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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
43
In tKe World of Music Publishing
PUBLISHERS' TRADE OUTLOOK.
BIG DEAL IN KANSAS CITY.
Business Quiet, But Moving Along Satisfactorily—
Demand For Better Class of Songs is Increas-
ing—The Natural Reaction From the "Rag-
Time" Regime.
The Whitney-Warner Co. Purchase the Sheet Music
Department of the Carl Hoffman Co.
Business with the general run of pub-
lishers is moving" along in a routine way,
with here and there a bright spot where
productions are meeting with popular favor.
The tendency of leading houses to invest in
musical comedies is notable, though the
successes are not quite as prolific as was
anticipated by some of these concerns am-
bitious to have other business strings to
their bows than the jog trot of the trade.
Indian characteristics and songs still
continue in favor, with the patriotic effu-
sions so plentiful a year ago relegated to
the background. The ballad holds its own,
and several now on the market for a year,
perhaps longer, are selling better than
ever. The refined coon song has a host of
admirers, and publishers are not backward
in supplying the demand.
[Special to The Review.]
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 12, 1904.
The Carl Hoffman Music Co. have sold
their sheet music department to the Whit-
ney-Warner Publishing Co., of Detroit,
Mich. While the Whitney-Warner peo-
ple will have complete, charge of this de-
partment of the business, it will continue
under the same firm name as before. The
Whitney-Warner Co. is one of the largest
sheet music publishing houses in the
country and it is understood it will leave
nothing undone to make this store as com-
plete as can possibly be made.
The Carl Hoffman Music Co. will handle
pianos exclusively in the future, on the up-
per floors of the present address.
VIOLET CAMPBELL.
Among versatile women musicians of
the day, Violet Campbell is probably one
of the best known. She is the daughter of
SCORE PUBLISHED BY WHITE-SMITH.
C. J. Campbell, who is well known on both
[Special to The Review.]
sides of the Atlantic as a popular tenor,
Boston, Mass., Jan. 12, 1904.
and librettist, and to whose lyrics she in-
"O, Miss White!" a high-class coon song
and dance, and "I'll E'er Be True," a variably writes her ballads and songs.
burlesque sentimental duet, are two of the While quite young she evinced a decided
numbers in the new "Cadet" show, to be musical talent, having written a composi-
called "Cinderella and the Prince," the tion when she was but twelve years of age,
score of which the White-Smith Music which showed both style and originality.
Publishing Co. now have in press. This
M. Witmark & Sons have recently
extravaganza will be produced here by the brought out two new songs of hers which
Boston Cadets on February 1, under the are ideal encore numbers, namely "Only of
supervision of R. H. Barnet.
You," a love ballad, and "A Toast," a novel
The music of the numbers just men- drinking song. Both of these composi-
tioned is by D. J. Sullivan, a talented mem-
ber of the force of piano salesmen attached tions are already popular and promise to
to the warerooms of Geo. H. Champlin & become standards of that particular style
of work.
Co., of this city.
HINDS & NOBLE PUBLICITY.
AN UNUSUAL DEMAND
—FOR—
" FRANCO-AMERICAN DANCE "
By WILLIAM LORAINE.
A Special Feature in
" PEGGY FROM PARIS "
Order from
M. WITMARK & SONS,
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
LONDON
Separate Numbers and Scores
of the following
Comic Opera and Musical
: : Comedy Successes : :
"RED FEATHER"—By Chas. Emerson Cook, Chas. Klein
and Reginald De Koven.
'NANCY BROWN"—By Frederic Rankcn and Henry K
Hadley.
"THE MOCKING BIRD"—By Sidney Roienfeld and A.
Baldwin Sloane.
"WINSOHE WINNIE"—By Frederic Ranken and Gus-
tave Kerker.
"THE OFFICE BOY "—By Harry B. Smith and Ludwig
Englander.
"THE SLEEPY KINO"—By Geo. V. Hobart and Gio-
vanni E. Conterno.
"A GIRL FROM DIXIE"—By Harry B. Smith.
"THE ISLE OF SPICE"—By Allen Lowe & Paul Schindle.
r.hn.h.dbr J 0 5 . y/ t STERN & CO.
84 East 21st StrMt
NEW YORK
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A -New Catalogue That Will Interest Dealers
Who Have a Call For College Song Books.
A handy catalogue, recently issued by
Hinds & Noble, headquarters for college
music and song books, is a compilation of
value to the trade. A list of their college spe-
cialties follows: "Songs of All the Col-
leges," "Songs of the Eastern Colleges,"
''Songs of the Western Colleges," "New
Songs for College Glee Clubs," "New Songs
for Male Quartets," "New Songs and An-
thems for Church Quartets," "Songs of
Washington and Jefferson College," "Songs
of Haverford College," and "Songs of the
University of Pennsylvania." In collecting
the material for all these books of college
songs the publishers have endeavored, and
successfully, it may be added, to include
not only the most popular, as well as those
most typical each of its own alma mater,
but have also gathered together many com-
positions which appear in any books of this
character for the first time. Their enter-
prise and energy in this respect are com-
mendable, and, what is more to the point,
from a business viewpoint, is the large
sales and growing popularity of every
book mentioned above.
WITMARK'S NEW PRODUCTIONS.
Big Plans Outlined For 1904—Some of the Pos-
sible Winners.
Notwithstanding the rather uncertain
condition of the musical comedy field, some
of the big music publishing houses already
have in work the scores of new operas, ex-
travaganzas, and comedies, which will have
spring and summer productions. T h e
house of M. Witmark & Sons, for instance,
have five new musical shows, all of which
are now being prepared for presentation.
There are two new ones by Gustav Luders,
"Woodland," written in conjunction with
Frank Pixley, and "The Sho-Gun," with a
unique book by Geo. Ade; also "Glittering-
Gloria," by Hugh Horton and Bernard
Rolt.
A striking new conceit, " T h e
Mummy and the Maid," by Richard Carle
and Robt. Hood Bowers.
"The Military
Man," by Herbert Dillea and Chas. Bas-
witz, and "The Queen of Laughter," a real
comic opera of the very best type, for the
Bostonians, written by Ysabel Keplan and
S. William Brady. This showing looks as
though the Witmarks at least had been for-
tunate in the productions which they pub-
lished this year, although so many musical
pieces have been withdrawn as failures.
SOL BLOOM SUCCESSES.
The success that Sol Bloom has achieved
with his interpolations in musical produc-
tions has not been won at the expense, time
or energy taken from his vaudeville follow-
ing. In this branch of the profession, head-
liners are constant visitors and introducers
of his newest publications.
Among the
songs favorably received is Heelan and
Helf's new serenade, "Under the Mistletoe
Bough," that is already on the high road to
success; featured
by Leighton and
Leighton, Rose Carlin at the Howard, Bos-
ton ; Johnny Carrol, T h e Rooney Sisters,
Sidney De Gray, Flossie Allen, Gertrude
Morton, and others innumerable. Another
by these prolific writers is "Du, Du, Lichs