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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1907 Vol. 45 N. 14

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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
several extensive selling trips since the middle
of August, but I must acknowledge to being dis-
While Business Is Excellent With Publishers appointed at recent conditions. At first the buy-
and Wholesalers, the Music Is Not Moving ing was splendid, but lately there is a disposition
Out of Dealers' Hands as It Should—In to cut the orders and curtail on expenditures. A
Other Words the Opening of the Retail Sea- lot of music—the best sellers and hits also—
have failed to move. From this I judge the sea-
son Has Been a Little Later Than Usual—
son is late in opening, though there is every evi-
The Situation Carefully Summed Up.
dence that it will be a good one nevertheless.
While wholesalers and publishers whose cata- Collections are slow, and I am inclined to think
logs are of sufficient variety and importance have this has had its effect."
been having a strong trade, the music is reported
"THE MAN ONJTHE STREET."
as not moving out of the dealers' hands as quickly
as it should. In other words the opening of re-
tail business has been deferred for some reason Directors of American Music Stores Co. Meet—
Harry Von Tilzer in Vaudeville—Musical
or other, according to the report of travelers
Taste Differs—Other Comments of Interest.
coming in off the road. Several of the best
known and most experienced of this hustling
At the directors' meeting of the American
corps, who have made trips of some length, either
Music Stores, in New York, Tuesday afternoon,
out of New York, Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati and
matters of more than ordinary importance were
other distributing points, were rather disappoint-
taken up and discussed long and earnestly. The
ed to find the dealers with most of the stock
interview in last week's Review with Jerome H.
still on their hands. The buying had been on
Remick, the owner of Jerome H. Remick & Co.,
rather a liberal scale when the first call was
was handled without gloves, and the comments
made, shortly after what was generally considered
were not altogether complimentary to the gen-
to be the end of the summer season, and feeling
tleman who had no hesitancy in stating what was
in the trade was optimistic. The music jobbers
on his mind in unequivocal language. There
felt no hesitancy in placing good size orders, and
is no question as to Mr. Remick's commanding
even the smaller dealers bought in hundred lots,
position in the trade, not only as the proprietor
believing business was about to start up briskly
of a large publishing business and an extensive
and continue. The road salesmen, however, have
printing plant, but he is also a man of wealth,
had occasion to look the ground over again, and
with heavy lumber and real estate interests in
they were grievously disappointed when these
Michigan. His attitude as a publisher is spoken
facts were encountered.
of by others as a side issue, but controlling fully
Notwithstanding this unlooked for condition thirty-six department stores Mr. Remick is to be
the leading publishers and largest wholesalers reckoned with when it comes to fixing a schedule
are by no means downcast. They are positive of minimum selling prices or any other trade
that the dealers are now beginning to dispose of agreement—bruited or entered upon.
their goods, slowly so far; but the movement has
gained strong enough headway to indicate there
Monday afternoon Harry von Tilzer, the song
will yet be a very satisfactory selling season. writer and publisher, made his debut in vaude-
Much is also heard of the great number of pro- ville at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre, New
ductions already on or about to be presented. In York. His reported salary is a cool thousand
variety of treatment the books and lyrics are dollars weekly, but perhaps, like all things thea-
claimed to be superior from not a few of their trical, this sum is subject to the usual discount
predecessors which scored successes. The music for publication purposes. Mr. Von Tilzer has
is also declared to be of a higher grade, and still entered the vaudeville field as a business proposi-
it is not selling as it should. There is a draw- tion, sings his own songs and is featured as one
back somewhere hard to account for, when the of the headliners.
views of the experts are expressed.
Remarking on the situation as it came under
George A. Friedman, general manager of the
his observation, one of the keenest men in the American Music Stores, who has been in the Mid-
business said this week: "I have been making dle West for a couple of weeks or more, re-
REVIEW OF TRADE CONDITIONS.
Vesta Victoria's New Hit
POOR
JOHN!
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OUR "NEW ISSUE"
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is of Interest to all dealers—we furnish
you with any quantity of our new
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We publish "The Good Old U. S. A,"
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"Keep on the Sunny Side," and other
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Let us get In touch with you—write us.
