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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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Conducted by B. B. Wilson
PLANNING FOR BUSY^YEAR IN BOSTON.
Excellent Business at Close of 1913 Puts Them
in Optimistic Mood — What the Various
Prominent Houses Report Anent Conditions.
(Special to The Review.)
BOSTON, MASS., December 29.—This has been a
pretty good Christmas for the local music pub-
lishers, and the good business, especially toward
the end of the year, has put them in a jubilant
mood, but even the spirit of retrospect has not
prevented them from looking ahead and laying
plans for the coming year. This they can do with
comparative ease at this time, as traveling sales-
men are all in, having returned for the holiday
festivities. None of them now will go out until
after the New Year.
At the B. F. Wood Music Publishing Co.'s large
plant it is reported that business has been show-
ing up quite well. Mr. Wood, head of the house,
has closed his farm at Sherburn, and he now is
located at his city home in Newton. The Wood
traveling men will not go out into their respective
territories until January 10.
Charles Wakefield Cadman, the composer, was
in town several days a week before Christmas
and was widely entertained. He made his head-
quarters at the Newton home of B. M. Davison,
of the White-Smith Music Publishing Co. Mr.
Cadman was the guest of the Harvard Musical
Association one evening when his new trio for
violin, 'cello and piano was played for the first
time. While here Mr. Cadman had several inter-
views with Arthur Foote and George W. Chad-
wick, both widely-known organists and composers
themselves. Early' in the New Year the White-
Smith Co. will put out some new pieces.
Nothing but success is what Walter Jacobs re-
ports, and a large measure of his big business is
due to the remarkable demand there is for the
Columbia collection of patriotic and favorite home
songs, of which mention already has been made
in this column. In this collection there are 120
songs.
LATEST BOOSEY PUBLICATIONS.
Co. is the "Valse Panama," by Paola F. del Cam-
piglio, whose effort is so melodious as to ensure
for it a wide popularity. The arrangement is simple
but effective, and it forms a number of exceeding
interest.
THAT now is the time to watch the real effect of
the oft-repeated resolution of certain music pub- '
NEW AID TO SINGERS ISSUED.
lishers to stop the payment of singers after the
'Manual of Art of Singing," by Emil Tiferro,
first of the new year.
Just Published by the Oiiver Ditson Co., Bos-
THAT there are some pessimists who claim that
ton—Some Features in January "Musician."'
the new resolution will simply change the system
from above board to under cover.
(Special to The Review.)
THAT the trials of alleged fake music publishers
BOSTON, MASS., December 29.—"Manual of the
supply
interesting reading for the general public
Art of Singing," by Emil Tiferro, is the latest
publication to be issued by the Oliver Ditson Co. if nothing else.
THAT the case also proves that there is ambition
This volume is the practical outcome of experi-
ence in teaching supplemented by an honorable existing in the breasts of even the elevator boys
career as a public singer. It contains seventy-five with the fame of the popular song writer as the
exercises, ranging from the easiest to the most ultimate desire.
THAT "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," an at-
difficult, and they are arranged for all voices.
"The Interpretation of Piano Music," by Mary tractive new ballad, is to be found among the
Venable, continues one of the most popular vol- latest issues of Jerome H. Remick & Co.
THAT Charles K. Harris has several new num-
umes of its kind put out in a long time, and the
bers, just issued, that hold much promise of de-
Ditson company continues.to receive all kinds of
warm endorsements of the volume, many of the veloping into successes.
THAT every time ^wo or three competing music
recommendations coming from schools, which find
it a first-class text book for class study. Four publishers are seen talking together in a more or
songs which the Ditson house has just issued are less friendly manner the "trust" cry is again flung
"Mistress Rosebud," by George Chapman; "Off to on the air.
THAT with "Jsle d'Amour" (Feist) being used
the Kingdom of Dreams," by Howard C. Gilmour;
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes," set to music from burlesque to the concert stage, there is little
by William Arms Fisher, and "Daddy's Lullaby," to be desired in the matter of popularity—and the
by Charles Huerter. All of these are unusually same popularity is bringing real sales results.
