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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Conducted by B. B. Wilson
OUTING OF BOSTON MUSIC PUBLISHERS POSTPONED.
NEW COMPOSER FOR WITMARKS.
Vacations Interfere with Present Plans—'Many Recent Visitors—D'Auvergne Barnard Returns
to London—Thompson & Co. Moving—New Ditson Publications of Interest.
Prominent Publishing House Makes Contract
for Exclusive Publishing Rights in America
for Works of Dr. Anselm Goetz'.
(Special to The Review.)
BOSTON, MASS., June 29.—The rank and tile of
number. The co.ver is the same design, done in
different colors from before. Some of its articles
the membership of the Boston Music Publishers' are: "Composers in Love and Wedlock, Richard
Association will learn with regret that the summer
Wagner," by J. Cuthbert Haddcn; "A Plea for
outing has been given up because so. many of the Credit to High School Students," "The Musical
men are about starting away on vacations. It is Sense," by Herbert Sanders; "Music Rolls for
probable that it will be held early in the fall, as
Player-Pianos," by Mary B. Lindsay; "The Econ-
was the case last year.
omy of Memorizing," by Adelia M. Randall, and
"A Summer Music School in the Woods Along
Many Visitors to Publishing Trade.
The Boston music publishers have been doing Lake Michigan." by Mary Woo.d Chase.
considerable entertaining the past fortnight. W.
J. Kearney, of Galveston, Tex., of Thomas Gog-
POPULAR PUBLISHERS ORGANIZE.
gan & Brol, was a caller on the trade. He was Prominent Members of Local Trade Form the
accompanied by his wife, who is remaining North
Music Board of Trade and Elect Officers—
most of the summer. Mr. Kearney was the
To Eliminate Practice of Paying Singers and
recipient of much social attention while here.
Conduct Other Necessary Reforms.
After a visit of several days he went to New
A permanent organization of the publishers of
York, and was to resume his trip South by easy
stages. Mrs. M. M. Root, o,f the University Music popular music is now a reality, for after several
Store, Ann Arbor, Mich., was another caller. preliminary meetings the Music Board of Trade
Local publishers likewise were glad to welcome was formed at a session held at the Fulton The-
W. G. Votteler, of the house o.f H. J. Votteler & ater, New York, last Friday, and attended by the
Co., Cleveland, O., which is among the oldest majority of the representative popular publishers
music stores in that city. Alwin Busley, o.f the of the city. Tt is the first time in this country that
Busley Music Co., Salt Lake, dropped in on sev- efforts to form such an association among the
publishers of popular music have been crowned
eral of the music publishers during the month.
with success.
D'Auvergne Barnard to Europe.
The officers o.f the Music Board of Trade for
D'Auvergne Barnard, the English composer and
London representative of the B. F. Wood Music the first year are: Louis Bernstein, of Shapiro,
Co., who has been in this country fo.r several Bernstein & Co., president; Charles K. Harris,
weeks, has engaged passage on the "Franconia," vice-president; Jay Witmark, treasurer, and Fred
which sails from this city on July 6. Mr. Barnard E. Belcher, of Jerome H. Remick & Co., secretary,
has been widely entertained both in Boston and with Frank Leffler as his assistant. The Board
New York while here, and goes back to London will hold meetings each week on Tuesday in the
with a better idea than ever of American ho.s- Fulton Theater building.
pitality and enterprise.
The initiation fee of the Music Board of Trade
has been set at $2-5, with dues of $10 monthly, and
C. W. Thompson & Co. Removing.
ever publisher of popular music is invited to join
C. W. Thompson & Co. are in the throes of
moving, but when the house is finally settled at 2B the organization. The first work to be taken up
Park street, a few doo,rs above their former place, was the elimination of the practice of paying pro-
it will be found that the change was well worth fessional singers and orchestra leaders to exploit
songs, and each member of the board has passed
while. Increased facilities from every point of
view are what Mr. Thompson will enjoy, and in his word of honor to, discontinue the practice. If
the publisher decides later that it is to the inter-
which his many customers will share.
ests of his busines to pay for exploitation, he is at
Clarence Woodman on Vacation.
