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THE
NEW PUBLISHERS IN CLEVELAND.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
PLEASED WITH RESULT OF SUIT.
general and has already been placed in use by
many prominent acts.
Fred Heltman Co. Incorporated with Capital British Publishers and Composers Consider
Jack Haskell and Dorothy Wright, who have
That
Decision
of
Court
in
Cases
of
Rubens
Stock of $10,000 for the Purpose of Taking
met
with much success over the various vaudeville
and Monckton vs. Pathe Freres Pathephone,
Over and Expanding the Music Publishing
circuits
of this country, sailed for London this
Ltd., in the Light of a Victory.
Business of Fred Heltman in That City.
week for the purpose of filling contracts to appear
The suit of Paul A. Rubens and Lionel Monck- in many of the prominent music halls in that
(Special to The Review.)
ton
against Pathe Freres Pathephone, Ltd., to re- country. The team is using three of the Jerome
Cleveland, O., Jan. 18, 1913.
strain
the latter from making or selling, except
The Fred Heltman Co. has been incorporated
under
certain
conditions, records reproducing four
in this city, with capital stock of $10,000, for the
songs by the former and a waltz by the latter, and
purpose of publishing the musical compositions of
in which the court gave judgment for the defend-
Fred Heltman and others. The incorporators of
the new company are: Fred Heltman, A. H. ants, as was referred to in The Review
A N j-
flFRTRUDE HOFFMANNS' r *"v, . r ^
BROADWAY TO PARIS
Eastman, E. H. Wolf, Julius Bloomberg and B. T. last week, is viewed by the composers and es-
Paddock. The new company will take over the pecially by Chappell & Co., Ltd., their publishers,
music publishing business of Fred Heltman in as a distinct victory for the plaintiffs, in that the
this city and maintain offices at 746 Euclid avenue. court, in handing down its decision, upheld several
The first number to be placed on the market by of the claims made by those bringing the action.
One of the most important points of the suit
the new concern is a ballad by Conley Foster and
was the legality of the Board of Trade regulations
Fred Heltman, entitled "Every Girl Was Meant
for Someone," and which will be strongly featured. regarding the placing of stamps on records for the
purpose of insuring the payment of royalties, which
point was upheld by the court. British publishers
IVAN CARYLL IN NEW YORK.
insure the payment of royalties to composers by
Composer of "Oh! Oh! Delphine," and "The having the latter stamp personally, usually with
Pink Lady," Comes to Confer with Klaw & their names, a specified number of copies of the
Erlanger Regarding New Production f o r music as it is required to meet demands. When
a copy is found for sale that does not bear a
Which He Is Composing the Music.
stamp it is regarded as prima facie evidence that
the royalty has not been paid the composer on that
Ivan Caryll, for many years the musical director
of the Gaiety Theater, London, and who is better particular copy of music. The object of the stamps
known in this country as the composer of "Oh! issued under the Board of Trade regulations, and
Oh! Delphine," "The Pink Lady" and other suc- which are paid for in advance by record manufac-
cessful operettas, arrived in New York on Satur- turers, is to bring about such a guarantee of the
& Schwartz C<>. songs as the features oi its ;icK
day on the "Kaiserin Auguste Victoria," for the payment of royalties in the matter of mechanical
including "There's One in a Million Like You,"
purpose of conferring with Klaw & Erlanger re- reproductions of copyrighted music.
"You're the Girl" and "When the Henry Clay
In the matter of claims regarding the payment of
garding the new musical play, "The Little Cafe,"
Comes Steaming Into Mobile Bay."
from the original by Tristan Bernard by C. M. S. royalties on music reproduced and which was pub-
Elphye Snowden and Earl Benham, who are
McLellan, and for which he is writing the music. lished before the new copyright act went into
appearing on the "big time," are also using
effect,
the
court
also
made
some
interesting
rulings
Mr. Caryll will remain in this country for less
"There's One in a Million Like You."
that are pleasing to the music publishers of Great
than two weeks and will then return to the south
Britain.
of France for the purpose of completing his score.
Y0URE THE GIRL
TELLS OF "FATHER O'FLYNN."
WINTER GARDENJHIT RELEASED.
Mr. A. Perceval Graves, the author of "Father
DEATH OF HENRY G. CHAPMAN.
O'Flynn," lecturing at the University College of
"You're the Girl" Being Used by Some Prom-
North Wales on "Songs of Old Ireland," explained
The death is announced of Henry Grafton Chap-
inent Acts—Other Jerome & Schwartz Songs
how the song came to be written. While a clerk
man, for many years a prominent lawyer, editor
Heard in Vaudeville.
at the Home Office he happened to be strolling
and linguist, which occurred Friday, at 119 Madi-
son avenue, New York. He had been engaged by
The Jerome & Schwartz Publishing Co.'s suc- across one of the London parks, when the words
the music firm of G. Schirmer to translate foreign cessful number, "You're the Girl," which was one of the song came into his head. He wrote them
out and sent them to the Spectator, where they
songs and libretti for them.
of the feature numbers in the Gertrude Hoffman
were published. Ten years afterwards they were
show, "Broadway to Paris," which ends its long
set to music, and Sir Charles Santley made the
season
at
the
Winter
Garden
this
week,
has
been
WIFE OF MUSIC_PUBLISHER DIES.
song the success it became. "I have been wor-
released recently for the use of the profession in
ried by the song ever since," Mr. Graves added,
Mrs. Louise Helmiok, wife of the head of the
"and I believe they called me Father O'Flynn as
Globe Music Publishing Co., this city, died at her
MILLION COPY HIT
though I knew nothing else but 'Father O'Flynn.' *
home on Monday evening from the effects of a
fall down stairs which resulted in a fractured
skull. She was sixty-four years old.
Also New Hita
Down By The Old Millstream
The music publishers' contests are great for free
entertainment.
McKINLEY MUSIC CO'S NEW HIT.
New WHEN WE WERE SWEETHEARTS New
New
UNDER THE OLD OAK TREE New
New
WAY DOWN SOUTH
New
New
RAG RAG RAG
New
New
THAT SUBWAY RAG
New
New
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY New
TELL TAYLOR, MUSIC
OHYDUSATURDAYNIGHT!
NEW YORK
At the Globe Theater
"The
Lady of the Slipper"
Book by Ann Caldwell and Lawrence McCarty.
Lyrics by Tames O'Dea.
Music by Victor Herbert-
PUBLISHER
IVMJSIC FROM
BOSTON
Publishefs
16T Tremont St.,
BOSTON, MASS.
Publisher of
"Kiss of Spring," "Some Day When Dreams Come True,"
And Some Others World Famous.
DITSON
At the Lyric Theater
"All Book and For
the Ladies"
Lyrics by Henry Blossom.
Music by Alfred G. Robyn.
At the N. Y. Hippodrome
"Under Many Flags"
WALTER JACOBS
COMPANY
BOSTON
NEW YORK
Anticipate and Supply Every Requirement of Music Dealers
WHITE-SMITH MUSIC PUB. CO.
Pablifthad in Chicago.
Four Big Musical Successes.
CHICAGO
BUY YOUR
OLIVER
NOW PLAYING IN NEW YORK
PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS & ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 68-64 Stanhope St, Boston
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago
Conceived by Arthur Voegtlin.
Book by Carroll Fleming.
Music and Lyrics by Manuel Klein.
At the Casino
"The
Merry Countess"
Book by Gladys Unger.
Lyrics by Arthur Anderson.
Music by Johann Strauss.
All the Music Now Ready.
M. WITMARK & SONS
Witmark Bldg., 144-146 West 87th St., N. Y. City.
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