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THE: MUSIC TRADE
43
REVIEW
In tHe World of Music Publishing
PUBLISHING BUSINESS BOOMING.
Every Line Feels the Stimulus of Fall Trade—
Lively Campaign Along All Lines—The De-
partment Store Situation.
SCHUMANN-HEINK'S TRIUMPH
In
Comic Opera—Love's Lottery Received
With Great Enthusiasm—Some of the Songs
That Will Prove Popular.
After a short tour "Love's Lottery" will be
given its New York introduction on October 3, at
the Broadway Theatre.
MUSIC PUBLISHERS' LIVE WIRES.
(Special to The Review.)
Every branch of the music publishing business
Detroit, Mich., September 12, 1904.
is feeling the wholesome stimulus of the fall
"Love's Lottery," in which Mme. Schumann-
trade. With the houses devoted to the so-called Heink made her debut in comic opera, was given
higher lines sales are becoming steady and its initial performance at the Detroit Opera
numerous and in fair volume. Their new publi- House to-night before an audience of record size,
cations for September are ready, with a further and in which prominent society people were con-
list of titles yet to hear from, now in press and spicuous by their numbers. Musical people who
due to materialize in a week or ten days. In tiad greatly admired the prima donna as a lead-
connection with their salable character and mu- ing artist in many distinguished grand opera
sical worth, publishers in this class are always roles, were also well represented. The play and
conservative as to passing judgment, awaiting the star—in fact, the entire company—were ac-
patiently the verdict of events. Nevertheless, corded a rousing welcome, and this new candi-
current orders are satisfactory, with promise of
date for musical comedy honors has added fresh
greater expansion as the weeks roll by.
laurels to the fame of Mme. Schumann-Heink
The publishers of popular conceptions are all and Messrs. iatange and Edwards, librettist and
on the tip-toe of anticipation, and business with composer, respectively.
them looks exceedingly bright from their view
The madame's song selections were beautifully
point. Mail order trade is increasing rapidly, rendered, especiauy "Sweet Thoughts of Home."
and such sales have an upward tendency. De- The full vocal list, many of which were enthusi-
partment store depredations still agitate publish- astically encored, follows: "Hoax and Coax,"
ers, jobbers and dealers, but as the fiercest com- "My First True Love,',' "She is the Right Girl,
petition is confined to New York, the trade at Right for Your Money, O!" "You'll Find Nothing
large is viewing the matter philosophically, if
Better Than Beer," "What Art Thou?" "Kind
not indifferently. Last week the competition was
Fortune Smiles To-day," "Follow the Flag," "A
particularly keen, and what will be the ultimate
Spanish Grandee," "The Blarney of Killarney,"
result is open to conjecture. On this distracting
"Sweet Thoughts of Hcrme."
factor the chief of a house of national reputa-
Isadore Witmark, whose firm has the publish-
tion, said to The Review, Monday: "The depart-
ing
rights, came on from New York specially, in
ment store does not bother us a little bit. We
are arranging our business and prices so that the company with Mme. Schumann-Heink, to witness
jobber or dealer can give awav our goods if he what he anticipated would be the distinct tri-
so desires. Our prices will be fixed and immut- umph of the opera and the leading participants
able, according to the size of order, and then the and the popular reception of the score and spe-
buyer has the privilege of even using his own cial song numbers.
judgment as to the final disposition of the stuff.
For a long time we have known the department
srore craze would demoralize retail sales, and
while we regret to know that needless sacrifices
fire being made, it is presumed the people inter-
ested know their business. But New York is not
the only place in which the 'slaughter of the
innocents' has taken place. Within a month the
stores at Providence, R. I., sold sheet music—the
popular hits of the day, mind you—for two cents
Madame Schumann-Heink
a copy. To be sure it was a so-called 'sacrifice
in
sale,' but they paid the regular rate to either
"LOVE'S
LOTTERY"
the publisher or jobber. Other places are reported
as practicing the same methods.
