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one of the features of the programme, and he French women are affecting the Gibson style,
has been accorded high praise by composers and which is spoken of by male admirers as the
musicians.
"Gibsonne Gerlee." The song is an interpolation
in "The Belle of Mayfair," now running in New
There were 560 competitors for the prize offered York and London, and published by Francis,
by Sonzogno, the publisher, of Milan, Italy, for Day & Hunter.
the best operatic libretto. The award of $5,000
Jerome H. Remick & Co. have acquired the
went to the Italian poet Fausto Salvatori. Opera
librettos are as scarce in Italy as in other coun- two-step "Car-Bar-Lick Rag," from Giles Bros.,
tries, and are even more necessary there. Opera of Quincy, 111., who speak of it as a favorite
in Italy is to the people what the theatre is in wfth rag-time piano players.
other countries. Mascagni has just been fortu-
nate enough to get hold of two new librettos and
The Cleveland Music Publishing Co., Cleveland,
has signed a contract with Sonzogno to have the was incorporated last week with the authorities
scores ready within a year. A monument will of Ohio, with a capital stock of $10,000, by A. R.
soon be put up to Giuseppe Giacosa, best of the Bullock, Samuel Bullock, Mary B. Griffith, Frank
recent Italian librettists. There is strong rivalry S. Felch and Genevieve Bullock.
between the publishing houses of Sonzogno and
During the past year the subject of a national
Ricordi.
American music has been discussed by the lead-
Manuel Klein, composer, musical director, and ing magazines and musical critics. The subject
man of diversified ^talents, can well afford to be has been touched upon by H. E. Krehbiel, Henry
content with the world. What more can he ask F. Fink, W. S. B. Mathews, Constantin von Stern-
than the assurance given him that his latest berg, Lawrence Gilman and others. Societies
efforts are a greater success than even his former have been organized in New York and Boston for
ones? As musical director of the New York the purpose of looking into the merits of the
Hippodrome, Mr. Klein has an exceedingly diffi- American composer and stimulating American
cult office to fill, for his audiences are composed composition. The eye of the musical world is
of far greater numbers than are gathered under now upon our music and only a few weeks ago
one roof anywhere else in this land, and not occa- a long programme devoted entirely to selections
sionally, but twice daily, and to please such a from American composers was given by some of
vast and critical assemblage is a matter of great the leading musicians of London.
moment. But this Mr. Klein has done most
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successfully. His latest songs making a stir are
"Lucia" and "The Red Sky."
Some of the Latest Before the Public Which
Have Won No Small Degree of Favor.
Proposed amendments to the copyright bill
have brought out queer notions of legislative
functions. One is that a composer should be com-
pelled to name a royalty figure, and that he is
to be prohibited from making exclusive arrange-
ments with any one. Were this brilliant scheme
followed to its logical conclusion and laws en-
acted in accordance therewith, the "entire out-
put" of a concern, no matter in what line, could
be controlled under a sole distributing or selling
arrangement. There is a limit to law-making
power. Then, again, if a business has been built
up on a false basis and at the expense of other
men's brains and work, why should not the latter
be protected under the law if their property is
taken without recompense? This is the way the
composer and musician figure.
REGINALD DE KOVEN'S "STUDENT KING."
Telephone," "Down a Shady Lane," "The Raven-
ous Rooster," "A Shy Suburban Maid," "Ta, Ta,
My Dainty Little Darling," "I Don't Believe I'll
Ever Be a Lady," "An Operatic Maiden," "In
Vaudeville." The publishing privileges are in
the hands of Chas. K. Harris.
GARTLAND'S "MATILDA" A MUSICAL FARCE.
What is called a "farce with songs" was pro-
duced at the Lincoln Theatre, New York, New
Year's Eve, and was well received. The play
has a triple authorship, I. N. Morris having con-
tributed the book, George H. Gartland the music,
and Everett Ruskay the lyrics. The music con-
sists of a series of songs, which are introduced
as a legitimate part and parcel of the action and
the dialogue, and include the following: "Roll
On," "The Innocent Debutante," "There's Much
To Be Said on Either Side," and "It's Changed."
In the cast were Maude Fulton, Katherine Em-
mett, Clara Thompson, Lionel Walsh and others.
"THE MIMIC AND THE MAID."
(Special to Tbe Review.)
Springfield, Mass., Jan. 31, 1906.
The initial performance of "The Mimic and the
Maid," book and lyrics by Allen Lowe, music by
A. Baldwin Sloane,, was given in the Nelson
Theatre Friday night before a good audience.
Sloane's tuneful music was excellent, sweet and
tuneful, but the book is not up to the mark.
Distinct hits were scored by the Misses Melville
and Stetson and Doris Goodwin, the prima
donna, whose rendition of a ballad of the higher
grade, "Dear Love," reflected credit upon the
composer. Among the cast were Will C. Mande-
ville, George Ober, Harry B. Watson, Victor
Rosaire, Maurice Darcy, Gilman Low, Dorothy
Russell and Hattie Palmer. The play was elabo-
rately staged. Meyer Cohen, manager of Chas.
K. Harris, the New York publisher, was present.
While perhaps De Koven's latest effort in
musical comedy, "The Student King," is not the
equal of his delightful "Robin Hood," still it Is
A new music store has been opened at 2203
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Vliet
street, Milwaukee, Wis., by Oscar Bach,
successful production from many points of view.
who will handle pianos, musical merchandise and
"The Student King" made its introductory bow
sheet music.
in New York Christmas night, at the Garden
Theatre, before a crowded house, and every
member was greeted cordially, several receiving
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
a number of encores. It is a romantic light
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mier in Chicago, where it enjoyed a successful
run. The songs scoring heavily were: "The
TWO GREAT HITS!
Late advices from Paris declare the Gibson girl Same Old Game," "The Student King," "The
is all the rage in the gay city. Eugenie Pougere, Gay Lieutenant," "Give Me Thy Heart, Love,"
"Where
the Mississippi Meets the Sea"
who, by the way, was recently tried and acquitted "Nudel, Nudel, Nup, Nup,'" and "The Pretty
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of the charge of shoplifting in London, is ap- Tyrolese." Jos. W. Stern & Co. are the pub-
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Do They Call Me a Gibson Girl?" She imitates
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Christmas "The Dream City" and an after
the Gibson walk and poses. On the boulevards
piece entitled "The Magic Knight," both from
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the wizard pen of Victor Herbert, were heard
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