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TROUBLES OF A COMPOSER.
Michigan Genius Complains That Publishers of
Popular Music Do Not Appreciate the Old-
Style Melodies—His Woeful Experiences as
His Own Publisher.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
ability, and are being programmed at all musical af-
fairs of importance. The work under discussion
is destined to win the consideration of singers of
distinction. The price is $1.25, with regular trade
discount.
LOOKS LIKE LIVELY SEASON.
Foreign Markets Drawn Upon for Many Mu-
sical Productions to Be Offered Here in the
Near Future.
ENGLISH HIT FOR WITMARKS.
According to announced plans, there will be no
let-up in the number of musical plays, chiefly im-
ported, that will be offered for the consideration
chase American Rights to "Everybody's Do-
of
the American theatergoers during the season
ing It at the Seaside."
about to open. Leo Fall, who has already given us
Among the latest noteworthy additions to the a number of successful productions, is responsible
catalog of M. Witmark & Sons, is the great Eng- for the music of three operettas, "The Doll Girl,"
lish success "Everybody's Doing It at the Seaside," to be produced this month by Charles Frohman,
the rights to which the Witmarks recently pur- and "Der Liebe Augustin," played in London as
"Princess Caprice," to be. produced by the Shuberts
with a cast headed by De Wolf Hopper, and "The
Jolly Peasant," to be produced by Weber &
Luescher, with David Bispham heading the cast.
Franz Lehar, of "Merry Widow" fame, will be rep-
resented during the season by "Das Fuerstenkind,"
a romantic opera to be presented under the man-
agement of Henry W. Savage, who will also pro-,
diice a new operetta by Oscar Strauss.
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Another new operetta promised for the season
by Klaw & Erlanger is "The Merry Martyr,"
adopted by Glen MacDonough from a German
comedy by Birinsxi and with music by Hugo Rei-
senfekl. Other productions promised include "The
Lady in Red," by Brammer and Grunwald; "Auto-
liebchen, 1 ' by Jean Gilbert, composer of "A Mod-
ern Eve" and other successes; "Mcin Junger Her," 1
"Hotel Eva" and "The Pleasure.".
(Special to The Review.)
Prominent
New York
Music
Publishers
Pur-
CHICAGO, III., August 1G.—"The reason why the
public gets no good music (good from a moral stand-
point) is that the 'popular' public singers of note
«re paid by music publishers for singing and popu-
larizing the other kin.I," says T. Rogers Lyons, of
Lansing, Mich., in a recent lettei to the Chicago
Daily News.
"I have had one year's experience in this game
ard do not speak as a casual observer. 1 was rated
as a child as a 'poet.' Feeling that there certainly
would not be a chance, at least, for good, clean,
wholesome songs, I wrote a number of lyrics,
running from classical themes to a combination ot
slang, and out of the lot published five of the num-
ber that I believed to be the most popular subjects.
"I notified 2,500 dealers in music in minute detail
of the five songs, 'eleair, entertaining, pleasing, each
one guaranteed to be sense set to music, free from
ragtime freak stuff and gibberish." I got twelve
sample orders; no repeats. In response to adver-
tising 5,000 professional copies were asked fur and
delivered to professional singers within three
months. I have not heard of the world being sei
afire yet.
"I am not saying that these songs are the wonders
of the present century, but that they are as logical,
clean and sensible as 'Ben Bolt,' 'Annie Laurie' and
'The Last Rose of Summer,' but out of fifty sets
of professional copies sent to the music department
of newspapers for review I received no clipping
ot reviews, but did get two replies.
"In twenty-five manuscripts submitted to pub-
lisher after publisher 1 stated that my desire was to chased from the British publishers. The song has
get back to the style of fifty years ago. One said, a rollicking melody and clever lyrics and much is
'You've done it; we have no use for it.' So I pub- expected pf it on this side of the water.
lished them myself."
While Ernest R. Ball, the well-known com-
poser was recently in London lie heard "Every-
"SONGS O F T H E SERAGLIO"
body's Doing It at the Seaside,'' which he thought
would be an excellent number for his own act in
Title of a Most Interesting Song Cycle Issued
vaudeville, which he does in conjunction with Maud
by the Oliver Ditson Co., Boston.
Lambert. He brought it back to his publishers, who
The Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, Mass., has immediately began negotiations by cable with the
issued a very dainty cycle of four songs for high Star Music Co., owners of the copyright, etc. Mr.
voice entitled: "Songs of the Seraglio." The con- Ball tried their song out at Atlantic City where they
tents comprise these songs: "The Odalisque," "A opened their season and the following week at
Persian Love-song," '"Lament of the Bedouin Hammcrstein's, where it proved a decided success.
Slave-girl," and "The Demon of Mazinderan." The
work is by Granville Bantock and Helen F. Ban-
MAKING SHAVING PAINLESS.
tock.
A
barber
who provides musical entertainment
Song cycles are much in vogue by artists of
for his clients would seem to many to be the latest
wrinkle from Broadway, yet this is not the case.
Another Ballad by Ernest R. Ball
Over three centuries ago the barbers of England
were accustomed to have some musical instrument
in their shops for the amusement of their custom-
ers, and the same custom obtained in Germany. In
those days, however, men wore their hair long, and
spent more time at their barbers' than they have
to spare nowadays. Moreover, the barber often
fllfHiN
Lyric by
combined his profession with that of the surgeon
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and "apothecary," and possibly recognized the
George Graff, Jr.
value of music both as a stimulant and as a
soporific.
EVRYB0DVS DOING IT
AT THE SEASIDE
I'll Change The Shadows
To Sunshine
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Writers of "Till
the Sands of the
D e s e r t Grow
Cold," "Goodbye,
My Love, Good-
bye,"' " H e r e ' s
Love and Suc-
cess to You," "Let Us Have Peace," "Call-
ing of the Sea," "When Irish Eyes Are
Smiling," "Lost Melody," "Where Is the
Love of Yesterday?" etc.
The demand for this beautiful song is
growing steadily.
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M. WITMARK & SONS
Witmark Bldg., 144-146 West 37th St.
NEW YORK CITY
Chicago
S u Francbco
London
Pari*
Me&on
MUSIC SOLD LIKE GROCERIES.
Western House Gives Numerous Prizes as Re-
wards to Quantity Buyers.
Following the report of a piano being offered to
the purchaser holding the lucky number among
those who bought popular music at twenty-five
cents per copy, we lamp the catalog of a Chicago
house, which puts sheet music in the same class
as groceries by adopting the Larkin plan and offers
prizes in connection with quantity purchases rang-
ing from hot bottles to cut g^ass, and taking in an
assortment rivalling that of the United Cigar
Stores. And the music, such as it is, only costs ten
cents per copy.
UPHOLD RIGHT TO HISS.
Alfred E. Pratt, an employe of a London firm
of publishers, who stated that he was violently
ejected from the Cardiff Empire, London, because
he hissed a song sung by Miss Payne, to which he
objected was awarded fifty pounds damage at the
Swansea Assizes against Herbert Taylor, the
manager of the Music Hall and Moss' Empires, Ltd.
Don't fail to order these Songs
My Dixie Rose
Who shall Wear them
You or I, Love?
Gasoline
Only one Story the
WALTER JACOBS
167 Tremont St.,
BOSTON. MASS
Publisher of
"Kiss of Spring," "Some Day When Dreams Come True,"
And Some Other* World Famou*.
OLIVER
DITSON
COMPANY
BOSTON
NEW YORK
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