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THE
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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Conducted by B. B. Wilson
CANADIAN DECISION INTERESTS.
American Publishers Often Ignorant of Fact
That Their Music Was Being Sent Into
Canada by Jobbers—Dealer a Heavy Sufferer.
DEATH OF WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD.
Well-known Music Salesman Succumbs to
Pneumonia a Week After Death of Wife—
Had Wide Acquaintance Among Trade and
Producers of Musical Plays.
MREVIEWflEARS
THAT Kubelik, with his insured fingers, has
nothing on Ernest R. Ball, for the latter popular
song writer has just had his digits protected by
a policy for $100,000, so the report runs.
THAT there is more than one song writer who
would give up a couple of fingers or thumbs for
less than $10,000 per, especially those composers
vho do their composing by the whistling route
and leave the rest to the arranger.
THAT Tell Taylor, the prominent music pub-
lisher of Chicago, has gone and committed mat-
trimony, and is now enjoying his honeymoon at
Hot Springs.
THAT the success of the tabloid musical comedy
has made it a fixture in vaudeville for some time
to come at least. John Cort announces a number
of such productions for his theaters in the West,
and another Chicago manager is planning to put
out fifteen such condensed musical comedies.
THAT, with the scores confined to a few num-
bers and with the wide territory covered by the
average vaudeville production, the tabloid musical
comedy proves a tempting proposition for the
music publisher.
THAT legislation similar to the "Seven Sisters"
bills in New Jersey, and forbidding price main-
tenance and regulation is not required by the
majority of the local music publishers.
THAT, judging from the number of new com-
panies which have been organized and incorpo-
rated recently, the music publishing business still
LONG TRIP FOR J. T. MEARNS.
possesses charms for the ambitious.
THAT now several vaudeville performers have
To Cover Entire Middle West in Interests of
forsaken the stage for the purpose of publishing
"The Most Popular" Series of Music Books.
music—from the frying pan into the fire, as it
were.
J. T. Mearns, who sells "The Most Popular"
THAT "That Old Girl of Mine" (Remick) is
series of music books for Hinds, Noble & Eld- proving a real hit from the sales point of view.
redge, started on Monday of this week for a two
months' tour of the Middle West, covering New
TEACHING EDITION SUCCEEDS.
York State, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illi-
Numerous Institutions in Philadelphia Adopt
nois, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and other States,
Whitney-Warner Co. Edition—A New Com-
and visiting the principal cities east of the Missis-
poser and Her First Number.
sippi river and north of St. Louis.
With the recent additions to "The Most Popu-
Johann C. Schmid states that the Whitney-
lar" catalog and the good sellers among the older
Warner Co. edition of teaching music has been
books in the lines, Mr. Mearns, so he expressed it, adopted by over forty convents, seminaries for
expects to give a comprehensive illustration of
girls and other institutions where the piano is
"modern cleaning up methods."
taught. Mr. Schmid will shortly take a trip to
Baltimore and Washington for the purpose of
interesting
teachers and the trade in those cities
PUBLISHERS LEASE BUILDING.
in the edition, which has proven so successful
during its first year.
The Harry H. Williams Music Co., recently in-
corporated with Harry H. Williams, the well-
A recent addition to the Whitney-Warner staff
known song writer, as its head," has leased the
of composers is Elizabeth K. Peal, a composer
four-story building at 154 West Forty-sixth street
and teacher of. note in Philadelphia, whose first
for a term of years.
number, a waltz, "Thoughts of Spring," has been
well received, and who is preparing other numbers
INCORPORATE TO PUBLISH MUSIC. for publication.
