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THE
MUSIC TRADE
WITH THE CHICAGO PUBLISHERS.
Opening of "Miss Nobody from Starland"
(Harris)—Looks Like a Success—Demand
for Grand Opera Music—A Musical Puzzle—
Irving Berlin a Visitor—W. R. Miller Heard
from—A
New Corporation—Other
Live
News from the Busy City by the Lake.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., Feb. 5, 1910.
With the usual excellent success that has
characterized the launching in Chicago of pro-
ductions fathered by Hough, Adams and How-
ard, "Miss Nobody From Starland" opened at
the Princess Theater on Tuesday evening. Tt is
described as possessing plenty of color, being
rich in fabric, graceful in movement, and es-
pecially melodious in score. If the libretto can-
not be said to be quite up to the standard of the
other features, a few changes instituted therein
would tend to make the whole a well-balanced
production and one that should entertain Chi-
cagoans for some time to come. Ralph llerz,
Bessie Wynn, Blanch Deyo, Nellis Follis and
other shining lights of the Princess firmament
performed very creditably. In the score "I'll
Be Your Honey When It's Moonlight" and "Kiss
Me" promise to be hits of the first magnitude,
but have little advantage over "I'd Rather
Love What 1 Cannot Have Than Have What I
Cannot Love," "That Man With a Single Hair,"
"The Dear Little Ghost of Your Smile," "Every
Girl I Love Is Someone Else's Wife," "Marry
Me or I'll Marry You," "The Cuban Dance" and
a comic number, "Say No More About It." Har-
ris publishes entire score.
Some little demand has been created for
grand opera music at the local stores the past
few weeks as a result of the recent engagements
of the Boston Opera Company and the National
Grand Opera Company.
An ode, appearing in the "Line o' Type" of the
Tribune, which immortalized the already Im-
mortal Washington, contained recently a sym-
phonic sketch by Adolph Weidig, of this city.
In It were utilized the "Star Spangled Banner"
and "Yankee Doodle," representing, as the com-
poser said, a combination of the Russian,
French, German, Scandinavian and neo-Italian
schools. It is still running, as are also the per-
sons who attempted to interpret it.
Irving Berlin, of the New York staff of the
Ted Snyder Music Publishing Co. and composer
of "My Wife Has Gone to the Country," "Yiddle
on Your Fiddle,", "Sadie Salome, Go Home,"
"Next to Your Mother, Whom Do You Love"
and "That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune,"
was a recent Chicago visitor.
Lew Fields in "Old Dutch" (Witmark) comes
to the Garrick on Feb. 13.
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Bert Morphy, "The Man Who Sings to Beat
the Band," in a generous mood this week, in his
desires to benefit posterity, willed his thorax
to a local medical institution of this city. Need-
less to say, the singer is using the publicity
thus afforded the incident to obtain some de-
sirable bookings.
Webb Rockefeller Miller, of the Miller Music
Publishing Co., writes from Oconto, Wis., where
he is enjoying a little respite from business,
that the ozone of the Wisconsin woods, living in
a log hut, riding on log trains and skating are
extremely compatible with good health. He will
be back the first of the week.
Phil. Schwartz, formerly pianist for Jerome
H. Remick & Co. at the Chicago offices and com-
poser of several well-known songs, has just
joined an act at the Fifth Avenue Theater, New
York City, according to advices received here.
Walter Wilson, associated with the profes-
sional department of the Thompson Music Co.
and who recently left on a sales trip in the
West, is expected back in Chicago this week.
"Chicago," one of the successes of the House
of Christopher, is being constantly added as a
feature to many acts in the Windy City. Their
latest Indian numbers, "Red Tern" and "Happy
Rag," are already fulfilling the most sanguine
expectations of the house, and M. L. Christopher
and Professional Manager Leroy Storer have
every reason to be satisfied with their con-
stantly growing business.
The "Going Some" rag, published by Grinnell
Bros., Detroit, Mich., has, they state, met with
such success in the four weeks since its publi-
cation that it is now being brought out in vocal
form. J. R. Shannon, the composer and the
manager of Grinnell Bros.' publishing depart-
ment, has already placed it with a lot of head-
line acts.
The Gamble Hinged Music Co., of this city,
has just been granted incorporation papers by
the Secretary of State at Springfield. The cap-
ital stock is $10,000. The incorporators are W.
