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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Conducted by B. B. Wilson
WHAT KIND OF SONGS TO WRITE.
"THE MILITARY GIRL"
NUMBERS IN NEW PRODUCTION.
Chicago Publishers Give Some Views and Tell
What Qualities Make a Good Song.
Title of New Musical Production for Lean and
Holbrook—Book, Lyrics and Music by Cecil
Lean—Management W . K. Ziegfeld—Pub-
lishers M. Witmark & Sons.
Chapped & Co. Publishers of Three Prominent
Numbers in "The Girl from Montmartre"—
Walter Eastman Delays Return.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., July 29, 1912.
A representative of The Review last week inter-
viewed a number of Chicago music publishers, put-
ting to them this question :
"What kind of a composition would you like to
have submitted to you?"
"One that would take," they all admitted, and
then to the question, ''What will take?" there were
various answers.
. Said the author of a number of popular songs
which have had remarkable runs: "Always a love
song, not necessarily a ballad, and be sure that it
is new. We look for clever ideas for a song the
same as the story writer does for a story. Any
old tune that's full of love terms will not do.
There are too many of that sort now. Love will
always be the basis for good songs, but it must
be treated in a novel manner. Get a 'reason' into
the love if it's no more than 'because
' but if
you get a sensible reason into a declaration of love
and treat it in unique catchy prashing the proba-
bilities are the song will take if other defects do
not kill it. The 'reason' song is explained by
Rossiter's 'You Can't Expect Kisses.' The story
of it goes that you can't expect kisses from me
if you give all your love to the other girls."
Another song writer says: "Write a ballad on
an original idea, give it a new setting, and phrase
it in unhackneyed terms. In his new composition,
'Longing,' Jean Walz has illustrated the catchy
rhymes both on the first and last words, and be-
sides has a peculiar collection of accents that make
it stand out strong. The phrasing in both verses
is given here:
.i .* * * Strong for you. By love's art you
taught my heart to long for you.'
<. <* * * Charms to woo, ever eager to be-
leaguer harms to you.' "
'As important if not more so than the things he
should do are the things he should not do," says
Walz. "First, he should have an idea, but then
he mustn't smother this with 'lovely blue eyes,'
'golden hair' and 'smiles divine' if he wants to
make a big hit. This is all old. It was worn out
long ago, and if the writer must sing about eyes
and hair and lips let it be in some less hackneyed
term than these."
JOINS JEROME & SCHWARTZ.
Eddie Weston, recently a member of the success-
ful vaudeville trio of Weston, Fields and Carroll,
has severed his connection with the trio to become
professional representative for the Jerome &
Schwartz Publishing Co. Mr. Weston is well
known in the music trade, having been for years
identified with the prominent music publishers of
the country in their profesional departments.
NEW TABLOID MUSICAL COMEDY.
Three of the successful numbers in the new
"The Military Girl" is the attractive title of a
musical comedy, "The Girl from Montmartre,"
new song play in two acts which will receive 'its
first public hearing shortly in Chicago. It has which opened at the Criterion Theater, New York,
on Monday night and scored a big success, are
"When I Lost You," by Paul A. Rubens, and "Half
Past Two" and "Polly and the Polka," by Howard
Talbot, all of which are published by Chappell &
Co., Ltd.
Walter Eastman, manager of the New York and
Toronto branches of Chappell & Co., who is at
present in England visiting the headquarters of the
company, and who planned to return in time for
the opening of "The Count of Luxembourg" at At-
lantic City later an the month, is not expected
home now until the first of September.
TO WRITE BULL MOOSE MUSIC.
Rudolph Aronson Looking After
the Campaign.
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Melody of
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, Aug. 5, 1912.
Rudolph Aronson, the composer, arrived at the
Congress from New York to-night to attend the
National Progressive convention. Mr. Aronson
Lean and Holbrook.
composed the official campaign marches for Roose-
velt in 1904 entitled "Our President," and for Taft
been written expressly to exploit the talents of
in 1908 entitled "The Man of the Hour."
those popular stars, Cecil Lean and Florence Hol-
"My loyalty and admiration of Col. Roosevelt
brook, identified so long and successfully with and his principles are unflinching," he said. «"I
"Bright Eyes." Mr. Lean wrote the book, lyrics
am to write and dedicate to him the words and
and music.
music for orchestra and military band of a march
The musical numbers in "The Military Girl" are describing the stirring events of the campaign. I
said to be unusually tuneful and several big song
am also to try to get all the theatrical and musical
hits are confidently expected. The production will
folks to stand by Roosevelt."
be made under the management of W. K. Ziegfeld.
M. Witmark & Sons publish the music.
ENJOYS VACATION IN MAINE.
TO PUBLISH 'TOLLIES OF 1912."
The score of Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1912," which
has recently been completed and which is scheduled
for early production, will be published by Chas. K.
Harris, and judging from the character of the new
work and the success of its predecessors it is about
as certain of success ?,s a musical comedy dare to
be when the fickle public is considered. The music
of' the new "Follies" is by Raymond Hubbell and
the lyrics and book by Harry B. Smith.
J. H. REMICK & CO. BUSY MOVING.
J. H. Remick & Co. this week began in earnest
the work of removing to the new home of the
company on Forty-sixth street near Broadway, and
it) is confidently expected that the work will be
completed within the next week or so. After many
delays the new quarters ?xe now ready for occu-
pancy, and the managers of the various depart-
ments are very glad of the opportunity for getting
settled before the fall activity is too much in
evidence.
Johann C. Schmid has just completed the music
for a new tabloid musical comedy, "The Love-
birds," which will be produced in vaudeville at an
early date. The book lyrics of the piece are by
Herbert Thomson. The score, which will be pub-
lished by Jerome H. Remick & Co., is said to con-
tain several numbers of exceptional merit, among
them being a fetching waltz.
Al Goldfinger, who for some time recently was
in charge of the Chicago office of Chas. K. Harris,
will shortly open a large music store in San Fran-
cisco, and while in New York made arrangements
to represent several music publishers in the Pacific
Coast territory.
A lock of Beethoven's hair is owned by Frau
Alfred von Heyne in Berlin. It was given to her
by her father, the famous tenor. Theodor Wachtel.
He had obtained it from the singer Cramolini, who
was a friend of Beethoven and cut it off imme-
diately after the composer's death.
Melville J. Gideon, the writer of many American
song sucesses, who has been in England for some
time, has, according to ^reports, been engaged by
the management of the Alhambra, London, to as-
sist in writing the new revue to be produced at
that theater.
Ted S. Barron, general manager of the Jerome
& Schwartz Publishing Co., has recently returned
from a few weeks' vacation 'mid the woods of
Maine. Mr. Barron while away collected an un-
usual amount of tan and sunburn, and it is also
said that he has developed more ginger to help
keep the house of Jerome & Schwartz up to the
reputation it established last season for putting
over song hits.
Well, it's nearing the time for the would-be hits
to make good.
Not a Hit that will die but a seller that will live
I WILL LOVE YOU WHEN
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