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tended far into the West. We of The Review
will fit a number too closely for comfort.
are endeavoring to doctor this open sore, and
"Young Man, Go West."
To quote Mr. Remick further. With almost at the same time prevent the poison from spread-
parental solicitude he invites the writer to "get ing, for heaven knows it has spread far enough.
out and travel, and go beyond the Harlem But all said and done, we are glad to hear from
river," for he is grieved apparently at the igno- Mr. Remick, for his letter at least shows that
rance displayed by this department of sheet he is interested in the conditions of the trade
of which he is so prominent a figure. And
music conditions outside "that little strip of
land" called for some unaccountable reason after all, while the publishing fraternity pays
New York instead of New Detroit, and which some interest, there is always hope that a certain
for some equally unaccountable reason was amount of "principle" remains.
chosen as the chief—if not the executive office
of Jerome H. Remick & Co. For Mr. Remick's NEWS FROM THEJVESTERN CAPITAL.
excellent advice the writer is profoundly grate- A Popular German Method—A McKinley Win-
ful, but unfortunately, like most advice, it comes
ner—Some Good Witmark Sellers—Thomp-
too late to be of any real value, inasmuch as
son's Good Trip—Bornstein Goes East.
during the past three years the writer has vis-
ited over three hundred cities and towns cover-
(Special to The Review.)
ing an area from Minnesota to New Orleans and
Chicago, 111., April 4, 1908.
from New York to San Francisco, in the United
It is a curious fact that the Kbhler Piano
States, and from Vancouver Island to Montreal, Method, translated from the German and pub-
in Canada, all the while keeping an eye on lished by the American music houses, has a sale
music trade conditions in which he was vitally rivaling that of the native productions. Just why
interested as a song writer. Again, while ap- this particular edition should be chosen from the
preciating Mr. Remick's kind invitation to visit rest of the foreign field is a puzzle, for although
his building in Detroit, which is verily "a model its methods are good it lacks the necessary rudi-
in every respect for the publishers of music," mentary instruction, and the contents in general
the writer might say that the Remick building would hardly seem to appeal to the American
in that city is no novelty to him, as on the taste. Its popularity, however, is probably on
afternoon of Tuesday, April 2, 1907, he had the
account of the price, as the volumes have been
privilege of going over it from cellar to roof
known to sell as low as $6 a nundred. There
at the invitation of Miss Blake, manager of the
are ten volumes in the German edition, although
Detroit professional department.
two of these are printed in this country. After
the publishers here have added the preliminary
The Seat of the Evil.
But to return to the subject at issue. The steps to the volumes and made other necessary
writer regards the trade paper much in the same changes, it will readily be seen that there can be
light as the layman regards the medical man, but very little profit in the books at the prices
as a medium that is, to correct the evils of the at which they are sold.
Wm. McKinley, of the McKinley Music Co., is
trade body which it represents. The music pub-
lishing trade to-day is dying on its feet from a particularly pleased with the sale of "Dixie Dar-
disease, the initial lesion of which is to be found ling." He says that if the sale continues at the
in New York. Mr. Remick is utterly and en- present rate the popular number will reach the
tirely wrong, therefore, in what he suggests by dignity of a regular old-time "hit" in the orig-
the question, "What do you suppose the West inal sense of the term.
Felix Feist, who has been exploiting the Leo
cares what Mr. Macy does, or S.iegel-Cooper?"
So far as these firms themselves are concerned Feist music here for the past few weeks, left
he is no doubt right, but the virus of retail cut- Thursday for New York.
The sale of the music of "The Three Twins"
rate music enters the body of the music trade
in New York, and from there is circulated and "Mary's Lamb" (Witmark & Sons), and
broadcast throughout the country, as is proven "Honeymoon Trail" (Chas. K. Harris), which are
by the fact that cut-rate wars have now ex- now running in Chicago, is very large, indicat-
ing that whatever the merits of the productions
from a critical standpoint may be, many of the
HOSE who have never been
airs have caught the popular taste. The depart-
ment stores are all making displays of the music.
introduced to
President H. F. Chandler, of the National
Music Co., left this week for a business trip to
Detroit and Cleveland.
After a five weeks' stay in Chicago, Ben Born-
stein, manager of the band, orchestra and slide
departments of Harry Von Tilzer Music Publish-
ing Co., of New York, departed for the East
to-day, leaving the business in the hands of the
hustling western representative, Harry L. New-
Those who meet it
man.
for the first time—
C. F. Thompson, of the Thompson Music Co.,
says that on his recent eastern trip he found
conditions improving everywhere. "Will You
Always Call Me Honey?" by the Thompson Co.,
will be off the press next week. Professional
All who know it
singers who have used it say that it will be a
and use it
marked success.
Ted S. Barron, of Barron & Thompson Co.,
New York, is here in Chicago visiting the trade
and also featuring the company's two song hits,
"Billy Dear" and "The Yiddisher Cow Boy."
Retail Price 10c. per copy
A very popular instrumental number is the
"Teddy Bears' Picnic," published by M. Witmark
& Sons, and is proving its popularity by its local
sale.
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Edgar Lamson.—Jos. W. Stern and Ed. Marks,
who now compose the firm of Jos. W. Stern &
Co., wrote the "Little Lost Child" early in their
career. They have not, however, written any
songs in recent years, although we understand
that Ed. Marks still makes valuable suggestions
in the treatment of many lyrics submitted to
him for publication.
Edward Fairman.—You will find the informa-
tion you require on page 59 of Clarence Hamil-
ton's excellent volume, "Outlines of Music His-
tory," published by the Oliver Ditson Co., of
Boston, price $1.50. We heartily commend the
study of this little book, which should prove in-
valuable to you.
Ed. Flynn.—We are afraid that your sense of
humor is somewhat dense. Jerome H. Remick's
new building has no barber-shop and no restau-
rant to our knowledge, being a business house
pure and simple. The story was a facetious
elaboration of a description printed in all seri-
ousness by other papers. The entire article save
the description of the building was an invention.
"THE YANKEE PRINCE" SCORES.
(Special to The Review.)
Philadelphia, Pa., April 7, 1908.
Geo. M. Cohan made his reappearance here
last night at the Chestnut. Street Opera House
in his new musical play, "The Yankee Prince."
The papers are one in their opinions that it is
the* best thing Cohan has ever done.
"THE MERRY WIDOW" AN OLD ONE.
In an action brought by Henry W. Savage
against Miss Gertrude Hoffman, a vaudeville
actress, to enjoin her from using part of "The
Merry Widow" music in her act, Nathan Bur-
kan, her counsel, said that the book of the piece
was an adaptation of Meilhac and Halevy's play,
"L'Attache d'Ambassade," produced in Paris in
1861, that the famous waltz was taken from
Robert Planquet's operetta, "La Paradis de
Mahomet," and that the "Maxim" song was from
a collection of folksongs called "Chansons pro-
vencal." Next, please!
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