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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Conducted by B. B. Wilson
AMERICAN RAGTIME IN EUROPE.
NEW PUBLISHING COMPANY.
NEW WITMARK TEACHING EDITION.
Lee Shubert Heard Our Songs in All the Capi-
tals, but Credit Was Not Given—To Copy-
right Productions in Europe Hereafter.
Eureka Music Publishing Co. Has Capital
Stock of $50,000 and Will First Produce
Music of New Viennese Opera.
Volume I of the New "Superior Graded Course
for the Piano," Prepared by Gustav L.
Becker, Just Published—Other Volumes to
Follow Shortly—Several New Features.
Lee Shubert, who returned Friday on the
Cunarder Mauretania from his annual trip to
Europe to obtain plays and players for the coming
theatrical season, said that he did not realize that
he was abroad because wherever he went in Lon-
don, Paris, Berlin and Vienna there were only
American ragtime songs, and music and scenes
from the revues of New York.
"Of course," said Mr. Shubert, "it was our fault
for not having our productions, songs and music
copyrighted over there. The managers admitted
that they had now to look to America for their
successes, but they did not credit us with it on
their bills or programs. The Empire and Al-
hambra revues have a number of songs and musi-
cal numbers from the Winter Garden, and the
revue 'Come Over Here,' at the London Opera
House, which is a great success, was taken bodily
from the 'Passing Show of 1912,' and the 'Honey-
moon Express.'
"It will not happen again," Mr. Shubert went on
to say, "as we shall protect ourselves in the future.
This is the first time that the European managers
have had to come to America for their revues and
vaudeville attractions in such a large way, and as
the public have taken such a liking to American
plays and songs, they will have to continue to
comply with the demand. The successes in London
at the theaters were nearly all American plays.
The reason of that is the demand for good plays
and acts of all kinds, as well as songs and music,
is far greater here than in Europe, and the com-
posers know that this is the best market in the
world to-day. American managers pay more
money for productions, and pay better salaries
than in Europe, so they get the pick of the supply.
My trip has convinced me that in the future Amer-
ican managers must depend mainly on American
authors and American artists for their produc-
tions.'*
The Eureka Music Publishing Co., New York,
has been incorporated with a capital of $50,000 for
the purpose of publishing music. The incorporat-
ors are A. Karlin, H. A. Demph and L. Lapides.
One of the first productions of the new company
will be the music of "The Flirt," a new Viennese
opera by A. C. Gotzel-Feldman and to be presented
in the United States by the Shuberts.
M. Witmark & Sons in preparing Volume 1 of
"Superior Graded Course for the Piano" have add-
ed another new and valuable work to their praise-
worthy catalog of teaching material. The new book
is particularly interesting in that it is the work of
Gustav L. Becker, ex-president of the New York
State Music Teachers' Association and one of the
city's foremost pedagogs.
While there are many attractive and meritorious
COMPOSER A RAPID STUDENT.
methods of piano instruction, few of them seem to
Dr. Gotzel Feldman Learns English Quickly in
thoroughly provide the necessary information to-
Order to Make Own Translation of "The
gether with suitable tasks and tests, by which
Flirt" for Production Here.
means alone the pupil's mental and artistic re-
With the desire to have liis opera, "The Flirt," sources may be fully developed.
Mr. Becker's system differs from others in its
presented in the United States under the best pos-
sible conditions, with a translation prepared by unique time-tapping drills and dictation playing and
himself, Dr. A. G. Gotzel-Feldman, the composer, reading and writing exercises, an altogether dif-
has demonstrated to the Shuberts that he had been ferent system of instruction than has heretofore
appeared on the market.
able to learn English in eight weeks.
The "Superior Graded Course for the Piano" is
Lee Shubert found "The Flirt" a tremendous
success in all of the Austrian and German cities. the natural outcome of the author's personal ex-
He bought the American rights. Dr. Gotzel-Feld- perience as a teacher of many years' standing. By
man, instead of leaving the translation altogether this system the pupil is led to construct in part his
to Americans, rushed over here to learn English. own studies and exercises from the material found
He says that within a month he will undertake to in the various compositions within its pages. Eacli
piece or study has been selected for its intrinsic
write an opera in English.
value for instruction, as well as for its melodic
and harmonic attractiveness.
CHENAL TORINO HERE.
The course when published complete is to be in
Parisian Prima Donna Engaged by Hammer-
five volumes. They will be printed in large, clear
stein; Also an Italian Tenor.
type, and bound in tasteful fashion, with an ar-
Arthur Hammerstein cabled from Paris on
tistically designed title page.