The disgruntled publisher said he could not
make it out why musical comedies that were
successful in Chicago should turn out such dire
"frosts" in New York. "Of course," he explained,
"the critics here are hostile, without a question
of doubt, and* the public are more easily influ-
enced than in Chicago. Possibly the New York
people are accustomed to more elaborate staging
than our friends in the Windy City. At any rate
it is inexplicable, for a number of really excel-
lent musical shows have come out of the West
and they deserved more considerate treatment on
their merits."
A Chicago scheme is to establish a "school of
rag-time piano playing" in every locality where
victims can be found to "fall" for this "splendid
proposition." Particulars are free, of course, and
possibly the "school" is on a par with the "pub-
lishers" of song poems, whose operations were
checked by the post-office authorities.
Fred E. Belcher, manager of Remick's Eastern
forces, is abroad to sign up a number of im-
portant writing and publishing contracts with
composers who seldom if ever "wander from
their own fireside."
It is about time that great scheme to consoli-
date the publishing business under a single finan-
cial management, which everyone but the san-
guine promoter regards as a "pipe dream" mate-
rialized. All manner of sport has been made of
the proposition, and when the time has arrived
to make good not a word is heard.
Alf Hayman, general manager of Charles
Frohman's productions, returned from London
recently on the Baltic, after six weeks' absence
on the continent. Mr. Hayman said that, al-
though he went abroad for a much-needed rest,
he had accomplished a great deal of business in
connection with Mr. Frohman's interests abroad.
"Paul Rubens, the composer of 'The Dairy-
maids,' told me that he would sail for New York
in about three weeks," said Mr. Hayman, "and I
understand that he has contracted to write sev-
eral songs for Mr. Frohman.
"And speaking of music," he added, "our
American composers, particularly Victor Her-
LIVE DEALERS RIGHT NOW ARE
REALIZING PROFITS SELLING COPIES OF
THE MOST POPULAR
MANDOLIN FOLIO
Published in the following books
1st Mandolin dlst 50c Introductory 20c
2d Mandolin
" 50c
"
20c
Guitar Ace.
" 50c
"
20c
Piano Ace.
" 50c
"
22^c
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thematic booklet. Don't delay. Write at once.
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VICTOR KREMER CO.
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PUBLISHERS
"Under the Tropical Moon," "Won't You
Let Me Put My Arms Around Y o u , "
"Cinderella," Inst. and Song. "Not Be-
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ONE
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SOON BE
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F. B. Haviland Pub. Co.
125 W. 37th Street, New York
turned to New York Wednesday week. His head-
quarters are now complete and in full operation.
"Somebody's Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone"
MAUDE RAYMOND'S Greatest Success in " T h e Gay White Way'.
"When You Steal a Kiss or Two"
Sung by LOTTA FAUST in Field's AH Stars Co.
" Vordoo Man," " Fairies "
Sung by CECELIA LOFTUS in "The Lancers '•
"Does It Pay?"
EVA TANGUAY'S latest whirlwind song, at Hammerstein's Victoria
PUBLISHED BY
M . WITMARK
IVe-w Y o r k
SONS
London
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THE
bert, Sousa, and W. T. Francis, would be very
rich men if they could collect the royalties due
them for the sale of their music abroad. Their
songs, even those of two years ago, are being
sung and played all over the continent. In
France it is very amusing to hear the orchestras
murder our ragtime melodies. They make them
sound like Spanish gypsy music."
The Italian publisher, Sonzogno, paid $5,000
for a prize libretto by Fausto Salvatori, and
asked Mascagni to set it to music, in the hope
of securing another "Cavalleria Rusticana."
Mascagni accepted it, although he admitted at
once that he was not particularly interested.
He has now definitely declined the'task. When
Salvatori asked on what ground, Mascagni re-
plied: "I cannot set to music a system of
philosophy." The plain truth is that Mascagni
has for years been so unsuccessful with all of
his operas that he cannot run any extra risk with
an unsympathetic libretto. He is the unfortunate
victim of the ludicrous over-praise he received
for his first opera, which led thousands to expect
more of him than he can possibly give.