Comic Opera in Two Acts
On account of the holiday, in celebration of the
advent of the Hebrew New Year, many publish-
ing houses suspended business entirely Saturday
last. For this reason the usual haunts and rally-
ing places of the song writers were comparatively
deserted, and trade in those quarters quiet.
Band and orchestra leaders throughout the
United States continue to send in their pro-
grammes to the house of Harris, showing conclu-
sively, common reports say, that the house has
the instrumental hits this season and is pushing
the real novelties. Each programme contains the
following well-known instrumental successes:
"Voice of the Night" (waltz), "Love and Kisses"
(caprice), "Olympia" (march), "King's Fool"
(march), "In a Nutshell" (two-step), "By a
Shady Brook," "Bungaloo," "March of the
Eagles" and "Down the Pike." Also that leading
minstrel, farce comedy, and vaudeville singers
are featuring Geo. Evans and Ren Shields' popu-
lar song successes: "You're tho> Sweetest Flower
That Grows in Tennessee," "Sunday Morning
When the Church Bells Ring," "Birb«," "Keep
Away From Rosie" and "My Lady From Japan."
all from the Harris catalogue, which is spoken of
by experts as one of the choicest and strongest
published.
"Laying My Wedding Dress Away" is the lat-
est from the musical quill of Albert von Tilzer,
manager of the York Music Co. His song "Teas-
ing" is said by Jack von T. to be on the road
THE OPENING OF THE SEASON
Two Big Successes
"It is well known that here the music depart-
ment is used as the 'bait,' to get the crowds in
the establishment. What is lost on 'bargain' mu-
sic is recouped in other ways. The regular
dealer is in no position to follow such tactics, and
while he does not reduce prices to compete, still
he finds his trade greatly interfered with. Well,
the upshot of the business to-day is that the
jobbing price is down to ten cents, and we have
heard of sales being made at eight. None of that
in ours, however. Business, nevertheless, is ex-
cellent, and in a couple of weeks it will open
up phenomenally large, as we believe our best
season is still to come, the Presidential campaign
to the contrary notwithstanding."
Victor Herbert has scored his third operatic
success in Germany, the Hamburg production of
"The Serenade" being a great hit musically.
Ordinarily, Germany is not given to reciprocity
in the matter of music, and while the Teutons
export many operas, they import comparatively
few, especially of American make; but Mr. Her-
bert, while Irish born, gained his musical edu-
cation in Germany, and knows how to combine
pleasing melodies with scholarly score. "The
Wizard of the Nile," and "The Singing Girl," are
previous operas of his composition that have
succeeded on the German stage.
FLO
N e w
FLO
M u s i c a l
C o m e d y
By Collin Davis and Howard Whitney
Introduced by Stella Mayhew and Company
Book by Stanislaus Stange
'Phelia (Words by Howard Whitney)
Music by Julian Edwards Many, Many Ways to Say "Good-Bye"
For the Sake of Auld Lang Syne
Five Dollars a Seat
Hoax and Coax
A Wife is a Necessary Evil
My First True Love
Girl of Pearl
She is the Right Girl, Right for Your
Kissing is One Grand Occupation
Money, 0!
Rachel
You'll Find Nothing Better Than Beer.
Miss Wide Awake
What Art Thou?
A Sailor Boy
Kind Fortune Smiles To-day
Sleep and Dream—Serenade
Follow the Flag
Cupid is a Little Mischief-Maker
A Spanish Grandee
Your Love for Me, Sweetheart
The Blarney of Killarney
(Words by Lois Evan Davis.)
Sweet Thoughts of Home
In D flat. In E flat. In G.
INSTRUMENTAL.
INSTRUMENTAL.
Selection
1.00 Waltzes
50 Lanciers
Selection
1.00 Waltzes
75 March
March
60 Lanciers
60 Score
Score
2.00 Gems
50 Hop-Scotch—Eccentric Dance . . .
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
..75
..50
.2.00
. 50
KEEP IN LINE WITH THE HOUSE THAT IS NOTED FOR ITS OPERATIC SUCCESSES.
M. WITMARK & SONS, New York Chicago London