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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
THAT a similar campaign might be instituted to
advantage in other fields of music publishing.
THAT Lew Jones has succeeded Edward Mc-
Cauley as New England salesman for Jerome H.
Remick & Co.
THAT Tell Taylor has moved into the old Carl
Laemmle Music Co. quarters in the Regal building,
where he has increased«space and facilities.
THAT there are rumors of royalty dodging on
THAT it is often very hard to secure the inter- the part of a certain element among those who
make rolls and records for mechanical musical in-
polation of certain extra numbers in a promising
struments.
production.
THAT there is a strong probability of Lehar's
THAT it is even harder to see all the work go
"Gypsy Love" returning to New York for a run
for nothing when said production struggles along
after a remarkably successful season in Chicago.
for two weeks or so and then heads for the store-
THAT Chappell & Co., who publish the music
house.
of the piece, reports that it it in ever-growing
THAT a French composer claims that the smok-
demand.
ing of opium serves as a means for producing
THAT "Baron"' Trenck," the latest Fred C. Whit-
inspiration.
ney production, which has met with much success
THAT some of our local song writers and com-
in the cities in which it has already been seen, is
posers might try out the idea to advantage.
booked for an early production in New York.
THAT Hinds, Noble & Eldrcdge, publishers of
THAT Remick & Co. publish the music of the
the "Most Popular" music folios, is carrying on a
operetta.
strenuous war against price-cutters.
THAT "That Baboon Baby Dance" (Shapiro) is
THAT a number of large dealers have had their
proving one of the real hits of the season.
supply of "Most Popular" books cut off through
THAT Emma Carus, who has returned to vaude-
failure to adhere to the prices set down by the
ville, is singing the new Witmark success, "Lady
publishc s.
Angeline," with great success.
THAT A. H. Goetting, of Springfield, Mass., the
prominent publisher and jobber, is the publisher
of a dainty waltz, "Bitter Sweet," by William C.
Taylor, a successful piano man of that city.
THAT after a spell of unusual dulness business is
showing an improvement.
reise songs to Haslinger, the publisher, who pur-
chased them at 1 gulden apiece—that is, 20 cents
each. How could the most prolific writer exist on
such sums?"—Etude.
MREVIDVflEARS
Reason Known!
ORDERS FOR
MUSIC IN JAPAN AT PRESENT.
CENTURY EDITION
Interesting Description of the Present Situation
as Regards the Music of the Flowery King-
dom in Recent Book Published in England
—The Progress in 1,200 Years—Popular
Music of Japanese Approaches the Immoral
—Adopting the Music of the Occident.
are greater each week by
many thousands than ever
before. Everybody knows
the reason.
Hows your
stock ?
Century Music Pub. Go.
1178 Broadway
New York City
Oh! You Beautiiiil Doll
GREAT
Beautiful lyrics
and a dashing
melody that is
irresistible.
THE QUICKEST HIT IN YEARS
Jerome H. Remick & Co.
131 W. 41st St.
New York
68 Farrar St.
Detroit, Mich.
An interesting glimpse of the present condition
of music in Japan is given by Robert P. Porter
in his 789-page volume, "The Full Recognition of
Japan," just issued in England by the Oxford
Press. More than 1,200 years ago the Govern-
ment established a Bureau of Music for the pur-
pose of maintaining singers, dancers and flautists
to take part in Court Festivals and Buddhist ser-
vices. In feudal times the Shinto temple-dancers
and the Buddhist performers in No plays used the
best music as a means of emotional interpretation
of religion. There were Emperors wlio (like
Nero) practised music as cleverly as professionals.
Noble families were entrusted with the monopoly
of directing performances, and special kinds of
music became hereditary secrets. When feudal
prerogatives were abolished some forty years ago
the court music was in danger of dying by disuse,
and it only survived on ceremonial occasions of
religious character until by gradual and cautious
innovation it was mixed with Western alloy.
Besides this ancient and classical art there was
also a popular style concerning which Mr. Izawa
has written in a report of the education depart-
ment in language that makes one fancy him an
American censor writing about ragtime and
Broadway comedies:
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"The popular music of Japan has remained for
many centuries in the hands of the lowest and
most ignorant classes of society. It did not ad-
vance moral or physical culture, but was alto-
gether immoral in tone. It is against the moral
and social welfare of the community. It is against
the progress of the education of society. It is
against the introduction of good music into the
country.
But, unfortunately, all children are
taught this kind of music, even though they arc
not sent to school; and it is not uncommon for
people to refuse to listen to good music, but to
prefer such shameful music as that under consid-
eration."
The War Department was the first boldly to
accept foreign music. At first an English band-
master was engaged. Ten years later members
of the military band were sent to Paris to study,
and in 1883 a naval bandmaster brought German
thoroughness to the task of instruction. Thence-
forth progress in various fields of music was
rapid, with results culminating in the program
printed above. "The Japanese Government," in
the concluding words of Mr. Porter, "shows its
usual far-sighted wisdom by accepting the best
of both worlds."
When Sullivan wrote "The Mikado" and Puc-
cini his "Madame Butterfly,'' they introduced a
few Japanese melodies. But they did not go near-
ly as far as they should have gone in the painting
of local color by the use of the quaint tunes—
some of them very prc'.ty—and the exotic instru-
mental tints abounding in the Mikado's Empire.
We are evidently not so wideawake as the Jap-
anese are.
We haven't said anything
much about it, but "take a
tip" from us and just watch
"THAT
DRAMATIC RAG"
which was sung by WILLIE
WESTON at the Alhambra
Theatre with such tremendous
success. He also "put over"
that clever rag song
"BRASS BAND EPHRAHAM JONES"
"HONEY MAN" still insists
on being the "ONE BEST
SELLER" and if you had heard
it at the Colonial Theatre
this week you'd "know why."
LEO.
FEIST--NEW
YORK
A. H. GOETTING
MUSIC JOBBING
SERVICE
Why don't you. Mr. Dealer, buy ALL YOUR
MUSIC FROM ONE SOURCE^
No matter what music is wanted or how many
copies, simply send ONE ORDER to us, and the
music will be shipped to you on the day your order
is received.
Our prices are guaranteed to be the LOWEST,
u we won't be undersold by anyone. Send for
our Monthly Bargain List (free) and join th«
circle of money-making music dealers.
A.
H.
GOETTING
Springfield, Mass.
A. H. Goetting, 868 160 Wabaih Are., Chicago.
New York Music Supply Co., 1368 Broadway. N. Y.
Enterprise Muaic Supply Co., 149 W. 86th St., N. Y.
Coupon Music Co., 611 Washington St., Boston.
A. H. Goetting, 148 Yoaf St., Toronto. Can.