SUCCESSES THAT SUCCEED.
Maude Raymond, in her song hit, "Somebody's
Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone," has
scored one better, if that were possible than in
"Bill Simmons." In the Shubert production,
"The Gay White Way," in Philadelphia, Miss
Raymond brought down the house. "Somebody's
Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone" is
expected to sweep the country equal or in ad-
vance of Miss Raymond's former successes.
Lotta Faust, the little dainty soubrette with
the Lew Fields All Stars Co., is reaching the
very highest point in her career in "When You
Steal a Kiss or Two." The song goes almost
of itself, and fits Miss Faust's temperament like
a glove. She is an entertainer that has the
whole audience with her whenever she occupies
the center of the stage.
Cecelia Loftus, in "The Lancers," is making
NEW MUSICAL COMEDIES
"THE TOURISTS," by Burnsido »Jid Kerker
"THE SOCIAL WHIRL," by Herbert and Kerk«r
"THE ROSE OF ALHAMBRA," by C»ok and Hosmer
Complete Vocal Score and Special Numbers
Song Hits from the "Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer"
"DON'T YOU WANT A PAPER, DEARIE?" POKER LOVE
"BAG PIPE SERENADE," by Jerome D.Kern
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MUSIC TRADE
RBVIEW
good with George Spink's "Voodoo Man" and
"Fairies," and her inimitable powers of mimicry-
enable her to grasp the hidden, underlying
features of the songs, and interpret them as
she well knows how. Miss Loftus has advanced
greatly in her art and never has she been heard
to better advantage than in these two songs.
Mr. Spink could not have done better work had
he written them for her especially.
Eva Tanguay, at the Victoria, is creating an
extra breeze and causing her audiences to won-
der how she does it, in the song "Does It Pay,"
by Lennox and Sutton. Miss Tanguay, who is
often compared to a whirlwind, has a way and
a style entirely her own, and has gained suc-
cess where many others fall short of it.
Clifton Crawford, at the New York Theatre,
New York, is repeating his former successes in
his new song, "Martha Gray." Mr. Crawford
gained renown through his song "Nancy Brown,"
several years ago, and his new subject he has
treated in a decidedly novel and new way, so
every time he sings the song, it goes big.
"Martha Gray" is full of humor and fun, and is
the kind one wants to whistle after hearing it
the first time. M. Witmark & Sons, the publish-
ers of the new hits, are naturally much gratified
with the success attending them.
SCORES OF SONGS TURNED LOOSE.
In these days of popular prices for popular
music fortune-making has passed out of vogue.
Scores of new songs are turned loose every
month. Some of them remain long on the deal-
er's shelves while others attain short-lived and
often undeserved success, says a writer in a
Detroit, Mich., paper. Popular music has passed
through several stages of development. In its
earliest days the sentimental ballad found the
quickest favor. Then followed the "coon" song,
rag-time, another reign of the sentimental or-
der, songs of the Western plains and Indian bal-
lads. Now the ridiculous variety seems to have
found its own.
With the increased demand for popular songs
the number of song writers and music publishers
has grown until the country is fairly flooded
with cheap music—cheap both in quality and
price. Once in a while some of the writers of
light opera, notably Victor Herbert, and a few
others, send out something that passes the more
critical as being worthy of being classed in some-
thing better than the popular variety, but the
great mass of popular songs meet the fate they
deserve—a few weeks or months of "rage" and
then oblivion.
America almost can be said to have gone
crazy over popular music. The theatrical pro-
moters, who are among the first to observe the
trend of the times, must clearly realize this
for the announcement is made that five hun-
dred new musical shows will have been launched
before the season is very far advanced, and that
the total number of musical productions on the
road this winter will exceed that of any other
year in theatrical history.
"Lazy Moon," "When Bob White Is Whistling
In the Meadow," "When the Evening Breeze Is
Sighing Home, Sweet Home," "When the Snow-
birds Cross the Valley," "My Gal Sal," "Hymns
of the Old Church Choir," "I Like Your Way,"
"When the Sunset Turns the Ocean's Blue to
Gold," "Sugar Babe," "After They Gather the
Hay," "In the Golden Autumn Time, My Sweet
Elaine," "The Last Rose of Summer is the
Sweetest Song of All," "My Very Own," "It's De-
lightful to Be Married."
