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sued a new novelty song which promises well. isters to human welfare."—Herbert Spencer.
It is "One of the Uncle Sam Girls," by Helen H.
"The worth of art appears most eminent in
Pease, of Detroit, a newcomer in the ranks of music."—Goethe.
composers whose songs are published locally.
"What passion cannot music raise and quell?"
The new number is dedicated to Augusta Glose, —Dryden.
the well-known vaudeville headliner, to whom
"Exalts each joy, allays each grief."—Arm-
the song is restricted as to public performance. strong.
Henry I. Marshall, of Shapiro's, has just com-
"The medicine of the breaking heart."—Hunt.
posed the music for a new "Chantecler" song.
"A genuine and natural source of delight."—
The words were written by Albert Bagley, a Sir J. Hawkins.
lyric writer well known in London, who has
"The chief recreation of tired humanity."—
Songs published by various firms are among returned to New York after an absence of five Kay.
"Of all delights, the most exquisite."—Dr. Tul-
the numbers heard in "Madame Sherry," the years. The new song, unlike many of the recent
musical production now running in Chcago. Of "Chantecler" offerings, has a theme really loch.
"Has the power of making heaven descend to
most of these great things were expected when apropos of the subject of the present craze. It
arrangements were made for their presentation will be submitted to Mr. Shapiro on his return earth."—Japanese Proverb.
"The sacred emblem of Truth, Peace and
in the piece, and some of the songs have met ex- to this city to-day, and may be published by him
pectations. It has remained for a "dark horse," later. Mr. Bagley is the author of several suc- Order."—E. Smith (1707).
"There is no truer truth obtainable
however, if a song may be so called, to carry off cessful songs published in London by Francis,
Day & Hunter and the Empire Music Publishing
By man than conies of music."—Browning.
the chief honors as a hit of the show. This is
Co. The latter firm, now owned by C. M. Roher,
"The seed of many virtues is in such hearts
"Dublin Rag," written by Harold R. Atteridge
was the venture undertaken in London by Sha- as are devoted to music."—Luther.
and Phil Schwartz, and published by Leo. Feist.
piro & Von Tilzer, but soon abandoned by those
"One of the most forcible instruments for
It is sung by Elizabeth M. Murray, a former
former partners.
training, for arousing and for governing the mind
vaudeville star, who has made a decided hit in
and the spirit of man."—Gladstone.
an Irish character in "Madame Sherry." The
"The voice of pray'r."—Sherer.
Chicago Daily News said of the song: "Miss
JUST WHAT IS MUSIC?
"The handmaid of religion."
Murray's song, 'Dublin Rag,' made the greatest
There is probably no musician who has not
"Rouses the soul to fearless deeds of daring
kind of a hit." The Examiner said: "When
Elizabeth Murray sang her big song, 'Dublin tried to define music. It is not only a difficult and valor."—Acton.
Rag,' she sang it without the aid of choristers. definition to give in an original form, hut the "The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with any concord of sweet
3he made it entirely her own and won the greet- chances are that if you evolved one you would
find that it had been given a year or a few cen-
sounds,
ings of the night." The outcome of the feat of
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils."
interpolation is an individual triumph for the turies ago by someone else. We all know what
music is, but how to put it Into words? The
—Shakespeare.
manager of the Feist Chicago office.
subject
is an interesting one to musicians and
Another illustration of the principle that a
has excited the imagination of many great think-
NO " 'SCUSE ME TO-DAY" FOR HARRIS.
song may lie more or less quiescent for months
ers and philosophers. Most of them say what
and finally enter upon activity that means large
music does, rather than what it is. An interest-
It is a far cry from the composition of love
sales, after its publishers have about given up
ing collection of opinions is given below, with ballads to jury service in a notorious murder
hope for more than a moderate success for it, is
the names of the authorities expressing them:
trial, but that is the latest example afforded by
afforded by "Was I a Fool?" a ballad written and
Chas. K. Harris of his well-known versatility.
"The
poetry
of
sound."—Encyclopedia
Britan-
published by Chas. K. Harris some six months
Mr. Harris, whose new song, "It's Always June
nica.
ago as his regular seasonable offering of the time.
When You're in Love," is now in press, was
"The
art
of
the
beautiful
and
pleasing."—
This clever and appealing number has now sur-
chosen as the second juror in the trial of Albert
Quintillian.
prised everyone connected with the Harris staff,
"The artistic union of inarticulate sounds and "Wolter. During his attendance in court this
including Mr. Harris himself, by jumping into
week the affairs of the house of Harris, "the
rhythm."—National
Encyclopedia.
the lead among his publications. For the first
"The universal language which, when all other largest publishers of production music in the
few months the sales were of only moderate
world," have been ably conducted by Meyer
volume, but they gathered headway as the merits languages were confounded, the confusion of
Cohen, general manager for Harris. I t is said
of the song became known in a quiet way, and Babel left unconfounded."—Prof. Wilson.
that the hustling composer-publisher, who was
"Miraculous
rhetoric!
excelling
eloquence!"—
have reached a total that was never really ex-
drawn for the jury in the Thaw trial, but was
pected. It is a semi-high-class ballad, written Izaak Walton.
"A kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech, not allowed to serve, did not even offer, in the
by Mr, Harris after hearing a woman at a per-
present case, to sing " 'Scuse Me To-day."
formance of "A Fool There Was" say that the which leads us on to the edge of the infinite."—
Carlyle.
hero of that play had been a "fool" to give his
"The mysterious language of a remote spiritual
SHAPIRO IS AGAIN ON THE JUMP.
all for the sake of love. "In the City Where
Nobody Cares" and " 'Scuse Me To-day" are realm.."—Hoffmann.
Maurice Shapiro, the music publisher, left this
"All deep thought is music."—Carlyle.
Harris ballads which follow the one mentioned
city last Sunday on an extensive business trip,
"The
harbinger
of
eternal
melody."—Mozart.
in point of sales. "Somewhere" remains one of
in the course of which he was scheduled to visit
the standard sellers in this country and Eng- "Next to theology."—Luther.
Washington, D. C , Buffalo, Cleveland, Pitts-
"The
highest
of
all
science."—Bach.
land.
"The fine art which more than any other min- burg and Chicago. His object was to visit the
. The De Luxe Music Co., publishers of the
Shapiro stores and music departments and the
well-known de luxe edition of sheet music and
trade in general, and in Chicago he intended to
books, have issued a very artistic series of selec-
get some final information as to the outlook for
THEODORE MORSE'S NEW HITS !
tions from the favorite operas. The series has
his contemplated new store in that city. Mr.
the heading "Opera Gems," and includes twenty-
Shapiro is due to return to New York to-day. He
three numbers from different operas for which
"MOLLY LEE"
"KITTY CRAY"
made a similar trip over the route mentioned
the music-loving public has shown preference.
"HE'S A COLLEGE BOY"
about two months ago.
The title pages are handsome works of art,
" R E D C L O V E R " (Song and Intermezzo)
1 rinted in three colors and so presented as to
" B L U E F E A T H E R " (Song and Intermezzo)
You could have had these once for 5 cents. Take
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
give the effect of other shades. The covers are
our new issues and you'll get better ones.
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