Music Trade Review

Issue: 1911 Vol. 53 N. 25

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COMMENTS B Y -
Further light is being shed upon the methods
and demands of the French Society of Authors,
Composers and Publishers of Music, attention to
which was called in The Review recently. The
society is now after no less distinguished an artist
than M,me. Schumann-Heink, because she sang
at the Metropolitan Opera House, one Sunday
night recently, an aria "Mon cceur's'ouvre a ta
voix" from Saint-Saens's "Samson et Dalila." If
Mme. Schumann-Heink had paid $-5 every time in
the course of her professional career that she has
sung this aria M. Saint-Saens would now possess
a substantial capital fortune derived from this
source alone. If Ovide Robillard, counsel for the
society in this country, succeeds in collecting this
amount from every contralto who sings this popu-
lar cheval de bataille from the deep voiced reper-
toire, that eminent Gallic composer will retire
with a large estate indeed.
"Mme. Schumann-Heink will pay," M. Robil-
lard remarked to a newspaper man, "just as the
other singers have paid. Mary Garden, for in-
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stance, after her concert tour last spring paid the
society $300 for the use of the copyrighted songs
of French composers. Maggie Teyte paid the
other day for using our songs. Mme. Schumann-
Heink's manager has assured us that she will
pay"
M. Robillard said that the criticism that the so-
ciety interfered always at the last minute was not
true, since it was often impossible for the society
to learn what works were to be performed until
just before the concert. He added: "The great-
est mistake that exists concerning the Society of
Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music is
that its object is exclusively to protect the works
of French composers. Now as a matter of fact
Engelbert Humperdinck, Gustav Mahler, Grieg,
Mascagni and many composers of all nations are
represented among our clients. This society has
existed for sixty years, and it is quite as ready
to protect American composers in Europe as it is
to look after the rights Of foreigners here.
"Last year we collected in Europe for John
Philip Sousa within four months $2,800 in royal-
ties for the performing rights of his music. If
the composers of the ragtime music which is pro-
duced so much in Paris were members of* this so-
ciety they would find out that their rights for per-
formance in Europe would amount to a consider-
able share of their profits.
"Composers are protected in France without
any formality to secure copyright when they are
foreigners. One theater in Paris produces practi-
cally nothing but music by American composers,
and had they anybody to look after their rights
they would get their royalties without trouble.
The society guarantees lo collect royalties on copy-
Anyone Can
Write Songs
righted music for a lifetime and fifty years after-
ward.
"Any composer knows that it is the performing
rights that last. After a piece of music is pub-
lished the sale continues for a short time. If the
work is liked, however, it will constantly be per-
formed. That may go on for many years, so the
royalty for performance for profit is in a measure
a species of life insurance.
"We ask only $5 a work, which is half what
the law allows. When there are more than two
copyright numbers on a program we ask only
$10. The royalties are never more than that sum.
We expect to have agents in every part of the
country. The society has had its branch in this
country for a year and we have not begun a suit
as yet, for the justice of the claims of the com-
posers has been recognized."
M. Robillard was asked if he did not fear that
singers would drop the copyrighted songs if they
were compelled to pay $5 for the pleasure of sing-
ing them. He said.
"Singers do not select songs because they re-
spect the composer or for any other reason than
that they are suited to their voices and style. The
same is true in a lesser degree of other music.
They will always be willing to pay the fee when
they are told that they must. The royalty is of
course claimed only when the music is performed
for a profit."
One New York publisher, in discussing the mat-
ter, said: "Can you imagine one of the vaude-
ville or concert hall singers using our songs, and
doing two or three turns per day, paying $5 a
performance or even $5 per week for the privi
lege? Huh!"
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egotist who gets the best results or is the most
successful.
THAT while there have been many failures thus
far this season in the field of musical comedy,
there have been enough successes to cause the
THAT this is the time when the various pub- balance to be in favor of the publishers.
lishers and their staffs exchange things they
THAT the section embracing 44th and 45th
wouldn't own for articles they have no use for. streets, Broadway and Sixth avenue bids fair to
THAT, after all, the spirit's the thing, so here's become a large music publishing center.
to a Merry Christmas for all our friends.
