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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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Conducted by B. B. Wilson
CATALOG OF_EARLY MUSIC.
NEW MUSIC FOR | W 0' MY THUMB."
STRAUSS' MUSIC_FOR "FAUST."
Interesting Volume Just Issued Under the Di- Manuel Klein, of Hippodrome Fame, Engaged
It Will Be for Max Reinhardt's Colossal Pro-
rection of O. G. Sonneck, Chief of the Division
to Write Almost Entire New Score for Big
duction in Berlin's Big Theater.
of Music of the Congressional Library, Af-
English Pantomime for This Country.
fords Some Very Valuable Information.
Manuel Klein, the well-known composer and or-
The Government Printing Office in Washington chestral director of the New York Hippodrome,
is writing almost an entirely new score for "Hop
has just issued a "Catalog of Early Books on
Music," by Julia Gregory, prepared under the di- o' My Thumb," the mammoth production which is
to be presented shortly at the Manhattan Theater,
rection of O. G. Sonneck, chief of the Division
of Music of the Congressional Library in 1902 the under the management of William A. Brady.
library began systematically to collect old books
"Hop o' My Thumb" is the big Christmas piece
on music published before 1800 in various lan-
guages. The collection now embraces probably
more than a third of the entire output before that
year, and it was deemed that publication of a cata-
logue was advisable in the interest of musicology
at home and abroad. To students this volume
will prove invaluable, for, whereas the composi-
tions of the old masters have been printed abroad
in monumental editions under the editorship of
competent musical scholars, it is entirely different
with the old books on music, few of which are ac-
cessible in modern reprints. The aim of Mr. Son-
neck has been to get as many of these books as
possible rather than first editions when there was
no intrinsic reason for favoring these. An index
to anonymous works follows the regular text.
Latest Victor Herbert Comic Opera Offered at
the Globe Theater on Tuesday Evening.
MME. GADSKI TOTOUR COUNTRY.
Will Give Wagner Festivals with Independent
Company.
Mme. Johanna Gads'ki announced recently that
at the conclusion of her contract with the Metro-
politan Opera Co. a year from now she will head
an independent company and tour the country in
German opera. Her idea, which she says has been
the dream of her life since coming to America, is
to give Wagner festivals lasting a week in the
larger cities and a night or so in the smaller ones.
Hans Tauscher, Mme. Gadski's husband, will
announce the name of the conductor on his ar-
rival next week from Bayreuth. The company will
be financed by men in Dusseldorf, Germany, and
New York. American singers will take the minor
roles and German stars the principal roles.
HAMMERSTEIN^ OPERA CO., INC.
New Venture Files Organization Papers with
Secretary of State in Albany.
"THE MADCAP JHJCHESS" HEARD.
H. H. Frazee's production of Victor Herbert's
new comic opera, "The Madcap Duchess," with
Ann Swinburne in the principal role, had its New
York premiere in the Globe Theater on Tuesday
evening, when Mr. Herbert himself conducted the
orchestra.
"The Madcap Duchess" is the work of David
Stevens and Justin Huntly McCarthy, who have
based a libretto on one of the English novelist's
widely read stories, "Seraprica," which, for the
sake of lyric euphony in the operetta, has been
changed to "Seraphina," the role in which Miss
Swinburne is cast.
The book and especially Mr. Herbert's music
were cordially received.
A dispatch from Berlin says that Richard
Strauss, composer of "Salome," "Electra" and
other remarkable musical works, has been engaged
to write new music for Max Reinhardt's colossal
production of Goethe's "Faust" in Berlin's new
theater, holding 5,000 people.
This theater will take the place of Circus Schu-
mann, where Reinhardt's principal successes,
"Oedipus," "Everyman" and "Julius Caesar," were
originated. Prices will range from 25 cents to
$1.50, with a few seats at $2.
"Masses for the masses'' will be Reinhardt's
policy and all the plays chosen will be those in
which huge pageants and massed crowds can ht
properly introduced, special attention being given
to battle pieces.
Reinhardt frankly admits that these spectacle}
are intended to appeal to such theatergoers as can-
not afford the high prices of the regular theaters
and yet do not want to see moving pictures all the
time.
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ALANBV,
Manuel Klein.
produced last year by Arthur Collins at the Drury
Lane Theater, London, and in importing this
gigantic plant to New York several of the prin-
cipal artistes who took part in the English pro-
duction will be included.
In selecting Mr. Klein to write the new jingles
for "Hop o' My Thumb," the management has
shown extremely good judgment, for in the writ-
ing of tunes that tickles the ear, Mr. Klein has
few equals. Part of the new score is already in
the hands of M. Witmark & Sons, who declare
the music to be striking in originality.
Among the titles of the songs are "No Damaged
Goods," "Run Along Mr. Ogre Man," "Those
Days of Long Ago," "Come and Watch the Moo'i
with Me" and "Ladies, It's Really Alarming."
ONE OF "BILLY" JEROME'S.
"Billy" Jerome, who wrote "Row ! Row ! Row !"
and many other song successes, tells this to the
New York World:
A barnstorming tragedian struts up to the desk
of a small town hotel and holds the genial pro-
prietor with his piercing gaze.
"What are your lowest terms for an actor?"
"Dirty dog and loafer!" replied the urbane host,
"I never use profanity."
N. Y., November
10.—HamtnersLein
American Opera Co., Inc., filed organization papers
with the Secretary of State to-day, in which its
objects are set forth : To engage in the business
of giving grand opera in the city of New York and
other cities and towns in the United States and
elsewhere. The capital stock is $1,000, and the di-
rectors named are Harry Hammerstein, Isaac A.
Levy, Joseph G. Switzer, Mark J. Katz and George
T. Van Valkenburgh.
SONG FEATURED STRONGLY.
"Isle D'Amour" Developing Into a Real Success
— T o Be Featured in National Ad Campaign.
Following its successful use by Jose Collins, in
the Ziegfeld Follies of 191:5 and other prominent
professionals in legitimate productions and vaude-
ville, the new Feist song, "Isle D'Amour" has
reached a point where the demand for it is keep-
ing the sales department of the house very busy.
Following out the advertising campaign started
some time ago in the Saturday Evening Post, Leo
Feist, Inc., will feature "Isle D'Amour" in an-
nouncement in the publication at an early date,
which advertising will revert direct to the benefit
of the retail dealer.
TO LIMIT AGENTS' COMMISSIONS.
Concert agencies in Prussia are alarmed at the
agitation to pass a law which regulates their busi-
ness and allows an agent a commission of 5 per
cent, as a maximum, which is expected to improve
the class of artists featured.
THE PHENOMENAL WALTZ SONG SUCCESS
Of Klaw & Erlanger's Latest Successful Production, "THE LITTLE CAFE"
JUST BECAUSE I r s YOU
Words by G. M. S. McLellan
Published by CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.,
Music by Ivan Garyll
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