M. Gamble, C. A. Templeton and Henry Teller.
It is licensed to do a music publishing busi-
ness.
building when the new Harris offices are opened
there next month.
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Mr. Harris, it is understood, offered to re-
tain the former Trebuhs office staff. Most of
them, however, had already obtained other po-
sitions. Anatol Friedland, the clever young
composer of "The Midnight Whirl," "My Sist'
Tetrazin'," and other successes, tells us that he
is considering Mr. Harris' offer, but may accept
something else he has had presented to him.
Mr. Friedland has achieved considerable success
as a "placer" of music in productions, being Ed-
ward Laska's right-hand man in this respect.
We recall that when he was at Columbia Uni-
versity, where he was graduated in 1907 from
the architectural department, he composed sev-
eral of the musical shows which the students
presented at the Waldorf. It was while riding
this musical hobby that he joined the Trebuhs
staff when that firm started business about a
year ago.
TREBUHS OFFICES STILL BUSY.
A cheerful disposition will win the huyer,
with less knowledge of the article you are sell-
ing, quicker than a thorough understanding of
the article to he sold and a crabbed personality.
Former Activity Continues Unchecked as Part
of Chas. K. Harris' Business—Composer
Friedland Gets Offer.
The offices of the Trebuhs Publishing Co. still
present a fairly busy appearance, and although the
business has been taken over by Chas. K. Harris,
Edward Laska, the manager, is on hand daily,
and will remain in charge of this branch of the
Harris establishment, as already stated in The
Review. He will move to the Columbia Theater
By Ned Wayburn and George Byrd Dougherty
Hit of Shubert's New Casino Theatre Success"
C-H-l-C-A-G-O."
Sam Bernard in "The Girl and the Wizard"
Other successes in the same production
"My Sist' Tetrazin"
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JOBBER.
The Midnight Sons"
TREBUHS
Publishing ••
EDWARD LASKA, GeiTl Manager.
GUS EDWARDS IS HIMSELF AGAIN!
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The Hit of "'Foll'cs of IQOQ"
" I ' M AFTER MADAME TETRAZZINI'S J O B "
Leo Eldwards" Two Bi^erest Sellers
" L O R D , HOW HE CAN LOVE"
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' THIS ROSE BRINGS MY HEART TO YOU "
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We have absolutely no gelling agency arrangement
with anyone anywhere.
Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co., 1531 B " adway N.v.city
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The Greatest Ballad Published In
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With bigger and better song hits than ever !
The Hit of "Miss Innocence"
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Publishers of Shubert Musical Attractions
Grand Opera House Building, Chicago
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After featuring one song for years, dreading
to change it for fear his audiences would not
take kindly to the new one, Hdmer Lind, the
well-known operatic tenor, now appearing in
vaudeville with his own company, recently dis-
covered what he wanted, and immediately added
it to his repertoire. The operatic sketch in
which Mr. Lind is playing is called "The Opera
Singer," and the song which he has been featur-
ing so long for want of another equally effective
is "The Heart Bowed Down," from "The Bo-
hemian Girl." But Mr. Lind recently heard of
a number which, he believed, might serve his
purpose. At all events he determined to make
trial of it, and having more than realized his
most sanguine expectations has permanently
added to his repertoire "In the Garden of My
Heart." Meanwhile, Mr. Lind continues to use
"The Door of Hope," which, like "In the Garden
of My Heart," was composed by Ernest R. Ball.
Both songs are publications of M. Witmark &
Sons.
TO WIN THE BUYER.
DEALERS
Don't fail to get our new 1910
issues that are having big demand,
"Jane, Jane, Jane" and the great
novelty song "Bum! Outside."
MILLER MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.,
515 So. Hermitage Avenue, Chicago.
"Military Mary Ann"
"Tha Land of Love"
"La Patlta Parislonne"
The House of Christopher
" MY COUSIN CARUSO "
"SCHOOLMATES"
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" M Y OLD L A D Y "
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HOMER LIND SINGS WITMARK SONG.
" I WONDER IF YOU'RE LONELY''
HITS!
"Way Out In Utah."
" O h ! You Tease."
"Do You? Don't You? Will You? Won't You?"
" Sometime, Sweetheart Mine, Somewhere."
"Mary Jane, She's Got Another Sister."
"Airy Fairy Castle Land."
"Red Fern."
"Happy Rag."
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