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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1908 Vol. 46 N. 22

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THE
MU3IC TRADE
REVIEW
brokers," many of whom are nothing more or guilty of this practice. Every one of them have
less than pawnbrokers, trading in what, in many advertised also that they do not loan slides and
only sell them for $5 per set, but that they will
instances, is stolen property.
buy them back when the singer is through with
A Doubtful Brokerage.
It is well known that the sales of a certain them. How well this agreement has been kept
class of ballad are largely augmented by the use •many singers (who did not know the ropes well
of song slides, which, up to the present time, have enough to get their slides for nothing) will testify
EDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor and Proprietor been rented by the publisher to the singer at a to, after singing a song for weeks and then having
fixed rate of $5 per set—a sum which was re- the publisher refuse to take them back. The
J. B. SPILLANE, Managing Editor
paid to the singer when the slides were returned. publishers complain that the singers sell the
J . HAYDEN-CLARENDON, E d i t o r
Of course, there were exceptions to this rule, pub- slides to dealers in lantern slides. The singers
Published Every Saturday at 1 Madison Avenue, New York
lishers often favoring certain singers to the ex- argue that when the publisher gives them a set
tent of loaning them slides without receiving the of slides and they sing the song for several weeks
SUBSCRIPTION, (including postage), United States and
Mexico, $2.00 per year; Canada, $3.50; all other coun-
stipulated deposit. In this way countless sets they have paid for them and they can do as they
tries. $4.00.
of slides were distributed broadcast throughout please with them, as in any other way the ad-
Telephones—Numbers 4677 and 4678 Gramercy
the country, remaining, of course, the absolute vantage accrues entirely to the publisher. The
Connecting all Departments
property of the publisher. The opportunity for matter of lending slides anyway is a bad one.
NEW YORK, MAY 30, 1908
the dishonest performer presented itself, there- Any singer who earns his living singing is a
fore, when the slide brokerage business came into poor 'shack' if he cannot buy the tools of his
existence, its purpose being to loan the indigent craft, but the publisher is entirely to blame for
performer money upon unreturned slides for the crooked business that has grown up with the
the purpose of rerenting them. It is obvious loaning of lantern slides, and if any singer on
that if a $5 deposit was paid to the publisher at that black list is more crooked than the publish-
the time when the slides were originally rented, ers of popular music to whom it was sent the
the performer could get back this deposit at any writer would like to make his acquaintance, as he
would be a criminal curiosity. If a singer does
The oft-repeated assertion that the music pub- time without any difficulty. On the other hand, not return a set of slides the publisher loans him,
if
the
slides
were
loaned
without
a
deposit,
then
lishers cannot, or will not, get together in a
it is only a 'simple breach of trust' anyway, and
common cause to fight the evils with which they it must have been apparent to a slide broker that the publisher has no more redress than he would
he
was
loaning
money—sums
which
amounted
to
are surrounded, seems to be entirely disproved
anything from $1 to $2—on property that he well have if he loaned a man $5 or anything else with-
by the fact that by a tacit understanding a sys-
out security; for instance, the taking a note from
knew to be stolen.
tem of interchange has lately 'been established by
an irresponsible party without a good indorser.
which the safe and sane element of the publish-
Will This Singer Sign His Name?
The publishers are to blame, and if they will be
ing fraternity are exchanging ideas in an effort
Redolent of the literary style of a slide broker straight themselves they will get fair treatment
to eradicate evils which have passed the stage of well known to the publishing fraternity the fol- from the singers. We desire to warn them, too,
quiescent tolerancy. This is a step forward, as it lowing anonymous letter lately appeared in The that that black list may cause trouble for the man
has lately been proved, beyond a question or Moving Picture World, a paper devoted to slide who compiled it and sent it out. Yours truly,
doubt, that individual work when directed toward interests. I t is headed "Illicit Trading in Song
"A SINGER WHO PAYS FOB H I S SLIDES."
a common good is equally as efficacious as con- Slides" and reads: "Dear Sir:—The music pub-
Some Ingenious Quibbling.
lishers have issued a list of the singers who have
certed action.
The above is ingenious, in the face of a slide
borrowed slides from them during the past two
The Slide Question.