THAT the F. A. Mills Music Publishing Co. is
fine compositions.
one
of the latest of the popular publishers to seek
With the January issue of "The Musician" a
new volume begins. This issue contains a cover a location in the new Times Square music pub-
picture of Beethoven, with many good articles, in- lishing center.
THAT with the exception of a couple of large
cluding one on "Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler," by G.
Mark Wilson; "Modern Musical Tendencies," by concerns owning their own buildings, Forty-second
Arthur Elson; "Josef Stransky," by A. W. street will soon be the southern "dead line" for
Kramer; "A Defect in American Musicianship," the popular publishers who seem to like the prac-
by L. A. Russell; "What Makes a Teacher?" by tice of flocking together.
THAT being neighborly, as it were, helps the va-
A. de Guichard. There is the usual supplement
rious
concerns in the matter of watching their
of good music.
competitors.
FLANNER STOCK, AGAIN SOLD.
Bankruptcy of Heller Piano Co. Causes Second
Sale of Flanner Sheet Music, Plates, Etc.—
New Ballman Piano Co. Recently Launched
May Open Sheet Music Department.
Seven ballads of more than average excellence
are included in the latest issues of Boosey & Co.,
New York. It would be invidious to discriminate
anent the merits of these numbers, for each of
(Special to The Review.)
them is most delightful not only for the excellence
•.MILWAUKEE, Wis., December 30.—Robert Wild,
of its verse, but for the musical settings which are
the Milwaukee attorney, who purchased the sheet
most admirable and appeal to amateur and artist
music stock, copyrights and plates of the Heller
alike. The numbers in detail are as follows:
Piano Co., at the bankruptcy sale recently, acted
"Cuckoo Song," words by Alfred Williamd, music
for the William A. Kaun Music Co., well known
by Roger Quilter; "Not Really!" words and music
publishing and retail house, 1)0 Wisconsin street,
by Tvor Novello; "Out of the Mist," words by E. according to later developments. This was the
Tesehiemacher, music by Wilfrid Sanderson; "The
stock formerly owned by the late Joseph Flanner
Eden of My Dreams," words by Kathleen Weather-
and purchased by the Heller concern at the Flan-
head, music by E. Douglas Tayler; "The Jolly Old
ner bankruptcy sale last summer. The Kaun
Bachelor," words by Leslie Stiles, music by Merlin
house paid $3,250 for the stock.
Morgan; "A Short Cut" (duet), words by P. J.
The final meeting of the creditors of the late
O'Reilly, music by H. Trotere; "A Song of Dawn,"
Joseph Flanner was held in the Milwaukee bank-
words by P. J. O'Reilly, music by Arthur Kingston-
rutpcy court on December 23. The trustee made
Stewart ; "Sweet Eyes I Love," words by G. Hubi- his final report and the Flanner case is now closed.
Newcombe, music by Haydn Wood.
It is rumored that the new Ballman Piano Co.,
Among the instrumental issues from Boosey &
recently launched to succeed the bankrupt Heller
Piano Co., may organize a new sheet music de-
partment. If this is done Paul Tromnovv would
We Are the Publishers o the Waltz Song
head the department.
Success
"Just Because It's You"
From Ivan Caryll's New Musical Comedy
Success
"The Little Cafe"
CHAPPELL & C O . , L t d .
41 East 34th St., - NEW YORK
TORONTO
347 Yonge St., -
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NEW OPERA ATJHETROPOLITAN.
"L'Amore dci tre Re" ("Love of the Three
Kings"), a tragic poem by the eminent Italian poet-
dramatist, Sem Benelli, set to music by a young
Italian composer, Italo Montemezzi, which was pro-
duced with success last winter at La Scala in
Milan, will be presented for the first time in
America by Mr. Gatti-Casazza at the Metropolitan
Opera House on Friday evening of next week, un-
der the direction of Arturo Toscanini.
"America is the land of the future in music," '
says Mine. Gadski, referring to the training of ;
prima donnas in New York. She says that we ••
have become the Mecca of ambitious young
women with golden voices.
Another Beautiful Ernest R. Ball Ballad
GOOD-BYE, 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 great number for
your Popular Counter
Stock up—you'll need them
M. WITMARK & SONS
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