new opera to be produced next fall with
chain from coast to coast. This will apply to the "Danny Dever" song of Rudyard Kipling. Mme. Schumann-Heink in the title role.
music publishing the trite advertising phrase The enterprising house of M. Witmark & Sons
of the strictly mercantile world "from pro- have secured this composition and it will doubt-
THE IGNORANT MAN BUTTS IN
ducer to consumer," and the jobber will be— less be a big seller with them for years, as it is
well, his potentiality as a trade distributor not the sort of song which will not possibly become And Expresses Some Truths Regarding Musical
Plays Which are Timely.
so emphatically acknowledged. Sol Bloom has hackneyed.
recently acquired Gorman's emporium in Provi-
In view of the uncertain glory and less profits
HAVILAND INCORPORATES.
dence, R. I., and when the Boston addition to
which have been the portion of the no inconsid-
the Simpson-Crawford string is completed—
The F. B. Haviland Pub. Co. of New York City erable list of musical comedies produced during
about January 1—he will boss the sheet music was incorporated at Albany on Monday with a the season now drawing to a close, the following
section. As one publisher said to The Review capital stock of $5,000. Directors: F. B. Havi- will be entertaining, perhaps instructive:
Tuesday, "When Bloom takes a hand in the game land, Pleasantville; T. E. Morse, New York;
They were gathered in the chop house—the
it makes us all hustle to keep up with the pro- Richard Nugent, Brooklyn.
Manager, the Librettist, the Composer and the
cession."
Monday night Thomas Q. Seabrooke made his
first appearance in "Piff, Paff, Pouf," at the
Casino, interpolating Shapiro, Remick & Co.'s
"Cordelia Malone," which had its premiere in
"Glittering Gloria," of which it was the big hit.
Harry Rowe Shelley, the writer of many high-
class songs, has been re-engaged as organist by
the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, popularly
known as "Rockefeller's Church."
In the fall, or to be specific, on October 19,
at Carnegie Hall, Robt. Grau will introduce Nina
David in concert. He claims the young lady
is a discovery for which the musical world has
been waiting, having a soprano with the greatest
range in the world and sings notes not in the
piano. Mr. Grau unmasked to The Review that
with Miss David "I expect to make what I didn't
with Patti, as Patti had the name but not the
voice, while Nina David has the goods. She
has no fame, but I will make her celebrated."
Another attempt was made last week by the
Metropolitan Railroad Co. to dissuade Howley,
Dresser Co. from further circulating their imi-
tation transfer ticket in connection with the
song "A Good Old Trolley Ride." The firm de-
clined to withdraw the alleged objectionable
advertising article, and the company now threat-
ens to sue out an injunction on the ground of
the publishers maintaining a "nuisance in law."
A million of these transfer slips were circulated
from Maine to California on the first edition,
and a second batch of half a million has now
been ordered by the firm.
A despatch printed last Saturday in a Provi-
dence, R. I., daily stated that Joseph Howard,
writer of "Good-bye, My Lady Love," was a
victim of dementia and reported his death. This
was denied by wire from Mr. Howard in person
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