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THE: MUSIC TRADE
NEW PRODUCTIONS FOR SHUBERTS.
Lee Shubert Announces That He Has Signed
Up a Number of Plays and Musical Comedies
for Production Here.
Lee Shubert, head of Sam S. & Lee Shubert, Inc.,
the big producers, returned from Europe last week
after some time spent in the signing up of various
plays and musical comedies for production in this
country in the near future. Mr. Shubert visited
London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna and viewed what
was considered the best in the line of entertain-
ment in each of those cities.
Upon his return Mr. Shubert announced that
among other things he had made a new contract
with Gaby Deslys to appear at the Winter Garden
next season. He also stated that other contracts
executed in London give the Shuberts the American
rights to a musical comedy entitled "The Perfume
Shop." "The Perfume Shop" is by Cosmo Gordon
Lennox, and Leslie Stuart is to write the music.
Mr. Stuart is also at work on a two-act operetta
for the Winter Garden. Mr. Shubert also obtained
the American rights to Gladys Unger's .new musical
piece, "Nightbirds/ which is now running at the
Lyric Theater in London. Mme. Fritzi Scheff is
to assume the principal role in the New York
presentation.
One of the contracts closed in Berlin was for
the American rights to "Liebe Augustine," the
new operetta by Leo Fall, composer of "The Dollar
Princess." Mr. Shubert also purchased the English
and American rights to Carl Roessler's comedy
"Five Frankfurters."
REVIEW
Song of Spite," are charming and original in both
music and lyrics and much is expected of them.
The three numbers are handsomely printed, with
a special and elaborate cover design and are gen-
erally most attractive.
tra and the management and the result was ihat
the rehearsals had to suffer even at the danger of
spoiling the finished performance of the opera.
A NEW COMPOSITION BY PUCCINI.
GREAT DEMAND FOR "PIROUETTE."
M. (iiacomo Puccini is working on a new opera.
He is putting into music a Spanish comedy which,
New Pas Seul by Composer of "In the Shadows"
for the last two years, under the title of "Genio
Just Published.
allegro," has been a great success on the Italian
stage, and which has been written with the col-
M. Witmark & Sons have recently issued a new laboration of Messrs. Serafino and Joaquino Al-
instrumental number entitled "Pirouette." It is a varez Quintero.
pas seul of rare brilliancy, and already an estab-
The heroine of the play is a young woman be-
lished favorite with many of the leading orches-
longing to the aristocracy, who disturbs by her
tras and bands throughout this and other coun-
charming but free manners the rigorous society in
tries, while a number of vaudeville acts are using
which she lives.
it with great success.
"Pirouette" was composed by Herman Finck, the
musical director of the Palace Theater, London,
England, who won a worldwide reputation for his
Big Audience Marks the Close of Long Run at
delightful instrumental number, "In the Shadows,"
the Astor Theater.
and is declared by some the most tuneful compo-
sition from the pen of this composer.
"The Red Widow," with Raymond Hitchcock,
Maurice Levy and his celebrated orchestra are
•closed
a long and prosperous run at the Astor
still entertaining the guests at Churchill's with
Theater
on Saturday night of February 24, to
renditions of this unique dance.
make a tour of the principal cities throughout the
The dealers report a rapidly increasing demand
country. All the popular song hits and jingles
for this number.
were encored with unusual enthusiasm at the last
performance. The haunting waltz theme, "I Love
You, Dear," the audience hummed at first hand.
Hitchcock's songs, "I'm a Wonderful Man in Yon-
F. C. Whitney's production- of "Baron Trenck," kers" and "I Will Never Look at a Pretty Girl
an operetta by Felix Albini, with an English book Again," were applauded to the echo, the star re-
by Henry Blossom and lyrics by Fred F. Schrader, sponding with a witty speech. All the other fa-
will follow "Sumurun" at the Casino Theater, vorite song's, including "We Will Go All Aglow
opening there on Monday evening, March 11. The to Gogo," "Just for You," "Never Mind Singing,
piece has been seen in several of the larger cities Just Dance, My Dear," "You Can't Pay the Land-
this season with great success and was produced
Real Merit of the Songs Combined with Great
lord with Love," "There Is No Harm in That,"
in London last year. The cast will include Fritz "In Society It's Always Dress Parade,' 1 "The Ni-
Tenor's Name Win Success.