Monday that he had engaged Mile. Marthe Chenal,
Volumes 2, 3, 4 and 5 will follow in rapid suc-
prima donna at the Opera and the Opera Comique cession.
for the last five years. He has also concluded ar-
rangements with the composer, Camille Erlanger,
THEATER FOR COMIC OPERA.
to go to New York to conduct his own opera,
A New House and Syndicate Is Proposed by
"Aphrodite," in which Mile. Chenal sings the lead-
Werba & Luescher.
ing part.
The impresario said that Chenal would receive
Werba & Luescher announced recently that
a salary of $1,500 a performance. She consented they intended to give New York a new theater
REMICK & CO. MAKE NEW PURCHASE. to go to America on condition that she sing to be devoted to the production of comic opera
"Aphrodite," besides "La Tosca" and "Aida" in and operettas exclusively. A syndicate repre-
Buy "When It's Apple Blossom Time in Nor- Italian, and the usual French Tepertoire.
sented by William E. Hills, of 15 William street,
mandy" from Another Publishing House and
C. Vezzani, an Italian tenor, of whom Hammer- is to be associated with them, according to the
Release Number to Profession.
stein thinks a great deal, has also been engaged. announcement. No site is mentioned, nor is it
said when work on the new structure is to be
"When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandy,"'
started. The plan, as outlined, is to have a resi-
WOULD COMPEL MUSIC STUDY.
the song success by Mellor, Clifford and Trevor,
dent company in the theater, its plays to be sent
(Special to The Review.)
which was for some time featured exclusively by
JoPLiN, Mo., June 30, 1913.—The study of music on tour with another company as soon as the
Norworth and Bayes, has been purchased from T.
B. Harms, Francis, Day & Hunter, by Jerome H. in all public schools of Missouri will be compul- New York run is over.
Among those mentioned as having promised
Remick & Co. and released to the profession gen- sory if a plan advocated by the State Music Teach-
erally. The number has already made a strong ap- ers' Association is adopted. A resolution carrying assistance by becoming menbers of the Board of
peal to singers who have heard it, and as a result a provision that a petition making musical instruc- Governors are Victor Herbert, Harry B. Smith,
is being heard in many of the vaudeville theaters tion a State law be circulated was adopted by the David Bispham, Walter Damrosch, Christie Mac-
Donald, Reginald de Koven, Charming Pollock,
music teachers in convention here.
in and around New York.
The association also decided to ask State au- Robert Hood Bowers, Rennold Wolf, Fred La-
Remick & Co. are also paying much attention to
a trio of new songs of their own publication, they thorities to give credits to public school students tham, Max Bendix, George Marion, George V.
Hobart, Julian Mitchell and Robert B. Smith.
being "That Tango Tokio," "Sailing Down Chesa- who study music from private instructors.
peake Bay," and " 'Cross the Mason-Dixon Line."
YEAR IN JAIL FOR LIBEL.
Philip Kahn, Boston Publisher, Found Guilty on
Charge of Libelling Henry Russell, Director
of the Boston Opera House.
Philip Kahn, the music publisher of Boston,
Mass., who was found guilty of criminally libeling
Henry Russell, director of the Boston Opera
House, has been sentenced to imprisonment in the
House of Correction for one year.
The libel was contained in a series of special
articles printed in Music, a magazine published by
Kahn, in which the personal and business character
of Russell was attacked.
NEW OPERA ENTITLED "MEDUSA."
WAGNER RELICS SOLD.
Leonardo da Vinci is the hero of an opera re-
cently produced at the Imperial Opera House at
Warsaw. Its title is "Medusa," and its composer
the Polish musician, Ludomar von Pozycki. The
libretto concerns a love episode in the artist's
life, and there is a scene in which he paints Mona
Lisa.
For a single sheet of paper, on which Richard
Wagner had written a few words, together with
six bars from "Siegfried," the sum of 450 marks
was paid at an auction in Berlin the other day.
The original manuscript of the-eighth scene of the
first act of "Tannhauser" brought 550 marks. At
the same auction seven minuets written by Mozart
when he was thirteen years old were sold for 2,375
marks, while Weber's first grand sonata for piano
was knocked down for 3,100 marks. Nearly $200
(825 marks) was paid for a letter by Gluck in
which he wrote to a friend that he had no use for
praise by the French, "for they are as changeable
as the weathercock."
ST. PAUL MUSICCO. CLOSING OUT.
The St. Paul Music Co., which has handled
pianos, small goods and sheet music in St. Paul,
Minn., for the past three years, has moved its
stock to the store of the Minnesota Phonograph
Co., and is closing out its busine**.