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avenue to which they moved a couple of months
ago from the Fine Arts Building.
Carrie Jacobs-Bond Not Only Composes but
The present quarters, which are on the second
Publishes Music and Has Made a Distinct
floor of the Collonade Building, not only furnish
Reputation for Herself in That Line—Her
three times the space formerly occupied, but also
Son an Able Co-worker in Business.
have a particular advantage in location. They
(Special to The Review.)
open from a spacious Grecian balcony from which
CHICAGO, I I I . , December 1.—The accompanying a magnificent view of the lake is obtained.
The entire catalog of Mrs. Bond's famous heart
illustration is one of peculiar interest, showing as
lyrics and delightful songs of childhood is selling
it does Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Chicago's famous
woman composer, publisher and interpreter of her wonderfully. Few composers, indeed, have so many
e n d u r i n g successes
to their credit. One of
the most notable of her
triumphs. "A Perfect
Day." has already sold
no less than 750,00(1
copies. Tt is now ob-
tainable, by the way, on
a Victor Red Seal
record, beautifully ren-
dered 'by Evan Will-
iams, the distinguished
Welsh tenor.
The latest number
to be issued by the
Bond shop, "God Re-
members When the
World Forgets," is al-
ready being used by
many of the leading
concert singers, the
common destiny of
most of the Bond pro-
ductions. The delicate
and spiritually signifi-
cant poem by Clifton
Bingham is given a
most sympathetic and
tonal setting by Mrs.
Bond. The Bond shop
has won a reputation
for artistic title pages,
and the exquisite floral
design of that of the
latest number is cer-
tainly no exception to
the rule. Seventy-five
thousand copies of this
song have been sold
since its publication on
July 1 o f this year.
Carrie Jacobs-Bond and Son, F. J. Smith, in New Bond Shop.
Mrs.
Bond
is
now
at
her
home in Grossmont,
own songs, and F. J. Smith, her son and the man-
ager of the extensive publishing business of Carrie Colo., where she spends some time each year re-
Jacobs-Bond & Son. They are seen in the photo- cuperating from the strain of her intellectual work
graph in the artistic environment of the new Bond and long recital tours.
shop in the Collonade Building at 726 Michigan
WOMAN COMPOSER WINS SUCCESS.
Another Beautiful Ernest R. Ball Ballad
GOODBYE, MY LOVE,
GOOD-BYE
Lyric by
George Graff
Formerly in our
Standard (high-
price) catalog,
we have now
placed it in the
Popular catalog
which makes it a 1 £\ cent
great number for your •*• VJ counter
Stock up—you'll nmd them
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THE LIFE OF ETHELBERT NEVIN.
New Volume Based Largely on Nevin's Letters
to Be Issued by Boston Music Co.
"The Life of Ethelbert Nevin" is a work to be
issued shortly by the Boston Music Co. The
volume, based on Nevin's letters and his wife's
memories, is by Vance Thompson, who uses as his
motto for the book the lines called "The Music oi
Ethelbert Nevin":
God said: "I made the soul of this man,
I wove it subtlely
Of the fire that shone, and the wind that ran,
And the rhythm of the sea.
Dear God! the wind and the flame are light,
They wanton it through space;
But the sea lies moaning day and night,
For the glory of Thy face.
ORCHESTRA SUPPORTS LEADER.
Director's Pay Held Up When He Sues for
Royalty Claimed to Be Due Him.
(Special to The Review.)
CHICAGO, 111., December 1.—A financial dispute
between the La Salle Opera House and Ben M.
Jerome, composer and musical director of the thea-
ter, nearly caused a strike of the orchestra Satur-
day. Jerome began suit in the Municipal Court
earlier in the day for $4,000, which he says the
theater owes him for royalties on "Louisiana Lou."
When news of the suit reached the theater, Jerome
says, he was refused the last week's salary. The
orchestra refused to play last evening unless Jer-
ome was paid by 5 o'clock. A truce was effected
and the musicians worked.
MANY BOOKS ON WAGNER.
Over Thirty-three Pages in Britisn Museum
Library Catalog Devoted to Books by or Re-
lating to Famous Composer—183 Pages
Given Over to Compositions.
The catalog of the British Museum Library con-
tains no fewer than thirty-three pages of books
by or relating to Richard Wagner, while the list of
his compositions, with the selections and diverse
arrangements of them, runs to 183 pages. The
latest addition to the list of books concerning Wag-
ner, issued in London, is by Percy Lindley. It is
entitled "Parsifal and Wagner's Other Operas,"
and sets forth in simple language the story of
Wagner's last music drama, together with notes on
its composition, a bibliography, and a record of
first representations in Europe and America. Orig-
inal casts and dates of first performances of other
Wagner operas are also included in the book.
LEONCAVALLO NOT OVER MODEST.
FIRST FUTURIST CONCERT.
Very Fond of Pronoun " I " In Referring to His
Works, and Their Probable Success—His
Views of Works of Contemporary Composers.
An Orchestra
of "Smashers," "Gurglers,"
"Rustlers," and "Snorters," Furnishes "Mu-
sic" That Delights Large Audience in Milan.
Leoncavallo, of wnich ten operas, one ("I
Pagliacci") has been a popular success, evidently
has quite a high opinion of himself, and not quite
so high an opinion of some other opera composers
not unknown to fame. Here are some of his bright
and modest remarks, made in a recent interview:
"My operas (other than 'Pagliacci') I am sure
would be well received in America. Think of th«
esteem I have been held in in so many music cen-
ters of Europe!
"I am very fond of 'Zingari.' It has been called
the sister of 'Pagliacci.'
"Strauss and Debussy will not last, because they
are not natural and sincere.
"I hold it a greater and more difficult accom-
plishment to have written 'La Donna e Mobile' than
to have composed 'Salome.'
"I can treat operatically only such themes as
are vital, natural and true. It would not be pos-
sible, for instance, for me to write music for
fishes that sing and Valkyries that fly through the
air. I have never seen such things in life, and so
I should be at a loss when it came to treating them.
But give me men who can laugh, men who can
weep, and I can laugh and weep with them.
"Bizet's 'Carmen' a few weeks ago had its 500th
performance in Brussels."
The first Futurist concert was given recently at
the Storchi Theater, Milan, Italy, under the direc-
tion of Signori Marinetti, chief adviser of the
Italian Futurists, and the Futurist painter, Russolo,
"Creator of the Art of Noise."
The concert was orchestral, and presented to an
audience of 2,000, amid whom there was much ap-
plause, respectful and otherwise. The "musical"
instruments used were the invention of the Futur-
ist painter, Ugo Piatti, and consisted of three
buzzers, two bursters, one thunderer, three whis-
tlers, two rustlers, two gurglers, one smasher, one
strident and one snorter.
The program consisted of four "networks of
noises," entitled 'Waking Up the City," "Motor
Cars and Aeroplanes Meeting," "Dinner on the
Terrace of the Casino" and "Skirmish in an
Oasis." At intervals during the concert Signori
Marinetti and Pratella "defined the investive and
the gross insults of the laudatores temporis acti."
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