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for that purpose. One of his most successful num- Wagnerian in character, is considered to interpret
bers has been "Honey Man," the great Feist hit, admirably the morbid horror of the tale.
with which he more than "makes good" on all oc-
casions. "Honey Man" capably played on the ac-
cordion possesses new charms for the audiences.
MREVIEWflEARS
OPERA BASEDJ)N LEPROSY.
THAT the Weber and Fields Jubilee offered prac-
tically an open field for interpolations.
THAT several music publishers succeeded in
A dispatch from Paris states that "La Lepreuse," turning the opportunity to advantage.
THAT "If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews,"
an opera by Henry Bataille and Sylvio Lazzari,
produced at the Opera Comique, has made a con- by Jerome & Schwartz, and published by them,
which was sung at the Weber and Fields show by
siderable sensation from the startling character of
John T. Kelly, appears to be the real hit of the
the plot, which has revived the old question of
how far horrible and morbid themes are suitable piece.
THAT general regret has been expressed at the
subjects for dramatic treatment
death of Ted S. Marks, who had many friends in
It is generally agreed that there have been few
the music publishing trade.
more unpleasant plays seen on the Paris stage than
this, which deals with leprosy. From the rise till
THAT Viennese operettas have taken the final
the fall of the curtain the piece calls forth expres-
step. They have entered the vaudeville field in
sions of disgust and admiration in equal force. It
tabloid form.
is recognized as being, at all events, an extremely
THAT one music publisher claims that he lias
brilliant piece of work, and the climax, when the "made" $12,000 or thereabouts during the past sea-
girl resolves to enslave forever the man she loves
son by not securing the publishing rights of a
by infecting him with her own disease, is ac- quartet of musical comedies and operettas that
claimed as one of the most powerful situations ever
were offered to him.
presented.
THAT if dealers handed out orders in the man-
The music of Sylvio Lazzari, which is very
ner that some publishers give away regular sets
of music there would be one long reign of pros-
perity.
THAT Edgar Selden contemplates re-entering the
music publishing field at the head of his own com-
pany. That the Edgar Selden Publishing & Pro-
ducing Co. will be the title of the new concern,
with offices in Times Square.
THAT the wails regarding low prices and small
profits has not deterred a number of daring spirits
from venturing upon the sea of music publishing
recently.
THAT some of them soon discover storm clouds
that they never thought existed.
THAT F. H. Burt should incorporate his letters
to salesmen in a volume of "ginger talks."
THAT "Hitting the Hot Iron by Mail" would be
Thats what the "Evening
a good title.
M a i l , " New York's best
THAT the tailenders, the fellows who take ad-
evening paper, has to say
vantage of the popularity of a song to introduce .".
about the famous
"ringer," are still much in evidence.
THAT a list of recent cases would make interest-
ing reading.
THAT judging from the manner in which vari-
TEN CENT SHEET MUSIC
ous houses are grabbing foreign operettas, the
proper salutation will soon be, "Have you a little
Viennese operetta in your catalog?"
Presented in Paris and the Daring Treatment
of the Subject Startles Even Parisians.
THAT FRENCH SOCIETY AGAIN.
American Composer Exposes Some of the
Methods of That Body—Gets Ninety Cents'
Royalty in Two Months—Shades of Departed
Composers Share in Receipts.
Since the French Society of Authors, Composers
and Publishers of Music settled in our midst and
began to collect royalties, as they found they could,
from singers of single songs which had been writ-
ten by members of the society, protest has been
made from nearly every quarter, and now a com-
plaint has come from a composer who himself is a
member of the society.
Blair Fairchild, an American composer, who has
written many symphonic and chamber works, be-
sides a large .r.imber of songs, most of which have
been published in France, recently told a reporter
for the New York Times some astonishing facts
in regard to the situation. He said that he, finding
that the society worked against the success of his
works rather than for them, had attempted to re-
sign, but had found this impossible, and, as a
lawyer informed him, illegal, the society retaining
his power of attorney. He also communicated the
information that it is not the composer who makes
any money out of his royalties accruing from per-
formances of his works.
"It might naturally be supposed that some
reasonable advantage would accrue to the member
EASILY!
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at any price."
CENTURY EDITION
Century Music Pub. Co.
1178 Broadway
New York City
Mission Bells
The Latest Instrumental
Novelty
BY
NEW HARRIS NUMBERS
Just Placed on the Market—To Be a Good Year
for High Class Ballads.
Chas. K. Harris, whose fame as a song writer
and composer lies in his ballads, and who has
stuck to the ballad proposition through thick and
thin w r ith noteworthy success, is of the opinion
that the present year of 1912 is going to prove the
real big year for that class of song, and has re-
cently put on the market three new compositions
of his own of that character which have already
attracted considerable attention and incidentally a
goodly number of orders. The new Harris songs
are "That Swaying Harmony," "Take Me to Your
Heart Again," and "Tell Me a Beautiful Story."
A New Favorite with Teacher and Pupil
Whitney Warner Co.
131 West 41st Street
NEW YORK
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Yes, the real "Caruso"!
Enrico Caruso, the world's
greatest tenor, has composed
a popular song! It is
being featured in Henry W.
Savage's successful produc-
tion "THE MILLION" by Paul
Kerr.
The song is entitled
"DREAMS OF LONG AGO"
The unusual amount of
publicity given this song
has already created a de-
mand for it throughout the
country. Thousands of
copies have already been
sold in the City of New York,
and we anticipate that
hundreds of thousands of
copies will be sold within
a few months!
Known everywhere.
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LEO. F E I S T - - N E W Y O R K
A. H. GOETTING
MARIE LOUKA
A Descriptive Tone Poem for Piano
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