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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
73
Why Don't You? MREVIEWflEARS
Iff everybody in your Town
knew you handle
CENTURY
EDITION
and sell it at 10c. a copy
you'd sell twice as many
copies!
Why don't you advertise
in your local p a p e r s -
others do it with profit,
why don't you?
Century Music Pub. Go.
231-235 West 40th St., New York City
THAT the greetings of "Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year" will mean something besides a
mere matter of form this year, for the music pub-
lishers and dealers will look forward hopefully to
better times after January 1.
THAT, following various rumors, we may expect
to see numerous changes and shiftings among the
song writers and others connected with publishing
houses after the first of the year.
THAT the Arabs apparently have nothing on a
certain group of song writers in the matter of
wandering from one place to another continuously.
THAT there may be something in the idea ot
having the royalty check split among a number ot
concerns instead of being bunched in one "big"
wad.
THAT Theodore Morse, the popular composer, is
p.ow connected with M. Witmark & Sons, where
he expects to keep up his record of producing
some big selling hits.
THAT Al. Doyle, the well-known song writer,
long connected with Harry Von Tilzer, is the latest
addition to the all-star writing staff of Leo Feist,
Inc.
THAT Leo Feist, Inc., has several new numbers
that have been tried out and made good, with which
to start the new year off right.
You
Can't Go
Wrong
With
Feist So
PERCY WENRICH has written
many hits, but
"When You Wore A
Tulip and I Wore
A Big Red Rose"
will be his biggest one
LYRICS by JACK MAHONEY
7
cents a copy if you attach
t h i s advertisement t o
your order
LEO FEIST, Inc., FEIST Bldg., New York
'MESSIAH" BY ORATORIO SOCIETY.
SONQS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
In Steinway Hall, forty years ago (December 25,
1874), the Oratorio Society of New York sang
Handel's "Messiah" for the first time, with a
chorus of about three dozen voices.
The great religious masterpiece, this time with
a chorus of 294 voices, will be given in Carnegie
Hall this season on Tuesday afternoon, December
29, and Wednesday evening, December 3^, under
promising conditions.
Louis Koemmenich will conduct, and the or-
chestra will be that of the Symphony Society.
Some Popular Songs of Over a Century Ago
That Are Still Known to Fame—Origin of
"God Save the K i n g " Much Discussed.
III
III
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ANTWAR SONG PROVEsTsUCCESS.
I lie immediate success that has attended the in-
troduction of the new Leo Feist "anti-war" song,
"I Did Not Raise % My Boy to be a Soldier," by
Many of the popular tunes in vogue at the be- Piantadosi and Bryan, is indicated by the following
telegram received by the House of Feist this week
ginning of the eighteenth century were already of
considerable antiquity, such as "Roger de Coverley," from Miss Josephine Davies, the clever vaudeville
"Barbara Allen," "My Lodging is the Cold artiste, who put on the spng in Hartford, Conn.:
" 'Mr. Wilson' went big for us, but 'I Did Not
Ground," "Turn Again, Whittington," and "Down
R'aise
My Boy to be a Soldier' left it yards behind.
Among the Dead Men," while others were pro-
This is the biggest song hit I ever had."
duced apparently at or about the accession of
Eddie Morton, Billy Gould and other well-known
Queen Anne, such as "Sally in Our Alley," "Cease
Your Funning," "Drink to Me Only with Thine artists also praise the new number highly.
Charles K. Harris has just completed a new Eyes," etc. But two melodies stand out promi-
nallad of the distinctive Harris type which is now nently among the productions of that period, and
in press and will be ready for the trade shortly they are "God Save the Queen (King)" and "Rule
after the first of the year. Meanwhile the success Britannia." "Rule, Britannia, Britannia Rule the
of the Waltz of Peace, "When Angels Weep," is Waves," was composed by Dr. Arne; it appeared
continuing and the sales of the number show a in print first in his Judgment of Paris, but was
sung for the first time in his Masque of Alfred,
consequent expansion.
Henry Blossom & Victor Herbert's
in 1740, to commemorate the accession of George
T. It immediately became a household word
Brightest and Biggest Success
throughout the country and has remained so to
this day. As regards the authorship of "God Save
the King," very great doubt exists. Some writers
have tried to show that the tune is of Latin origin
and was sung in King James IPs Roman Catholic
Over the Hills to Mary.
chapel; another theory is that it is of French
Chinatown, My Chinatown.
origin and was composed by Sully, but the English
At the Mississippi Cabaret.
dispute this. The most probable supposition is that
it was the composition of Henry Carey. He was
I Want to Linger.
Now Playing to capacity at the
a stanch Loyalist and it is certain that he was the
When It's Night Time Down in
Lyric Theatre, N. Y.
first man known to have sung the air in public; he
Burgundy.
was also quite capable of producing such a melody.
There Is Only One California for
All the musical numbers, selec-
The air has been adopted by many other countries
as their national hymn.
Mine.
tion, score NOW READY!
NEW HARRIS BALLAD READY SOON.
THE MUSICAL COMEDY HIT
OF THE SEASON!
10 NEW REMICK
SONG HITS
On the 5.15.
Oh, What a Beautiful Baby.
Come Over to Dover.
Wrap Me in a Bundle (and take
me home with you).
Jerome H. Remick & Co.
219 W. 46th Street
NEW YORK
137 W. Fort Street
DETROIT, MICH.
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engravers and Printers
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF TITLE
FOR ESTIMATE
311 Weit 43d Str««t, N«w York City
"The Only Girl"
BUY
YOUR M'JSrC FROM
BOSTON
NEW YORK
THE BALLAD SUCCESS OF AMERICA
WALTER JACOBS
I Bosworth St.,
BOSTON, MASS.
Publisher of
'Kiss of Spring," "Some Day When Dreams Come True,"
And Some Others World Famous.
OLIVER DITSON
M. WITMARK & SONS
Witmark Bldg., 144-146 W. 37th St.,
COMPANY
BOSTON
NEW YORK
Anticipate and supply Every Requirement of Music Dealers
WHITE-SMITH MUSIC PUB. CO.
PUBLISHERS,. PRINTERS, ft ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Maim Offices: 02-64 Stanhope St., Boston.
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago.
"Suppose I Met You
Face To Face"
By CHAS. K. HARRIS
SOLD WHEREVER MUSIC IS SOLD
CHAS. K. HARRIS
Broadway and 47th Street
MEYER COHEN, MBT.
New York