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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1911 Vol. 53 N. 4

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VOL. LIII. N o . 4.
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, July 29, 1911
cesses." The Post: "Olcott's voice has lost none
of its charm and his admirers raised the roof
San Francisco Likes New Romantic
Irish
every time he sang. 'With the Twinkle in Her
Drama by Rida Johnson Young—Musical
Eye' was particularly catching. 'Good-by, My
Numbers Already Popular—Have the True
Emerald Land,' of course, brought the lump to the
Irish Ring.
throat with most listeners." Other numbers that
scored are "Macushla" and "I Love the Name of
Chauncey Olcott, the ever-popular Irish tenor, Mary," the latter being Mr. Olcott's big song suc-
after an absence of seven years, delighted a San cess of last season. The lyrics to the various num-
Francisco audience with the first production on bers were written by Chauncey Olcott and Louis
any stage of his new romantic Irish drama with Weslyn and the music by Dan J. Sullivan, Fred-
music called "Macushla" (Pulse of My Heart), eric Knight Logan and Ernest R. Ball. Witmarks
written especially for him by Rida Johnson Young. publish it.
The Columbia Theater was crowded; the play made
an instantaneous success, and Olcott was greeted
HAVE "THE POLISH WEDDING."
with an ovation. To quote the San Francisco
Examiner: "Mr. Olcott 'came back' so strong Cohan & Harris Will Produce European Mu-
sical Comedy in This Country.
that he was forced to spend most of the intermis-
sion time in bashful but grateful oratory. The
story of 'Macushla' is as simple as A B C. But
Messrs. Cohan & Harris announced Tuesday
i: isn't the play you'll go home thinking about. that they had acquired the American rights to the
It's the lilt of some songs that Olcott sings that European musical comedy, "Polnische Wirtscraft."
will ring in your ears, and of these one in par- Messrs. Dreyfus and Fallner, the owners of the
ticular, 'The Girl I'll Call My Sweetheart Must
play, signed contracts with Cohan & Harris where-
Look Like You.' When you get the lilt of that
by that firm will give the composition its first
chorus in your head you'll find yourself humming production in English under the title of "The
it before breakfast, or I miss my guess. And if
Polish Wedding," and Messrs. Dreyfus and Fell-
you haven't got any ear for music you'll carry
ncr will be associated with Cohan & Harris in the
away the memory of some of the prettiest Irish
American production. The book of "The Polish
love-making you've seen on or off the stage in
Wedding" is from the pens of Messrs. Kraatz and
many a day."
Okonkowski, authors of "Are You a Mason?"
while tlie musical score was composed by Jean
The Call said: " 'Macushla,' played and sung
Gilbert.
for the first time last night on any stage, was an
unequivocal success."
The Chronicle: "The
sweet Irish melodies that have made the name of
MOVE HEADQUARTERS TO NEW YORK.
Channcey Olcott a household name throughout
America were again sung by him at the Columbia
Theater last night. They had new names and the
The Laemmle Music Publishing Co., formerly of
words were different and the written music, but Chicago, have removed their headquarters to New
the Irish melody was there just the same. 'The York, with offices at 1367 Broadway, and Thomas
Girl I'll Call My Sweetheart Must Look Like Quigley, the general manager has come East,
You,' sung by Olcott during the first act, was the where he will remain permanently. The Chicago
success of the show. It is one of those tunes that office will still be continued as a branch. Victor
are whistled a few minutes after it is heard sung. Kremer has resigned his position with the
'Good-by, My Emerald Land,' and 'With the Laemmle house for the purpose of giving attention
Twinkle in Her Eye' were the other song suc- to his interests in the motion picture field.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
EDGAR SELDEN, PLAYWRIGHT.
OLCOTT SCORES IN "MACUSHLA."
Popular General Manager for House of Shapiro
Writes Clever Burlesque—To Produce Two
Vaudeville Sketches.
Edgar Selden, general manager of the house of
Shapiro, has written the book for a high-class
new burlesque "The Casino Girls," and which is
now in rehearsal for production over the Empire
Wheel. The production is most complete in the
matter of scenery and costumes, and requires a
company of thirty-eight people. The opening will
take place at the New Casino Theater, Brooklyn,
of which Chas. W. Daniels is the manager, he also
being the manager of the new show.
Mr. Selden, in connection with another man
well known in the vaudeville field, has secured the
stage rights of two short stories replete with
"heart interest," and after having the stories re-
written as vaudeville sketches, will produce them
about the end of September. The acts are de-
cidedly unique in character, and after the try-out
should not lack for plenty of booking.
TO DEAL IN MUSIC.
The Christensen School of Popular Music, of
Chicago, was incorporated last week with the au-
thorities at Illinois with a capital of $20,000 to
deal in music, musical instruments and to teach
music, etc. The incorporators are: A. W. Chris-
tensen, R. S. Christensen and John F. Dennis.
NEW PRODUCTION FOR FEIST.