It would be supposed that the publishers' years and not returned them. A party who saw contract between publisher and performer which
troubles began and ended with the music which the list informed the writer that it is a long one we print herewith and which is but a sample of
they publish. But this is far from being the and contains the names of some men and women those in general use among the publishers. The
case. There are so many side issues consequent who are famous ballad singers. He said it was somewhat vague charge of "crookedness" which "A
upon the sale of a song and so many countless practically a black list (which, by the way, is Singer Who Pays For His Slides," makes against
the publishing fraternity in general is distinctly
difficulties and irritations which beset the pub- forbidden by law, a severe penalty being attached
lishers' path that the writer often marvels at to the issuing of a black list in this State) and amusing, when it is taken into consideration
their infinite good humor which seems, even warns the publishers against these parties. The that his courage seemed to fail him when it be-
under adverse conditions, to be part and parcel simple fact that many publishers have been in came necessary for him to sign his name. The
of their stock in trade. One of the most flagrant the habit of" leaving slides with a note to the following contract which the Helf & Hager Co.
examples of the easy way in which the music singer in their dressing room at theaters is alone issue shows conclusively that slides are rented
publisher is victimized has come to light through enough to condemn this list, and every publisher and not given, and that all slides remain the
the business transactions of so-called "slide in New York who issued lantern slides has been property of the publisher, being only hired by
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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
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REVIEW
My L i t t l e T a i l o r Maid
GO
him to the singer, who is supposed to return them
O r c h i d s of t h e Opera
60
intact. I t reads: "Received from Helf & Hager
The Captain of the Mlneola Guards
00
There's Not a Girl in All the World That
Co., 43 West 28th street, New York, the follow-
Won't Have Me
60
When Reuben Hits Biwuhvav
60
ing sets of slides in good condition. * * * The
When the Music Starts 1o Play
60
said sets of slides are received upon the express
INSTRUMENTAL.
Piano Selections
1.00
BOOSEY
&
CO.,
understanding and agreement that the use thereof
Mandolin and Guitar
7.>
9 East 17th Street, New York.
Orchestra:
1.00
by the undersigned is a mere license, revocable at
VOCAL.
FRED FISCHER MUSIC PUB. CO.,
the pleasure of the licensor, and the said licensee
A Roundelay of Spring (Dowers-Wilson)
JfO.tiO
1431-33 Broadway, New York.
agrees not to rent, sell, pledge, loan or permit Do You Remember i Fitzgerald-Capel)
<
>
O
Klysium (Hoare Roeckel) K, F a n d < i . .
UU
VOCAL.
others to use the same, nor permit the same Four
Sacred S o n g s — ( M a l t b l e Davenport-Babcoek,
I'm Going to Get Myself a Man, That's All (Wes-
I). D.)
n e t 1.00
nor any of them to pass out of his possession or
ley Hamilton)
$0.50
1. Am I a Soldier?
I Never Knew What Love Was, Until 1 Fell in
control, and that they will not be used to illus-
2. F a t h e r of Boundless Love.
Love With You (Bryan-Fischer)
50
3. H a r k ! H a r k ! My Soul.
My Mary (Shay-Fischer)
50
trate all or any part of any song or songs other
4.
Salvation.
Pleasant Dreams, Good Night (Shay-Fischer)
50
than above mentioned. The said sets of slides If Maidens Were N o t All a s Sweet (Simpson-
The Meanest Man in Town (Bryan-Fischer)
50
Braun), Eb a n d F
00
Under the Matzos Tree (Fred Fischer)
.50
are to be returned to Helf & Hager Co. upon de- I Live
for You ( W e a t h e r l y - T h o m p s o n ) , F , G a n d
When the Moon Plays Peek-a-Boo with You (Gar-
denier-Fischer)
50
mand, without loss, damage or injury, and upon Maud Ab H a s a Garden (Lord Tennyson-Somervell) . (iO
.ttO
(To be continued next week.)
said sets of slides being returned complete in Midst t h e P e t a l s in Your Tresses ( F r a z e r W o o r l -
A and C
BO
good condition, without loss, damage or injury, Now forde-Finden),
i s t h e Month of Maying (Old ICnglish-
Herman Periet, the conductor of "A Yankee
Harty)
"
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the amount deposited is to be refunded to the Oh, Fragrant
Mignonette (Newcombe Lemon), Eb,
Tourist" Company, has just finished an Ava
licensee; or if said sets of slides are not so re-
F, G and Ab
00
Maria for male voices, which had its first hearing
and Twenty (Simpson-Cover), Eb and F
00
turned, then the deposit aforesaid shall be for- One
Somewhere or Other (Itosetti St. James), G ami
last Sunday week at the Church of St. Charles
Bb
G
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feited to and become the property of said Helf &
Song of the Three Mariners (Anonymous-Harty) • • -60 Borromeo, in Philadelphia.
