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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
BUSHIJW
Conducted by B. B. Wilson
STAFF OF OLIVER DITSON CO, ENJOYS MUSICAL EVENING.
Elaborate Program of Over
Fifty
Numbers Presented in Order to Familiarize Employes with
the Various Publications of the House—New Plan Much Appreciated.
(Special to The Review.)
identified with the interpretation of the program
Besides Mr. Manney and Mr. Fisher the inter-
pretation of the numbers was provided by Karl
unusual occasion that called together the other eve-
Rissland, violinist of the Boston Symphony. Or-
ning all the staff of the Oliver Ditson Co., and that
chestra; Herbert W. Smith, baritone at the Central
on. of the pleasantest evenings spent in a long
Congregational Church, Boston; William B. Mac-
time was the experience of everyone, goes without
saying. The musical evening developed out of the Lane, tenor, and Oscar C. Henning, who also is a
idea that it was of the greatest value that all the member of the Ditson staff. Messrs. Henning, Fish-
er and Manney were the pianists of the evening
staff know some-thing of the latest of the Ditson
and one or the other played the accompaniments
publications in order that the compositions might
be the more intelligently handled. So a recital was for the singers and violinist.
arranged for, and it took place at the quarters of
Mr. Fisher acted as master of ceremonies and
the Harvard Musical Association, a place eminently
before each group of piano numbers or songs gave
fitted for just such an affair, for the whale atmos-
a descriptive word or two about the composers, an
phere of the place is saturated with music. It
occasional bit of added information being contrib-
was the Harvard Musical Association that fathered
uted from some one present in the most informal
the first symphony concert given in Boston back
kind of way. When the name of Piitz was men-
in lS(i'), when Carl Zerrahn, of pleasant musical
tioned it was stated by one gentleman that it might
memory was the conductor. During its career of
not be generally known to the staff present, but it
thr.c-quarters of a century it has been responsi-
was feared that this composer was dead. He had
ble for some of the most marked movements to-
gone to the front early in the war and for a long
wards the general advancement of music in
time his whereabouts has been unknown. Of
Boston.
another composer it was casually ventured what
migh't be his feelings just now with himself a resi-
The program consisted of nearly fifty composi-
tions, all of them of recent publication by the Dit- dent of New York, German on the one side, and
son house, and the composers represented were Le- another nationality on the other.
The entire program was a thoroughly enjoyable
mont. Roife, Sartorio, Piitz, Kramer, Kroeger,
one and was perhaps the more so because of the
Watts, Saar, Rissland,' Hamilton, Burleigh, Tchai-
excellent dinner which the company enjoyed at the
kow.-ky, Class, Huhn, Steinfeldt, Fletcher, Huerter,
Boston City Club earlier in the evening, at which
I'rey, Montague, Johnson, Cadman, Dichmont,
there was a delightful exchange of reminiscences
Williams, Lazarus. Kursteiner, Hyatt, Douty, Tay-
and anecdotes between the various groups. The
lor, Debussy, Adamowski, Charles Fonteyn, Man-
Oliver Ditson staff will keenly anticipate the next
ney and William Arms Fisher, these last two being
of these occasions which may be in the late winter.
•TomiiK'nt members of the staff, and especially
BOSTON, MASS., December 14.—It was a rather
MAY NOT ENFORCE CONTRACT.
Jos. Stern & Co. Lose Out in Supreme Court
in
Case
Against
Sigmund
Romberg
for
Breach of Contract.
Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum heard about
the high cost of producing tango music when he
passed upon a demurrer to the complaint of Joseph
\V r . Stern & Co., play brokers and publishers,
against Sigmund Romberg, writer of popular
melodies, the Shubert Theatrical Syndicate and
Jacob J. Shubert.
Justice Greenbaum held Romberg would not have
to live up to the terms of the contract because it
lacked mutuality of obligation. He therefore dis-
missed the complaint of the publishers. Stern &
Co. alleged that, though Romberg had been en-
abled through their efforts to make contracts with
the Shuberts, he refused to recognize them as his
business representatives.
Both publishers and song writers should be in-
terested in the figures regarding royalties to be
paid to Romberg and how royalties were declared
to have increased during recent years.
hi the days of the old waltz and two-step com-
posers got a royalty of only three cents for each
copy sold above a stipulated number. Now, ac-
cording to the attorneys for the publishing con-
We are the publishers of
THE
SONG OF SONGS
(Chanson du coeur brise)
Music by Moya
Three keys: Ab, Bb and D
SEND 12 CENTS FOR SAMPLE COPY
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St., - NEW YORK
Canadian Branch i 347 Yon f . St.. TORONTO
cern, the rate is six cents. Here's the new sched-
ule, as embodied in Romberg's contract with the
company : Songs, two cents ; marches, five cents ;
dances, six cents; potpourris, ten cents; piano
scores, twenty cents.
