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out broadcast: "Dear Sir:—Owing to the large why the vaudeville artist should not aspire to
demand for professional copies of songs from maintain the same artistic dignity. I am re-
our catalog of which professional copies are out ferring particularly here to the request made
of print and for which there is absolutely no by certain artists that the audience should join
selling demand, we will in future only furnish with them in singing and boosting songs." For
regular copies of all songs used for illustrating an artist (?) to deliberately invite members of
and professional purpose at 10 cents per copy. an audience to join in a chorus is little short
EDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor and Proprietor When we issue new song slides we will send five of an insult, and publishers who make a habit
professional copies with every set of slides, if
of printing choruses on slips for the benefit of
J. B. SPILLANE, Managing Editor
ordered direct from us, after which there will a few rowdies who go to theaters for the pur-
be no copies free. Very truly yours, Charles K. pose of amusing themselves at the expense of
J. HAYDEN-CLARENDON, E d i t o r
Harris." So far, so good.
others, will do well to learn a lesson from Mr.
Published Every Saturday at 1 Madison Avenue. New York
Beck's timely rebuke. In any case, these cheap
A
Word
of
Congratulation.
SUBSCRIPTION. I including postage). I'nited States and
Mexico, $2.00 per year ; Canada, :);:{.."ill ; all other coun-
The Review has little to add to the ground methods never sell a song, for it might be said
tries. $4.00.
"
covered by the anonymous music publisher who that it is doubtful whether the class who join
Telephones—Numbers 4677 and 4678 Gramercy
is responsible for the circular letters which we lustily in choruses in a- public place of enter-
Connecting all Departments
have alluded to, and which we fondly hope will tainment ever saw a piano outside of a store
NEW YORK, APRIL 4, 1908
put an end to the time-worn custom of dis- window.
Promise and Performance.
tributing "professional" copies indiscriminately.
Of course promise is one thing and perform-
The writer who during the past week has spent
considerable time investigating the business ance is another, but if the newly launched firm
methods of two slide brokers who have been of Cohan & Harris pursue the course which they
fattening on the music publishers' nearsighted have laid down as their business policy, then
generosity, has so much confidence in the ulti- indeed a gleam of light can be seen through the
mate result of the good horse sense expounded black clouds which for some time have darkened
Despite the charges made in these columns of by this publisher in his letters that he does not the publishers' horizon. In another column we
the apathy of the music publishing fraternity think it worth while to give space to certain print an interview with Sam Harris, the active
towards anything likely to improve their mutual facts which have come under his notice and head of the new concern, and Bert Cooper, his
interests a gleam of light has lately forced it- which may be said to reflect little credit on responsible manager, in which a specific policy
self upon the situation. The best way to attack slide brokerage as a business. But to the pub- is outlined, a policy which if put into practice
an evil is to track it to its source, and this has lisher who has shown so laudable a desire to must ultimately carry the firm high on the tide
been done with surprising results by a well- correct this evergrowing evil The Review ex- of success. Yet le*st Messrs. Cohan & Harris for-
known music publisher who lately took upon tends the hand of congratulation and wishes get, we repeat that promise is one thing and
himself the trouble, to say nothing of the ex- that it were possible to inscribe his name on a performance is another.
pense, of circularizing his confreres on what has roll of honor as a benefactor to the entire trade
"THIRTY PRELUDES FOR THE ORGAN."
come to be known as "the professional copy evil." of which he is so worthy a representative.
Martin Beck's Timely Rebuke.
In our issue of March the 21st we printed the
We have received for review an excellent vol-
first of a number of communications which we
Martin Beck, a well-known anil reputable ume containing thirty preludes for the organ,
have received, and, needless to say, we would vaudeville agent, is responsible for an enter- edited by H. Clough-Leighton. So well known
gladly give the same publicity to other letters taining circular letter which he is sending to
and highly appreciated are the Oliver Ditson
which have since come to hand, were it not for vaudeville performers throughout the country
volumes that it almost seems superfluous to go
the fact that diligent inquiry has proved that and from which we quote the following para-
into the details of this latest publication, the
the good is done, and that at length the music graph:
"Artists securing engagements must editing and preparation of whicn rivals in care
publishing fraternity have opened their eyes to agree to the elimination of all advertising fea-
their celebrated Musicians' Library. To the re-
a "graft" which must have cost them an in- tures from their act. This request seems super-
calculable amount of money within the course fluous, as it would naturally be supposed that tail trade who have any demand for church and
organ music we heartily commend this volume.
of the year.
artists would desire to maintain the dignity of
"Thirty Preludes for the Organ." Edited by
their profession by not lending themselves to H. Clough-Leighton. Oliver Ditson Co., Boston,
Charles K. Harris Jumps in.
With customary promptitude, Charles K. Har- cheap or clap-trap advertising in an attempt to Mass. Price $2.
ris not only read and digested the circular let- enhance the value of their act. This is never
ters sent him, but quickly acted on them, in- attempted by those in other branches of the
"The Chalice," an instrumental number, pub-
dicting the following letter which he has sent amusement profession, and there is no reason lished by Maurice Shapiro, is worth looking up.
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