Sturmfels, from the Opera, Leipsic; Blanche Duf- hilists" and "When Woman Is the Question,''
field,
John Slavin, Ethel De Fre Houston, Pacie
Leo Feist has been in receipt of numerous and
found the same favor as heretofore. "The Red
hearty congratulations from his friends in the Ripple, Charles E. Galegher, Perle Barti, Vivian Widow' 1 returns to the city March 10 for one week
trade and the profession owing to the fact of his Weadon and Michael Lewis. The orchestra will at the Grand Opera House, after which the play
be conducted by Antonio de Novellis. J. H. Rem- is booked for a run in Philadelphia.
securing the publishing rights for the compositions
ick & Co. publish the score, which is already in
of Enrico Caruso, the world famous grand opera
The book and lyrics of "The Red Widow" are
great demand.
tenor, following the latter's decision to enter the
by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf. Chas. J.
new field of endeavor. The first of the new Ca-
Gebest composed the music. M. Witmark & Sons
ruso songs, "Dreams of Long Ago," which has
NO MUSTACHES! NO MUSIC!
publish it.
been featured in "The Million," the successful
Mascagni, the great composer, found that h\>
Savage production, has, through the combination
of the intrinsic worth of the song itself and the personally conducted production of "Cavalleri:i
GREWSOME FRENCH OPERA.
fame of the composer, proven an excellent seller, Rusticana" at the London Hippodrome, which wa=.
scheduled for last Monday night, was not destined
Men Dancing with a Corpse Its Central Sensa-
and the demands from the dealers have been of
to be one uninterrupted triumph, for, among other
tion—The Latest Trend of French Art.
steady and increasing volume. The other two Ca-
ruso numbers, "The Forsaken Window" and "The things, the musicians imported from Italy for the
occasion rose in their wrath when informed that
''Les Trois Masques," a lyric drama, by Isidore
their mustaches would have to be sacrificed, and
de Lara and Charles Mere, was produced recently
promptly struck. Other troubles beset the orches-
at Marseilles with considerable success. It is the
"THE RED WIDOW" TAKES THE ROAD.
"BARON TRENCK" COMING.
CARUSO'S SONGS PROVE POPULAR.
EVERYBODY'S
SINGING IT
The Great Novelty Song
"Lady Angeline"
Words by DAVE REED
Music by GEORGE CHRISTIE
Composer of "BABY ROSE."
Live Dealers will have a good supply
of this number on hand.
P u b l i s h e d by
M. WITMARK & SONS
Naw York
Chicago
San Francisco
London Paris
Victor Kremer Co.,
Publishers of
" L I T T L E PUFF OF SM0KE,G00D NIGHT"
"HONEY SAL"
"SING ME AN IRISH COME-ALL-YE"
"RAGGED EDGES"
"MOTHER"
"WHY DON'T THE DAND PLAY DIXIE"
Victor Kremer Co.,
WORLD WIDE HIT
Down By The Old Midstream
Every dealer should have it; also,
"DAVY JONES AND HIS MONOPLANE"
"WHEN WE WERE SWEETHEARTS"
"BUCKWHEAT CAKES"
"FARE-THEE-WELL"
Order from your Jobber, or,
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Grand Opera House Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL.
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BOSTON
Publi$hers
WALTER JACOBS
167 Tremont St.,
BOSTON, MASS.
Publisher of
"Kiss of Spring." "Some Day When Drtarns Com* Trut."
And Some Others World Famous
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"EDITION WOOD"
BOSTON
NEW YORK
340 Summer S t
88 East 90th S t
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Gaiety Theatre Bldg., 685 Washington St., Boston. Mass.
Publisher o f
"CHICKEN REEL." "SCENTED ROSES" WALTZES.
And Many Others
OLIVER
DITSON
COMPANY
BOSTON
NEW YORK
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