NOTED COMPOSER COMING.
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford to Visit This
Country in June—To Present His Own Work
at the Norfolk, Conn., Musical Festival.
Theater on last Sunday evening by Ed. Morton.
Another new Feist song that promises well is
"Why Not Sing the Wearing of the Green?" with
words by Howard Johnson and the music by Jack
Glogau, who has developed a delightful melody
with a distinctly Irish flavor. The new number
will be featured by Blanche Ring in her new vaude-
ville sketch, "Oh, Papa."
NEW REMICK & CO. NUMBERS.
'On the 5.15" and "When the Roses; Bloom in
Avalon" the Latest Additions to Catalog.
The latent additions to the catalog of Jerome H.
Remick & Co. are "On the 5.15," by Stanley Mur-
phy and Henry I. Marshall, and "When the Roses
Bloom in Avalon," by Alfred Bryan and Jack
Wells. The former number is of the "topical"
song type and reveals the woes of the commuter
and his adventures after missing the 5.15. The
original title page consists of a half-tone repro-
duction of a timetable of the suburban divisions
of one of the local railroads and is decidedly ap-
propriate. "When the Roses Bloom in Avalon"
has a brilliant cover design in which a rose covered
trellis is a prominent feature.
WINS WINTER JQARDEN PRIZE.
Thomas J. Ross, Jr., Writes Best Chorus for
Jolson Song.
Among 500 contestants who accepted the invita-
tion of Al Jolson to write an additional chorus for
the song, "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Sol-
diers,' which lie uses in "Dancing Around" at th-
Winter Garden, Thomas J. Ross., Jr., a New York
newspaper writer, has been awarded first prize, a
box for any performance at the Winter Garden..
Mr. Ross's verse is as follows:
-Netty's knitting knicknacks for the soldiers;
Her nobby knack at knitting nets them neckties by the
score:
Some natty soldier knockers would prefer some knicker-
liockers.
To the knotty knitted neckties Netty knits for necks galore.
The second prize, a box for six persons, was
awarded to Miss Gertrude M. Winter of 373 West
lllith street.
The third prize, two seats, was awarded to Harry
Wilcox of 319 West 1 Kith street.
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, the distinguished
The J. E. Sterling Music Co. has opened a new
Irish composer, is coming to this country next June
music store on Sixth street, Benton Harbor,
to be present at the Norfolk, Conn., Musical
Mich.
Festival. He will conduct a new work of his own
composition, the nature of which is not yet an-
nounced, and also his "Irish Symphony." It is the
custom of the authorities of the Norfolk festival
SONG HITS
each year to get some composer of distinction,
One Wonderful Night (You Told Me
European or American, to produce a new work of
You Loved Me)
his own composition at the festival, and to come
Sue of the Cumberland*
to America, if he is a foreigner, to conduct it him-
The Frisco Cabaret (Rag Song)
self. This year Jean Sibelius was thus honored;
In the Evening by the Moonlight in
the Finnish composer came to Norfolk and after-
Dear Old Tennessee.
ward received an honorary degree from Yale Uni-
Alice of Old Vincennes
versity. Sir Charles Stanford is one of the most
I Long to Hear the Old Church Choir
eminent of British composers. He has composed
Again
in all forms, from the song to the symphony, the
When You Sang "The Palms" to Me
oratorio and the opera. He has done much work
Diane of the Green Van
in the rescuing and preservation of Irish folk
Sing Me the Rosary
songs, and in his own compositions has made much
Hurrah for the Christmas Ship
use of the Irish national element.
DANCE SUCCESSES
Original Fox Trot (Klickman)
PUBLISH GOOD ANTI=WAR SONG,
Daddy Long Legs Hesitation Waltz
" I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" Has
Dream Waltz from "Tales of Hoffman"
Excellent Sentiment—Another Irish Song.
One Wonderful Night, Hesitation Waltz
Hesitation Waltz (Klickman)
The latest war, or rather anti-war, song has just
McKINLEY SUCCESSES
been published by Leo Feist, Inc., under the title
of "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier." The
song, by Piantadosi and Bryan, is rich in senti-
ment, has a tuneful melody and was introduced for
the first time with much success at the Alhambra
Publishers of the
"FAMOUS McKINLEY TEN CENT MUSIC"
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
Chicago
N«w York