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THE
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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Conducted by B. B. Wilson
CHICAGO PUBLISHERS ACTIVE
Press Club
Entertained.
TO REVIVEJDLD SONG.
The members of the Chicago Press Club were
Jose Collins Will Give Her Mother's Famous
In Developing and Pushing Songs to Success
entertained last week by J. Aldrick Libbey and
"Ta-ra-ra-Boom-De-Ay" at Winter Garden.
—New Western Manager for Shapiro Music
Katherine Trayer, who were appearing last week
Pub. Co.—Music Publishers in Contest—In
at the Apollo Theater. Mr. Libby is the man
Vaudeville to Boost Songs—Other Recent
who popularized Chas. K. Harris' "After the
Jose Collins, one of the principals at the Winter
News of the Trade.
Ball" almost a score of years ago. In his ap- Garden, is going to have a new song number—
pearance at the Press Club Mr. Libbey, by re- "Ta-ra-ra-Boom-De-Ay"—made famous by her
(Special to The Review.)
quest, sang the one-time favorite again.
mother, Lottie Collins, twenty years ago. Miss
Chicago, 111., March 18, 1912.
Collins has the original score of the song, and
• With plenty of live material to work upon the
has had a copy made of the dress and the big
EMMA CARUS AND HER FOUR SONGS.
local music publishers and their assistants, es-
picture hat worn by her mother when she ap-
pecially in the professional departments, are not
peared at the old Standard Theater here. New
Emma Carus, the prominent singer and erst-
letting the grass grow under their feet in the while musical comedy star, who is at present ap-
lyrics are being written to fit the air.
matter of pushing their songs to success wher- pearing in vaudeville in and around New York
Miss Collins has never sung this song in pub-
ever possible. Some publishers are placing their
lic, although she made an attempt at it on the
with great success, has aroused much enthusiasm
songs in the Sunday papers as supplements; through her rendering of four Jerome & Schwartz
opening night of "Vera Violetta" at the Winter
others are sending their professional peopl? over
Garden, and had to give up because she could not
songs. Her rendering of "Pots and Pans" and
the vaudeville circuits, while the remainder are
remember the words.
putting forth their best efforts to have their lead-
ing numbers placed in productions and vaudeville
ROYALTIES ON "ELEKTRA,"
acts.
Shapiro's New Western
Manager.
Though the Author Has Been Dead for Twenty-
three Centuries, French Society of Authors
Still Wants to Declare Itself In.
Sig. Bosley has recently been appointed West-
ern manager of the Shapiro Music Publishing Co.,
succeeding G. Walter Brown. The Shapiro Co.
has now placed upon the market "The Gaby
Glide," which, during Gaby Deslys' visit to Amer-
ica, was reserved for her use.
Although Sophocles. died twenty-three centuries
ago, the French Socjejy of Authors is exacting a
royalty upon the production of "Elektra" at the
Chalelet Theater, much to the astonishment of
Raymond ...Duncan, the producer, who protested
that in this case the author has been dead since -.
the-/'9fflf' Olympiad, and has left no widow or heirs,
says a dispatch to the New York Times* from
Paris. The society agreed that this was so, and
went so far as to reduce the royalty from 10
per cent, of the receipts to 2 per cent. But it ; i
would not concede an inch further. Its motive*"!
is jealousy of the great dead.
"If all the works whose copyright has expired
could be played gratis," the Authors' Society says,
"the theater managers would play nothing else."
So that Sophocles lias become the victim of the
most up-to-date trade unionism.
To Be at Household Show.
The Jerome H. Remick Co. has secured the
exclusive privilege of selling and singing songs
at the First Household Show, to be held at the
Coliseum May 2 to 12. Billy Thompson, Chi-
cago manager, will have charge of the Remick
booth, and he has engaged the Loos brothers,
Sidney Lachmann and Charles A. Hay for his
singers.
Jerome H. Remick, head of the Remick Co.,
of New York, is expected to visit Chicago next
week.
Music
Publishers' Contest.
Fourteen local and locally represented music
publishers are enrolled in the music publishers'
contest which closes at the Jefferson Theater, 55th
and Lake streets, next week. Proprietor Gallos,
of the theater, instituted the contest as a novel
entertainment and offers a large and elegant silver
loving cup to the publisher whose music proves
the most popular with the audiences. The win-
ner is to be determined by the patrons of the
theater by ballot. Coupons are given with each
admission ticket, and these coupons are good for
one vote. To the publisher who receives the most
votes will be given the cup. The contest has
been running since March 11.
To Boost Own Productions.
Jules Von Tilzer, of the New York Music Co.,
will leave Monday for a six weeks' tour in vaude-
ville for the purpose of boosting the New York
Music Co.'s publications. Assisted by a. pianist
and another singer he does an eighteen-minute
"song-o-log" in which he draws special attention
to the songs, but does it in such a way that the
audience does not suspect that he is advertising.
He opens at Grand Rapids. Milwaukee, Minne-
apolis, Davenport and St. Louis will follow.
Geary in New York City.
Tom L. Geary, professional manager of the
Harold Rossiter Music Co., is in New York City
on business. Blanche Ring, in "The Wall Street
Girl," is using the song "Come With Me to
Spoony Land," which is one of the Rossiter
productions, and while in the East Mr. Geary
probably will arrange to have some of the later
Rossiter song's used by Miss Ring.
Harold Rossiter recently moved his headquar-
ters to the fourth floor of the Vlochos building,
221 West Madison street, where he has the entire
floor of 8,500 square feet. "The month of Feb-
ruary was the best in the history of my business,"
said Mr. Rossiter.
COLORS TOJHATCH TONES.
EMMA CARUS.
"Rum Turn Tiddle'' was especialy pleasing, the
other two numbers being "Coontown Quartet" and
"Irish Band."
These successful writers have also written new
songs for Blanche Ring and Fay Templeton.
CHAS. K. HARRIS' LATEST STUNT.
Chas. K. Harris has just issued for general
distribution an attractive souvenir post card
album containing reproductions of the cover de-
signs and themes of four of the most recent suc-
cesses by that famous composer. The songs
specially featured include "That Swaying Har-
mony," "Tell Me a Beautiful Story, 1 ' "Fairy Moon"
and the latest Harris hit "Take Me to Your Arms
Again." Included in the album is a list of all the
most prominent Harris successes since "After the
Ball." The cards are bound in an attractive cover
and are so arranged that they may be readily
detached for mailing separately.
Scriabine, the strangely-minded Russian com-
poser of fantastic music, has invented a "clavier
a lumiere," which enables the performer—or should
it be the operator?—to turn on lights of different
colors to match the tones. The composer is still a
little uncertain as to the precise adjustment of the
two, but he will use his "clavier" in the perform-
ance of his new tone-poem, "Prometheus."
P. S.—Guess a Scotch plaid effect would be the
proper thing for ragtime.
Not a Hit that will die but a seller that will live
I WILL LOVE YOU WHEN
THE SILVER THREADS ARE
SHINING AMONG THE GOLD
FROHMAN GETS "SUNSHINE GIRL.'
Tt is announced that the American rights to
"The Sunshine Girl," the musical comedy which
was produced by George Edwardes on February
24 at the Gaiety Theater, London, and is having a
successful run there, have been obtained by
Charles Frohman, who will present the piece in
New York early next season. The music is by
Paul A. Rubens and the book by Cecil Raleigh.
Chappell & Co. publish the music, which is already
in considerable demand.
ROGER LEWIS
E HENRI KLICKMAN
Frank K.Root Q Co.
CHICAGO
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