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THE: MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
FREE EDUCATION IN MUSIC
"THE RED WIDOW" IN CHICAGO.
For Adults, the Confessed Aim of a Number of
Lectures to Be Given in Public Schools Dur-
ing the Coming Season—Course Now Open.
Melodious Musical Comedy with Raymond
Hitchcock in for a Long Run at the Grand
Opera House.
"Free adult education in music" is the frankly con-
fessed aim of a surprising proportion of public lec-
tures resumed by the Board of Education in the sev-
eral boroughs of New York this week. On Monday
Miss Ethel Gentsch gave "Scotch Ballads" at 137th
street and Alexander avenue. Tuesday, at Wad-
leigh High School, 114th street and Seventh ave-
nue, Peter W. Dykema began a course on "Music
in the Life of the People" by telling "Why We
Like Music," and up in Public School 132, at 18'2d
street and W'adsworth avenue, Mrs. Mary Gregory
Murray started some "Searchlights in Modern
Study" with "The Simplicity of Music."
Besides these other Tuesday talks were on the
" Songs of Longfellow," by Arthur T. Brooks, il-
lustrated by the songs themselves, at St. Cornelius'
Church in West P'orty-sixth street, and also '"Folk
Songs of France," by Mrs. Borden Low, in Public
School 40, at Prospect avenue and Jennings street.
Two leading lecturers on Thursday were Mrs.
Mary Hill Brown at Public School 165, in West
108th street, where "The Valkyrie" began a course
on "Wagner," and Daniel Gregory Mason, at Mor-
ris High School, on the Boston road, began his
"Classic and Romantic Composers" with Haydn.
Downtown, "Folk Song and Art Song" was the
lecture by Miss Marie MacConnell, and the songs
were sung by Miss Mabel MacConnell at St.
Luke's Hall, Hudson and Grove streets. Then on
Friday Mrs. Murray repeated "The Simplicity of
Music" in Public School GG, at Eighty-eighth street
and First avenue. Miss Gentsch repeated her bal-
lads at De Witt Clinton High School, Fifty-ninth
street and Tenth avenue, and Mrs. Bartha Hirsch
appeared at Public School 132, at Beaumont ave-
nue and 183d street, in "Songs of the German
People."
BROWNOLD NOW SOLE OWNER.
(Special to The Review.)
Roanoke, Va., Oct. 7, 1912.
Max Brownold, of Brownold & Allemong, music
dealers, 112 Campbell avenue, has bought Mr.
Allemong's interest in the firm. Mr. Brownold
will continue to do business at 112 Campbell ave-
nue under the name of Brownold & Co.
Mr. Brownold came to Roanoke six years ago,
and soon became known in musical circles as an
exceptionally versed teacher in pianoforte. In 1909
he went into partnership with John E. Allemong
in the sheet music business, opening a store on
Commerce street, near the Virginia & Tennessee
telephone offices. About a year ago the firm
moved to its present place of business. Mr.
Brownold expects to have on sale sheet music of
every description.
McKINLEY MUSIC CO'S NEW HIT.
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OHYOUSATURDAYNIGHT!
"The Red Widow," the charming musical comedy
by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf, with
music by Charles J. Gebest, opened at the Grand
Opera House, Chicago, on October 6, and met with
an unusually brilliant reception from a large and
demonstrative audience. All the fascinating jingles
arid seductive melodies were well received and en-
cores were numerous. It is the kind of music that
Chicago takes to and hotel orchestras thrive on,
not to forget the boy on the street, who will soon
be whistling the catchy airs. For Mr. Hitchcock
there are several mirth provoking ditties, including
"I'm a Wonderful Man in Yonkers" and "I Will
Never Look at a Pretty Girl Again," and these
were encored again and again. "I Love You," the
haunting waltz theme that runs through the play
and the dainty jingle "We Will Go Go All Aglow
to Gogo" also caught the audience at first hand.
Others that found favor were "Just for You,"
"Never Mind Singing Just Dance, My Dear," "You
Can't Pay he Landlord with Love," "There Is No
Harm in That," "In Society It's Always Dress
Parade" and "The Nihilists." The chorus did its
numbers with a dash and there was never a dull
moment for each of the three acts. "The Red
Widow" is very welcome and will probably stay
at the Grand for many weeks. The production
was made by Messrs. Cohan and Harris and is an
eleborate one.
M. Witmark & Sons publish the music, including
a set of waltzes, selection and score.
JACOBS' NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Two New Instrumental Numbers by Thomas
S. Allen for Which Success Is Predicted.
Two new instrumental numbers of interesting
character have just been issued by Walter Jacobs,
the promient and successful publisher of Boston,
Mass. The numbers in question are "Solaret"
(Queen of Light), vatee ballet, and "Dance of the
Lunatics," "an idiotic rave," by the same composer
It is expected that "The Dance of the Lunatics"
will equal in popularity the same composer's for-
mer instrumental, "Dance of the Skeletons."
The Wang Doodle Four, in their act "Darktown
Music Teacher," are making a hit with the way
they are rendering Jerome & Schwartz's number,
"That Coontown Quartet," which is really the com-
ical feature of the act.
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Copyright Agreement Between United States
and Hungary Goes Into Effect Next Week—
Some of the Provisions of the Arrangements.
Following a conference between representatives
of the United States and Hungary held early this
year, a plan of reciprocal legal protection in re-
gard to copyright was decided upon and the fol-
lowing articles drawn up and approved by both
countries. The new agreement goes into effect
on October 10, 1912, ratifications having been ex-
changed on September 16:
lARTICLE 1.
Authors who are citizens or subjects of one oi
the two countries or their assigns shall enjoy in
the other country, for their literary, artistic, dra-
matic, musical and photographic works (whether
unpublished or published in one of the two coun-
tries) the same rights which the respective laws
do now or may hereafter grant to natives.
The above provision includes the copyright con-
trol of mechanical musical reproductions.
ARTICLE 2.
The enjoyment and the exercise of the rights se-
cured by the present convention are subject to the
performance of the conditions and formalities pre-
scribed by the laws and regulations of the country
where protection is claimed under the present con-
vention; such enjoyment and such exercise are in-
dependent of the existence of protection in the
country of origin of the work.
ARTICLE 3.
The term of copyright protection granted by the
present convention shall be regulated by the law
of the country where protection is claimed.
ARTICLE 4.
The present convention shall be ratified and the
ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as
soon as possible.
ARTICLE 5.
The present convention shall be put in force one
month after the exchange of ratifications, and
shall remain in force until the termination of a
year from the day on which it may have been de-
nounced.
DIDN'T ANNOUNCE THE SUBJECT.
Sam H. Speck, of Remick's, was seen in earnest
conversation with a solemn-appearing individual
one day last week, with the solemn one doing most
of the talking for an hour or more. When the
visitor had finally left Johann Schmid asked Speck
what his friend was talking about for so long.
"I don't know," said Speck, ''he didn't say."
NOW PLAYING IN NEW YORK
Three Big Musical Successes.
At the N. Y. Hippodrome
"Under Many Flags"
Conceived by Arthur Voegtlin.
Book by Carroll Fleming.
Music and Lyrics by Manuel Klein.
At the Park Theatre
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"My Best Girl"
Book and Lyrics by Channing Pollock and Rennold
Wolf.
Music by Clifton Crawford and Augustus Barratt.
At the Casino
"The Merry Countess"
Book by Gladys Unger. Lyrics by Arthur Anderson.
Music by Johann Strauss.
All the Music Now Ready.
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