The recent decision of the court in Toronto,
Out., prohibiting the offering for sale in the William H. Crawford, one of the best known
music salesmen in the East, died at his home in
Dominion, of American reprints of music protected
by British copyright, which was published in The this city on Wednesday of last week of pneu-
monia, and under circumstances that were particu-
Review last week, is a matter of general interest
to American publishers, and especially those who larly sad. Mr. Crawford, who covered the terri-
tory east of Chicago for Chappell & Co., was in
have never made an attempt to place the reprints
Chicago when, recently, he received a summons
on the Canadian market directly. In a number of
cases the publisher of the music was not aware to the bedside of his wife in New iork, which
that it had been offered for sale on the other side he reached after the end had come. Overcome
with shock, Mr. Crawford neglected to take care
of the border until he received complaints from
Canada, for the music had been supplied by job- of himself and a bad cold quickly developed into
bers near the border without the knowledge of the pneumonia. The bodies of Mr. Crawford and his
wife, the latter having been placed temporarily in
publisher. A similar condition is said to exist in
a receiving vault, were interred in Greenwood
Australia and New Zealend.
Cemetery on Saturday.
Thus the American publisher has often been
Although only 39 years old, the deceased had
placed in a false and not altogether desirable light
spent over 20 years in the music business, having
through no fault of his own, though the Canadian
first entered the business when a boy. He was
dealer was the chief sufferer. Then, too, the dealer
for some years employed by the New York Music
himself did not know that he was infringing the
Supply Co., and later by T. B. Harms & Co. He
British copyright in some cases.
On the whole, the decision sets an interesting joined the forces of Chappell & Co. upon the open-
precedent, and other promised actions along the ing of the company's branch in this city some years
same lines will be awaited with interest by the ago, and his broad, general knowledge of the busi-
ness and his wide acquaintance in both the trade
trade.
and production fields, proved an invaluable aid
to the development of the Chappell & Co. business
TED BARRONj^FREE LANCE.
in this country.
Joins Forces with Jean Havez to Write Songs
and
Plays.
Ted S. Barron, a well-known figure in the sheet
music trade of the country, who for over a year
after its formation was general manager of the
Jerome & Schwartz Publishing Co., resigning
when the change was made in that organization,
has decided to become a free lance and has joined
forces with Jean Havez. Mr. Barron will compose
the music and Mr. Havez furnish the lyrics for a
number of new songs, which will be supplied to
the trade through the Joe Morris Music Co. The
first numbers by Mr. Barron which will be fea-
tured are his ballads, "If Ever I Forget You,"
"Paradise for Two" and other numbers of the
same order.
MICHAEL KEANEJO^VISIT ENGLAND.
Michael Keane, who during the past two years
has made quite a record for himself as manager
of the American branch of the house of Boosey &
Co., London, with headquarters at 9 East Sev-
enteenth street, will sail early in April for an ex-
tended visit to England.
NEW LASKY MUSICAL COMEDY.
"The Trained Nurse,".the tabloid musical com-
edy produced by Jesse L. Lasky, and which has
proven so successful in vaudeville, is to be fol-
lowed by another playlet along the same lines in
the near future. The book of the new work will
The Billy Busch Music Publishing Co. has been
be by William Le Baron, and the lyrics and music
incorporated under the laws of New York for
will be furnished by Blanche Merrill and Leo the purpose of publishing and dealing in sheet
Edwards, who supplied the words and music of the music. The capital stock of the new company is
first piece. Charles K. Harris will publish the $4,000 and the incorporators are Harry H. Draskin,
music.
Samuel Danson and Nathan Jersawitz.
CHARLES
THE
FROHMAN
PRESENTS
S U N S HI ME
MUSIC BT PAUL A. RUBENS
Here's to Love
$0.60
Ladies
60
Little Girl, Mind How Ton Go
60
I've Been to the Durbar
.60
Two Nntg
60
CHAF»F»ELL
Vocal Score
Selection
Take Me for
The Argentine
Lazy
&
MUSIC COMPANY INCORPORATES.
The Kalmer & Puck Music Co., Inc., Manhattan,
has been granted a charter under the laws of the
State of New York. The capital stock of the com-
pany is $10,000, and the incorporators are Bert Kal-
mer, Harry Puck and A. S. Levy.
GIRL,
WORDS B T ARTHUR WIHFERIS AND PAUL A. RUBENS
$2.00
Josephine
1.00
A Tiny T o u c h . . . .
60
60
Pianoforte Score
1.00
60
Waltz
75
60
The Argentine (Tang-o-dance)
75
New York, 41 E. 34th St.
Toronto, 347 Yonge St.
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