THAT several houses have already located there
THAT even the drastic measures taken by the and others are to follow.
music publishers of Great Britain as a body to
THAT the new Viennese operetta, "Baron
stamp out the pirating evil it still crops out oc- Trenck," will be produced in this country soon af-
casionally.
ter the first of the year.
THAT in a recent case the culprit was fined £1 THAT Jerome H. Remick & Co. will publish
upon the plea that he did not understand the law the music.
and did not know he was doing wrong.
THAT the European waltz success, "The Dance
THAT a physician of Newark, N. J., Dr. Edward of the Virgins," is proving the one big orchestral
Schaff, finds the opportunity, between times, to success of the season.
write successful operas.
THAT Clarice Manning & Co. publish the num-
THAT his latest effort, "La Grande Breteche," an ber as well as others that are proving up well.
adaptation of Balzac's romance of the same name,
THAT Will Von Tilzer at work is a living ex-
has been submitted to the director of the Chicago- ample of real action.
Philadelphia Opera Co.
THAT a double sextet, using music from previ-
BOSTON PUBLISHERS MEET.
ous Leslie Stuart successes, will be introduced in-
to "Peggy" at the Casino Theater.
At the regular meeting of the Boston Music
THAT it is not always the publisher who does Publishers' Association held last week the guest
of honor was Michael Keane, manager of the
the most talking or the one who is the greatest
American branch of Boosey & Co., the prominent
British publishing house, with headquarters in
New York. The next meeting of the Boston As-
sociation will be held on February 13 and will be
the annual meeting, when election of officers will
take place.
MREVIEWflEARS
ARE YOU ?
FRED DAY MADE A PARTNER.
To keep in line with
the demands of the
times, you must sell
Century Edition
Ten Cent Sheet Music
Word comes from London that Fred Day, son
of David Day, of Francis, Day & Hunter, who is
well known in the American trade owing to his
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Witmark Production Successes
NOW PLAYING IN NEW YORK
Oh! You Beautiful Doll
A t the N e w Y o r k T h e a t r e
"THE ENCHANTRESS"
with KITTY GORDON.
GREAT
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Book and Lyrics by Fred Dc Gresac and Harry
B. Smith. Music by Victor Herbert.
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connection with the New York branch of the
company, has been taken in as a partner of the
firm and was recently tendered a dinner to cele-
brate the occasion.
ALBERTO RANDEGGER DEAD.
Composer
Who Conducted Covent
Festivals Dies in London.
Garden
(Special to The Review.)
London, Eng., Dec. 17, 1911.
Alberto Randegger, composer, conductor and
professor of singing, died to-day. Mr. Randegger
was born in 1832 at Trieste. He was a Knight
of the Order of the Crown of Italy. He was
conductor at her Majesty's theatre in 1880 and
had been for many years conductor of the Covent
Garden and Norwich festivals.
'THE WEDDING TRIP" FOR NEW YORK.
Reginald De Koven's latest comic opera, "The
Wedding Trip," is scheduled to have its New
York premiere at the Broadway Theater on next
Monday evening.
The book of the new opera is by Fred De
Gresac and Harry B. Smith. The music by Mr.
De Koven is said to be in the same vein and equal*
to if not better than that composer's most pro-
nounced success, "Robin Hood." The music o"f,
the production is published by J. H. Rernick & Gpi
No use talking, "HONEY MAN"
must be a hit! We just
happened to notice among the
programs, that in New York,^
for week beginning December']
4th, "HONEY MAN" was played !
and programmed in
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Just consider what this
means if the same propor-
tion of theatre orchestras
are playing "HONEY MAN"
throughout the country and
judging from the sales--
THEY ARE!
Sung and played everywhere.
Selling your share?
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At the New York Hippodrome
"ROUND THE WORLD"
Beautiful lyrics
and a dashing
melody that is
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Book by Arthur Voegtlin and Carroll Fleming.
Lyrics and Music by Manuel Klein.
At the Astor Theatre
"THE RED WIDOW"
with RAYMOND HITCHCOCK.
Book and Lyrics by Channing Pollock and Rennold
Wolf. Music by Chas. J. Gebest.
At the Herald Square Theatre
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