The composition is
Hager Co. To constitute a valid return, the set Song of the Sea Shell (Ilefernan-Ellott), F, G
entirely for men's voices, with solos for baritone
Ab
00
of slides must be delivered to the then existing The and Song
of "the Brook (Alfred Wheeler) Eb F . . .00 and tenor.
00
office of the licensor in the Borough of Manhat- The Middy Ashore (Scott-Grant), Eb and F
When May is Wed to June (Simpson-Brunning),
tan, city of New York, without any express,
F, C and A
«0
00
transportation or other charge or expense what- Won't Yoli Buy? (Johnson-Augustus Barrett)
CENTURY MUSIC CO.,
soever."
19 West 28th Street, New York.
RECENT INSTRUMENTAL ADDITIONS.
1305 Alpine Hut (Lange), G—3
11251 American Medley (Music of the Union)
Emulating the example of Messrs. Oliver Dit-
(Grobe), C and G— 3
1235
Lang Syne (Hoffman), G—5
son, who publish our excellent contemporary, The 1307 Auld
Believe Me (variations) (Sr. of St. Joseph),
F—3
Musician, Walter Jacobs, the well-known music
1259 Belle of the Ball Waltz (Brannan), C—3.
publisher of Boston, has purchased The Cadenza, 1253
Caprice Brilliant (Leybach), Ab—5
Circus Calop (Groscurth) Gb—5
a monthly publication devoted to the interests of 1262
1308 Come Back to Erin (variations) (Sr. of St.
players on string instruments. This paper, which
Joseph), El>—3
Falling Leaves (Miiller), Eb—4
was started some fourteen years ago in Kansas 1230
1301 Falling Waters (Truax), Eb—3
City, has for some time past been published by 1225 Fairy Wedding, Waltz (Turner), C — 2 . . . .
1232 First Tarantella (Mills). Ab—5
the C L. Partee Co., of New York. Mr. Jacobs 1255 La Scintilla (The Spark) (Gottschalk),
Eb—4
promises a number of improvements in his new 1245 Last
Smile (Wollenhaupt), Ftf—6
property, having engaged a number of composers 1237 Listen to the Mocking Bird (Hoffman),
G-—5
to write exclusively for the paper. The first 1231 Love by Moonlight (Kinkei), Bb—4
Love's Greeting (Elgar). E—4
issue under the new management will be issued .1229
1234 Love's Response Polka (Kinkei), Bb—4..
July 15. Most cordially does The Review wel- 1248 Love's Chidings Polka (Becht), F—2
Maidens Blush, The (Gottschalk), Eb—4..
come Mr. Jacobs into the realms of musical lit- 1250
1238 Mandolin Serenade (Bohm), E—4
erature, and predicts that under his guidance 1263 Marching Through Georgia (Meacham),
C—3
The Cadenza will be a success worthy of the 1261 Mazurka (Nussbaum), v C—4
Merry Widow, The Waltz (Lehar), G — 3 . .
talents which he has shown in the music publish- 1310
1311 Merry Widow, The Selection
(Lehar),
ing world.
Q .3
1252 Modjeska' of' Venetia " Waltz ' ' (Lothian')',
Eb—3
Mountain Belle Schottische (Kinkei), F—2
In a recent report Victor Kremer, as trustee 1226
1251 Music of the TTnion (American Medley)
(Grobe) C and G—3
for the J. E. Branen Co., stated that $704.54 was
1249 Orfa Grand Polka (Gottschalk), A b — 4 . . . .
collected on old accounts due this company dur- 1246 Qui Vivl (Ganz), Eb—4
Rainbow Schottische (Kleber), E b — 3 . . . .
ing the last few months. Deducting expenses 1254
1247 Redieuse (Gottschalk), B—6
$281.19 was paid to creditors, leaving a balance 1236 Return of Spring (Moelling), Bb—4
1258 Remembrance (Brannan), Bb—3
of $29. As the original liabilities were $9,956 it 1256
Roaming (Swift), A—2
Silver Spring, Op. 6 (Mason), A—6
will be seen that a large sum is still due to the 1233
1306 St. Patrick's Day (variations) (Sr. of St.
creditors.
Joseph), C—3
1232 Tarantella, First (Mills). Ab—5
1257 Tag Waltz (Swift), C—2
1309 Valse d'Amour (Brannan), Bb—3
THE TEACHER'S FAVORITE
1228 Whisperings of Love (Kinkei), Ab—3
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Master and Man (Weatherby Clarke)
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00
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50
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