The immense strides made by this enterpris-
ing firm recently, not only in the publication of
popular songs, but as publishers of the suc-
cessful musical plays from the pens of fore-
most composers, has placed them in an eminent
and unique position.
FRED DAY'S "EXPERIENCES.'
In a recent interview Fred Day, manager of
the American branch of Francis, Day & Hunter,
and himself a music writer of considerable note,
when asked by a London paper for his experience
regarding song "plugging" as practised here,
among other things said: "Music successes are
such an attraction in America that the managers
of a department store will actually give an order
for many thousand copies to a publisher, pay-
ing full trade price, and then advertise a cut-
rate sale—selling twenty-five-cent music at seven,
eight or nine cents, knowing that by this means,
although selling at a loss, they will draw such
a huge crowd in their stores that they will be
amply rewarded by the purchases customers will
make in other departments." As the poet says:
"Can such things be, and like a summer cloud
o'ercome us?"
HAVILAND'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Among the new publications from the P. B.
Haviland Pub. Co. are: "Won't You Be My
Honey," "Since Arrah Wanna Married Barney
Carney," "Take Me Where There's a Big Brass
Band," "In Monkey Land," and the big hit—
"Arrah Wanna."
Nagle and Adams and Ida May have added "In
Monkey Land," the new jungle song, to their
act. This is another of Morse and Drislane's big
hits.
Alice Jennings is singing "Nobody's Little
Girl," "Arrah Wanna" and "The Good Old U.
S. A."
MONARCH MUSICAL CO. INCORPORATED.
The Monarch Music Co. was incorporated with
the Secretary of the State of New York on
Thursday, to compose and publish music with a
capital of $20,000. Incorporators: Wm. W.
Ragsdale, 219 West 89th street; Louis M. Burt,
226 West 113th street; Harry J. Gough, 163 East
89th street, all of New York.
Jay Witmark, of M. Witmark & Sons, New
York, sailed on the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria for
Hamburg, Germany, Thursday. He is going prin-
cipally for rest and the sea air, and will be back
in three weeks.
STERN & CO.'S UNIQUE POSITION.
Jos. W. Stern & Co.'s latest successes include:
"Dearie," "Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si, Do," "The
Bird On Nellie's Hat," "You Splash Me and I'll
Splash You," "She Was a Grand Old Lady,"
"With You In Eternity," "The Hottentot Love
Song," "We Have No One to Care for Us Now,"
"RED DOMINO"
March
tnd Two-Step
-AFTER THEY
GATHER
THE HAY"
SPECIAL TO THE TRADE!
F O R THIRTY D A Y S
OIVL,Y
These 1907 Song Hits at 10c. per copy or $10 per hundred.
•< EVERYONE IS IN SLUMBERLAND BUT YOU AND ME."
"TWINKLING STAR."
" SWEETHEARTS MAY COME AND SWEETHEARTS
MAY GO."
"WHERE THE JESSAMINE IS BLOOMING, FAR AWAY."
Instrumental
PAULA VAU8E CAPRICB
will pay you to keep in touch with us. Write to-day
THIEBES-STKRLIN MUSIC CO., St. Lonis, Mo.
* Do Re Mi
Fa Sol
La Si Do"
BALLADS
Down Wh.r. Mohawk
Flows, Gold.ii Autumn
Time Sweet Elaine, ET«-
nlng Br»u« Sighing Home,
BwHt Hom«, Heart'a To-
night In Tennemee.
JOS. W. STERN
ft CO.
The House of Hlta
102-104 W. 38th St..
New York
| y Send for ratei
Ambolene, My Kaffir
Queen
I Was Never Ktlwd Like
That Befor.
Bob White It Whistling
In the Meadow
HVTMI Moon Shining en
RlTer
"Dearie"
BlUl4
* THE BIRD
ON
NELLIE'S HAT"
-PETITE
TONKINOISE"
Parisian Two-
Step Craze 1
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Mnsic Engravers and Printers
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