Lc6 Feist has secured the publishing rights to
the music of a new production, "The Heir and the
Heiress," w'hich is scheduled to be produced by the
Castle Square Opera Co., Boston, late in August.
Jerome & Schwartz, the independent writers have
closed negotiations with Jerome II. Remick & Co.,
who will hereafter be the sole publishing agents
and will publish all music by these two clever
writers.
DON'T BLAME ME FOR LOVIN' YOU
By CHAS. K. HARRIS
Not only a summer hit, but an all-year-round success and
seller. Order it at once from your favorite jobber or direct from
CHICAGO OFFICE
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CHAS. K. HARRIS
Broadway and 47th Street
MEYER COHEN, Manager
NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.
THE LARGEST BALLAD HOUSE IN THE WORLD

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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
mann or Reggie De Koven. But there is a wide
discrepancy between merit and the volume of
applause which a given composition usually re-
ceives. Alight no! the experiment be extended with
profit to music hearers generally ? Why should
not musical compositions be gauged solely by their
rather than by their authors? Would it
EDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor tad Proprietor deserts
not be a truer test of musical appreciation if the
audience listened 10 the works rendered and judged
J. I. STILLANE, Maugiae Ultor
them for what they heard, instead of indulging
B. B. WILSON, Editor Music Section
in more or less sentimentalism over the "masters"
r i M M M * iTtry Saturday at 1 Maclsesi Ararat. New Yerk
or, what is worse still, withholding praise that
might be justly due some less widely known com-
SOISCUrnON. (Including pottage), United BUtea and
Mexico, $2.00 per year; Caaad*, $1.50; all etker oou*-
poser ?
trlea, $4.00.
One instinctively recalls the line in "The Great
Telephones—Numbers 4677 and 4«7S Gramerejr • Name," where the disappointed composer of high
Connectlna all Departments
class music consents that the successful writer of
light opera "tunes" shall substitute the latter's
NEW YORK, JULY 29, 1111
"great name" for the name of an author of an
unappreciated "masterpiece," foredoomed to fail-
All matter of every nature intended
ure by the obscurity of the composer. "Shake-
for this department should be addressed
speare or Bacon," exclaims Brandmeyer, "what
The Editor Music Section Music Trade
does it matter? 'Hamlet' is there."
Review, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
That sounded rather heretical when iirst heard.
It seemed incongruous thai one so proverbially
jealous of his own name as the obscure heroes
of the arts usually are should efface himself for the
sake of getting his work heard by the public. But
when a fairly well educated and critical musical
audience can make such a mess of guessing the
works of well-known composers, the problem of
"great names" as presented by the author of the
An amusing and at the same time highly in-
drama referred to does not seem so serious as it
structive test of popular acquaintance with com-
first appeared.
posers is reported from Paris. Some official at an
Of course, it is droll that an audience should
important musical function conceived the idea of
consent to make itself ridiculous, but the choice
omitting the names of the composers from the
is between being truthful and ridiculous. That
various numbers and requesting the audience to
French audience met the choice with rare good
write opposite the numbers the names of the com-
nature, to say the least, though it might have
posers supposed to have produced them. The
plumed itself on its knowledge. As a writer in the
result, which might have been expected, was Lhat
Kansas City Journal puts it: Lots of other people
in almost every instance mistakes were made, the
have worn out their gloves applauding offerings
work of comparatively unknown writers being as-
while laboring under a similar misapprehension of
cribed to the great masters of musical composition.
the extent of their own culture, even with helpful
In a few instances the reverse was true.. But the
program information before them.
experiment proved the fallacy, on the one hand,
Savage's Musical Attractions.
of "name worshipping" and, on the other, the
Among Henry W. Savage's musical attractions
extremely limited extent of knowledge on the part
next season will be "Little Boy Blue," which will
of even musically educated people.
The reports of the affair at least agree as to receive an early production. It is a musical com-
the truth of the assertion that after all "the music's
the thing." If a composition has merit, it is just
as meritorious whether it was written by Schu-
„ COMMENTS B Y - „
edy adapted from the German of Rudolph Schan-
zer and Karl Lindau. with music by Henri Bereny.
It will be given its Broadway premiere in October.
Another of Mr. Savage's early productions will
be "The Grape Girl," a romantic musical comedy
with libretto and lyrics by J. C. Harvey and score
by Gustav Luders; and "The Prince's Child," a
new operetta by Franz Lehar and his collabora-
teurs in "The Merry Widow." This piece has the
record of 200 nights' run in Vienna.
Another novelty which Mr. Savage has arranged
for an early production is a fantastical musical
comedy entitled "Somewhere Else," by Avery
Hopwood, author of "Nobody's Widow" and
"Seven Days." Mr. Hopwood is now in Europe,
and will return within the next fortnight to col-
laborate with Gustav Luders, the composer of
"The Prince of Pilsen," who is already engaged
working on the score for the Hopwod piece.
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