Clarence Woodman, of the Oliver Ditson Co., liberty to resign from the board. Singers making
is enjoying his vacation at his co.untry home at demands for loans will be referred to the secretary
Marshfield Hills, having started away a few days of the board, who, if the singer is actually in want,
ago. George W. Furness, one of the traveling will be empowered to make a suitable contribution.
men of the house, is off on a trip to the Coast
The publishers in the new board have many
and yesterday was in Los Angeles. His northern- things which they plan to reform, and one of the
most point will be Seattle, which he plans to reach
early matters to be acted upon will be the practice
on July 17, and from there he will return East.
of music roll and record makers making fixed
New Ditson Music.
deductions from "royalty statements to cover
Some of the new sheet music just issued by the breakage and other real or fancied claims.
Ditson Co. includes "When the Day Is Ended," by
The present membership of the Music Board of
Arthur H. Ryder; a duet .for soprano and alto, Trade consists of Louis Bernstein, of Shapiro,
"The Seal," by Herbert W. Wareing; "The Song Bernstein & Co.; Charles K. Harris; Jay Wit-
of the Timber Trail," by Stanley R. Avery; mark, of M. Witmark & Sons; Jerome H. Remick
"Foreboding," by William T. Miller; "In Dreams," & Co.; Henry Waterson, of the Waterson, Berlin,
by A. Walter Kramer, and a mazurka in E for
Snyder Co..; Harry von Tilzer; Will von Tilzer,
violin and piano by Carl Busch. The July issue of the Broadway Music Corporation; Theodore
of the Musician is quite as attractive as the June Morse, Joe Morris, of the Joe Morris Music Co,;
Fred Haviland, of the F. B. Haviland Music Pub-
lishing Co.; Max Dreyfus, of T. B. Harms,
THE LATEST ENGLISH SONG SUCCESS
Francis, Day & Hunter; F. A. Mills, Tell Taylor,
Orer a Quarter Million Copies Sold in England and the Colonies.
F. J. A. Forster, Will Rossiter, Harold Rossiter,
Jos Daly and Maurice Abrahams.
Xathan Burkan has been appointed general
By HERMANN LOHR
counsel for the board.
To the list of well-known musicians writing ex-
clusively for M. Witmark & Sons has l>een added
the name of Dr. Anselm Goetzl, the distinguished
Viennese composer and principal conductor of the
Dippel Opera Co.
Dr. Goetzl is well kno.wn in Germany, where his
compositions are enjoying a wide vogue. His
opera, "Les Precieuses Ridicules" (Zierpuppen),
had a long run in many European cities, and it
will be presented as one of the novelties for next
season's grand opera in New York.
His opera co.mique, "Madame Flirt," has been
acquired by the Shuberts, who will give it a costly
production early in the fall. Another work from
his fluent pen, also a comic opera, is entitled "Das
Gnaedige Fraulein," the English version of which
is being made by Mr. Smith, and will probably
have its initial performance at the hands of. the
Dippel Opera Co.
Besides these are twxj. musical comedy scores to
receive publication during the coming season, and
a score or more instrumental and vocal numbers,
among them a song composed expressly for
Emmy Destinn.
Although but a short time in America, Dr.
Goetzl has established an enviable reputation for
himself in musical circles in New York.
TRUE PROGRAM MUSIC.
The latest thing in program music is a couple of
puns. The name of the piece 'containing them is
"The Herring." It is, of course, pitched in the key
of C. There are loud thumpings in the lower
tones and a number of brilliant runs above. Asked
for an explanation of these, the composer, whose
name is withheld for obvious reasons, replied:
"The thumpings express the booming of the sea,
and the runs are, of course, the scales on the
herring."
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