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MUSIC TRADE
impossible to obtain satisfactory results, how-
ever skilful the printer may be.
And now to sum up. A simple design, perfect
plates, a conscientious printer (if such exists),
and you ha.ve the modern title page, which can
trace its evolution through the marvelous pro-
gressive development of the printing and en-
graving arts of the last ten years. If the reader
will but study the title page of the past and
compare it with that of the present he might
well wonder what the future will bring forth.
TRADE NEWS FROM CHICAGO.
President Chandler a Happy Man—Krummer
Orchestra Club—Dixie Music Co.'s Hawaiian
Songs—A Clare Kummer "Winner"—Summy
Co.'s New Publications—Other News.
(Special to The Review.)
Review Office, 195 Wabash Ave.,
Chicago, 111., March 9, 1908.
President H. F. Chandler, of the National
Music Co., is a very happy man. Several weeks
ago the building occupied by W. P. Dunn & Co.,
who do the printing for the National Music Co.,
was gutted by fire and all the National Go's
plates, aggregating $40,000 in value, were locked
in the vaults in the printing Co.'s establishment.
They have now been able to get to the vaults
and find that none of the plates have been dam-
aged. Naturally under the circumstances the
stock of some of the publications have been run-
ning rather low, but now that the plates have
been recovered it will be possible to remedy the
shortage in a very few days.
J. H. Larrieu, of the S. Brainard Sons' Co.,
who is now on an eastern trip, reports conditions
as being very favorable and hopes they will con-
tinue so throughout the rest of the trip.
Victor Kremer's orchestra club continues to
grow and has now attained very sizable propor-
tions. Upon payment of one dollar the members
of the club are furnished with all the new music
for the year that is published by the Victor
Kremer Co. On the staff of writers for this com-
REVIEW
pany is William Frederick Peters, composer of
he "Mayor of Tokio," who has arranged almost
all of the Kremer orchestra and band selections
of recent date. One of his recent compositions
is the "Wandering of Ulysses." This company
have also some popular reprints of the "Merry
Widow" waltz and a "Waltz Dream."
The Dixie Music Co. will soon have two Ha-
waiian songs for the cornet which are written
by ex-Queen Liliukalini. One of the recent in-
strumental prints by this company is "My Re-
gards," a waltz caprice for cornet or trombone
solo, by Edward Llewellyn, late cornet soloist of
the United States Marine Band, now principal
cornet with Weber's Band.
"When the Moon Plays Peekaboo" is proving
one of the biggest hits Will Rossiter has ever
known in his music publishing business, and it
is being sung with great success by Maude Lam-
bert at the Circle Theatre, New York City, where
she is obliged to repeat the chorus ten or twelve
times every performance. "Somebody Lied" is
also proving a popular print.
"The Road to Yesterday," by Clare Kummer,
author of "Dearie," interpolated in the Tom
Jones musical comedy, is being sung with suc-
cess by Louise Gunning.
The Clayton F. Summy Co., of this city, have
just published "Studies in Shifting for the Vio-
lin," by J. Trott. In the foreword the author
says: Several of these ideas have been the sug-
gestions of noted European teachers and have
proven to be of great practical value in develop-
ing finger strength and accuracy of intonation.
There are twenty-one pages of exercises and the
book appears in attractive paper covers. Among
the recent instrumentals published by the Summy
Co. are: "Bourree Antique," by Mrs. Crosby
Adams; a barcarolle by the same composer, and
four "poetic pieces" for the piano by John
Palmer, including a barcarolle. "The Brooklet,"
"Cradle Song" and "Elfin Frolic." Levy Heniot
contributes "Piece Romantique" for violin and
piano. In vocals there are a dainty "encore
song," the "Cuckoo Clock," words by Mena C.
Pfirshing, music by G. A. Grant-Schaeffer, while
Chicago's great Christian Science cohorts should
rejoice "O'er Waiting Harp Strings of the Mind,"
words by Mary Baker G. Eddy, music by Frederic
W. Root.
OTIS SKINNER ON ART AND MUSIC.
Otis Skinner, the well-known actor, whose
father, grandfather and great-grandfather were
clergymen, preached a sermon on Sunday last in
the First Universalist Church at Mount Vernon,
of which his nephew, the Rev. Clarence R. Skin-
ner, is rector.
Mr. Skinner said in part: "The drama stands
recognized as one of the methods in which the
human mind has in- all ages striven to utter it-
self. If the manner of the theatre is to be re-
garded as an art at all it must be of beneficent
influence, for all art is uplifting. Without it we
should go down the byways of existence for the
most part and know little but the sordid.
"We can go back to nature; we can revel in
the beauty of fields and mountains, the grace and
color of flowers and the songs of birds, but this
privilege is not for us who are herded in dis-
tricts of asphalt pavements and skyscrapers.
Something must bring the joy of life to us, and
that something is art.
"The poet Longfellow once said to Mary An-
derson the actress that to keep one's imagination
and beauty sense alive one should every day
read a beautiful poem, see a beautiful picture
and listen to a beautiful piece of music. Had
he said that to one not a member of the theatri-
cal craft he might have added to his list the
occasional witnessing of a beautiful play.
"All art is the expression of an emotion, and
that of the theater is the most emotional of
arts." Mr. Skinner, who is an accomplished
musician, was listened to with rapt attention.
M. Witmark & Sons" new issues have just come
to hand. They have some excellent new numbers.
"Miss Hook of Hol'and" (Chappell & Co) has
made the musical success of the season.
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Music
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