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toria Hotel, and was warmly received. The title
page is as Scotch as the music. The Teschner
Music Co., New York, are the publishers.
Every teacher knows that the student must for 20 or 30 pieces, out of a mere melody fur-
necessarily be introduced to the compositions of nished them by the composer. More songs fail
these eminent geniuses, and it is safe to say that because they are too good than because they are
no pupils will pass out of the hands of an in- not good enough. That is the reason why there
Len Spencer has removed his Lyceum, in which structor without having developed with reference are so few women song writers for the popular
a dozen or more publishers are represented, from to these two names a respect, the depth and the market; there is nearly always something a lit-
43 to 44 West 28th street, New York, where the faithfulness of which brings it akin to worship. tle bit too subtle or complex in their songs. There
It may be devotion to a traditional standard that are, of course, some exceptions.
entire top floor is occupied.
prompts this enthusiasm, but there is sufficient
"What the public taste demands is a jingly,
Raymond Hitchcock would have made his mark sincerity about it to kindle a desire for a per catchy tune, some fad or words usually written
as one of the funniest comedians extant had he sonal acquaintance with at least their most fa- about some fool fancy of the day. Besides the
never appeared in anything previous to "The Yan- mous works. The Mozart and Mendelssohn of combination of music and words, the perfect har-
kee Tourist." But his reputation was made long Stern's edition will be found to fill exactly this mony of which goes to make the popular song,
ago, even before he presented "King Dodo." His demand. Presented, as they are, in handsome there are to the trained writer a certain number
fund of humor comes from an unfailing source, binding, these volumes are already a pronounced of tricks which he cannot explain but which he
which flows at his command. Many actors would success.
knows have to do with public approval. The
fain be funny, but cannot create the humorous
English are masters of this craft and use every
side to their make-up, then, perchance, they fall
song trick in the trade. Most of their songs
THE
POPULAR
SONG
TOPIC.
back on imitating the man who is their ideal.
have a constant repetition of certain words or
But there is just one comedian who has never Always a Source of "Copy" for the Newspaper lines. This repetition fairly obsesses the mind
been imitated successfully, and that is Raymond
and the lines are taught the gallery, who take
Man With a Scarcity of Ideas—Songs That
Hitchcock. His unexpectedness is his charm, his
them up and repeat them until they are popu-
Win—How Success Is Achieved.
flow of wit and wisdom is his own possession,
larized."
for he has never copied anybody. In "The Yan-
The daily newspapers, especially in their
kee. Tourist" he has made good all through the bloated Sunday editions, find the topic of popular
MORSE AND DRISLANE'S LATEST HIT.
East, and his trip to the Pacific Coast has been songs—why written, how exploited and the
Lee
Tung Foo featured "Arrah Wanna" at
a continued addition of triumphs.
emoluments resulting therefrom—a never-failing Keeney's Theater, Brooklyn, N. Y., last week,
source of "copy." They read pretty much alike,
Mrs. Wallace Widdecombe ("Muriel Nelson"), rehashing material as old as the hills, mingling making a big hit with the best song Morse and
the actress who committed suicide Tuesday, of their usual quantum of balderdash and "rot" Drislane ever wrote. Campbell and Kenney in-
last week, was a well-known lyric and music with the story. The appended is the latest from troduced the new answer to "Arrah Wanna," by
writer, latterly giving more of her time to this the New York Sun, of which a part only is used: Morse and Drislane, "Since Arrah Wanna Mar-
ried Barney Carney," at Pastor's New York, last
work than acting. Most of her songs were pub-
"The song that seems to promise the best, to
lished by Boosey & Co. and Willis Woodward & answer all the requirements of a public demand, week, and it was a knockout. Mills and Morris
Co.. Some of her pieces included "Target Prac- and the song that is simply taken on spec from a are singing "Won't You Be My Honey?" Craw-
tice," a two-step; "Trysting Time," "Soft Palls new unknown man, may either one turn out to ford and Stutzman are making a big hit with
the Dusk," "Wild Flowers." Mrs. Widdecombe be a headliner. In a Broadway production there "It's Great to Be a Soldier Man." Miss Leighton,
was regarded by publishers as a woman of un- may be a dozen songs written by well-known of Martin Buckley & Co., writes "Since Arrah
common talent. She had a charming personality, men, and all may fall flat, while the song of an Wanna Married Barney Carney" is a big hit with
and many regrets for her untimely end have been unknown composer may mak3 the big hit. It is the act. Ritter and Foster have added "Take Me
Where There's a Big Brass Band" to their act.
expressed. Just previous to her death she had all a gamble.
The foregoing are published by F. B. Haviland
organized a brass band of men, she to be the
"Ten thousand dollars is named by one pub- Publishing Co.
leader, and arrangements for an extensive tour lishing house as the amount earned by one of
had been about completed.
these popular successes. Pour thousand was
The Barron & Thompson Co., New York (mu-
earned by another. Between these two extremes sic publishing) ..have incorporated with a capital
STERN'S "MOZART AND MENDELSSOHN." the reward of the average successful composer of $6,000. Directors: T. S. Barron, Pearl R. Bar-
lies. Occasionally when a writer is hard up he
Mozart and Mendelssohn are the composers sells a masterpiece for $25. It is up to the pub- ron and W. A. Thompson.
represented in the two latest pianoforte albums lisher to make the song a success. There is a
of Stern's edition. The popularity of these two working staff of singers, whose voices are not
masters is perennial. Every student of music chosen for purity of tone so much as for their
and every music lover alike crave a familiarity convincing qualities, and whose business it is to
"THE TOURISTS," by Burnside Mid Kerker
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