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THE
A CLEVER COMPOSER.
Miss Audrey Kingsbury Who Has Written Sev-
eral Successes Destined to Win Laurels.
Miss Audrey Kingsbury is probably best known
as the composer of the popular little song, "You
Can't Guess What He Wrote on My Slate," which
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the future I may seriously turn my attention
to composing"—a consummation earnestly to be
desired to all who know this clever little lady's
work. Miss Kingsbury's compositions are pub-
lished by Theo Bendix.
WILL R. ANDERSON.
One of Witmark Coterie of Composers Who Has
Had an Interesting Career—Responsible for
"Just Someone" and Other Successes.
introduced into the pantomimes at the Drury
Lane Theater in London by Madge Lessing, and
in New York by Julius P. Witmark with flatter-
ing success. This was followed by "Tessie,
You're the Only, Only, Only," which was inter-
polated into "The Silver blipper" and made a
tremendous impression.
"Just Someone," Mr. Anderson's latest song hit
which, like all his other work, is published by
M. Witmark & Sons, though only out a short
Will. R. Anderson, author of "Just Someone,"
a ditty which all New York insists upon sing-
ing, has a most interesting personality. Born in
Indiana and educated at Bingham College,
Asheville, N. C, he came to New York when
eighteen years old to take up the study of pen
and ink drawing and illustrating for which he
displayed some talent. Up to this time he had
never studied music or played any sort of
musical instrument. When Mr. Anderson arrived
in the metropolis the pretty old song, "The Sweet-
est Story Every Told" was at the height of its
popularity. Falling in love with this little
ballad he made up his mind to learn to play it.
Slowly at first he began to pick it out on the
piano and with commendable perseverance con-
tinued until finally after some months he had
mastered the song so that he could play it fairly
well.
This was the beginning of his musical career
AUI1HEY KINGSBURY.
and in a year he could play any song he heard
has met with such unprecedented success during by ear. It was then he began to study music
the past season. Miss Kingsbury is a charming and neglect his illustrating, writing his first
WII.I. It. AXDEIISOX.
little woman who talks little of her composi- song, a ballad called "Sweet Antoinette." He
tions, of which "The Chorus Lady" march is wrote it as he played it and later confessed that time, bids fair to be one of the biggest successes
probably one of the most successful. "Up to the it was terribly "mushy." His next song was a of recent years.
present," she observed recently, "I have written "coon" song which was published by M. Witmark
BICHTER'S GENIAL NATURE.
more for amusement than anything else, but in & Sons. Mr. Anderson followed this with two
more songs and gave so much promise of good
Countless are the stories told of Dr. Hans
work that his publishers advised him to take up Richter, the famous musician, illustrating his
the study of harmony.
kindly, genial nature. One of them is related
Following their advice he went to Leipzig, by The London Tribune: A short time ago,
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where he studied for two years and a half. On while rehearsing a Mozart symphony, in which
his return to America Mr. Anderson began writ- the first violins had a number of delicate trills
ing classical music, but soon abandoned it, finding and turns to perform, these were played too
that there was not sufficient demand to make it heavily for Richter, who said: "Please, gentle-
our low Summer rates.
profitable. About this time he wrote his first men, pianissimo! Queen Mab—not suffragettes."
popular song "She Was One of the Working Again, when on one occasion Richter was not
Girls," which was one of the comic hits of "The thoroughly satisfied with the orchestra render-
receipt of 12 cents.
Burgomaster." So popular did it become that the ing of a scene from "Tristan and Isolde," he
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