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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Conducted by B. B. Wilson
CARUSO IN COPYRIGHT CASE.
WEBER TO PRODUCE "THE ONLY GIRL"
NATIONAL ANTHEM 100 YEARS OLD.
Parts of Book on "How to Sing" by Famous
Tenor, Alleged to Be Infringement.
New Musical Comedy by Victor Herbert and
Henry A. Blossom to Be Produced the Com-
ing Season—Based on Play "Our Wives."
Baltimore to Ce'ebrate the Centenary of the
Writing of the Star Spangled Banner in
September—President Wilson to Be There—
Big Fund Raised to Cover Outlay.
(Special to The Review.)
It has just been reported that Joe Weber is to
Transplanted Marylanders now living in New
produce "The Only Girl," the new musical comedy
York are to be well represented at the National
by Victor Herbert and Henry A. Blossom. The
play is a musical version of "Our Wives," the de- Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration to
lie held in Baltimore during the week of Septem-
ber 6 to 13.
Plans for the "Back to Baltimore" movement
were made at a meeting of Marylanders at the
Army and Navy Club Friday evening. More than
100 are expected to go on the special train that
will carry the Old Guard of New York, which is
to take part in the celebration. They will leave
on September • 10, and another special train will
convey the Seventh Regiment. Col. J. Frank Sup-
plee is chairman of the committee that is arrang-
ing the visit.
Baltimore is spending $175,000 to make this
celebration of the national anthem's one hun-
dredth anniversary a success. The festivities will
start Sunday, September 0, with a musical festival
by
a massed orchestra and chorus of 5,000. Mon-
NEW WHITE=SMITH PUBLICATIONS.
day there will be an industrial pageant with 500
"Three Songs of the Desert" Being Sung with
floats. The Constellation, oldest vessel in the
Much Success by Mme. Schumann-Heink—
United States navy, will arrive in Baltimore's har-
New Numbers for Vio'in, 'Cello and Piano
bor, escorted by a fleet of United States and for-
—Only Song Written by Mme. Nordica.
eign warships.
The program for Tuesday includes a floral auto-
(Special to The Review.)
mobile parade, receptions aboard the visiting men-
BOSTON, MASS., August 10.—The White-Smith
of-war. Colonial lawn fetes and garden parties at
Music Co. is putting out this week "Three Songs
Carroll Park and Fort McHenry. At night a car-
of the Desert," of which great things already have
nival will be held.
been said while Mme. Schumann Heink has been
Victor Herbert.
The chief event of Wednesday will be a parade
singing them from manuscript during the last two lightful comedy produced originally at Wallack's
of members of the various fraternal orders. There
months of her concert tour. The songs are named, Theater under favorable conditions.
will be 60,000 men in line, fifty bands and sixty
respectively, "Sunset in the Desert," "Night in the
"Our Wives" was a very cleverly contrived com-
Desert," "Dawn in the Desert," and the latter one edy, simply bubbling over with laughter and in the allegorical floats.
has come in for the most eulogistic laudation from
A parade of the employes of all of Baltimore's
new version Henry Blossom has turned out a
leading critics. The words are by Faith Boehncke, piece of stage craft which other writers of musical
municipal departments will be held on Thursday.
and the music, which is of a highly classical, mu- comedy might imitate. It is built on the general
There also will lie a mass meeting of patriotic
sicianly character, is by Gertrude Ross, of Los order of "Madame Sherry" and "Adele," requiring
societies at Fort McHenry and an electrical his-
Angeles, known in her home city as a pianist and only eight show girls and no male chorus. Both
torical pageant at night. Friday there will be an
accompanist. One will be interested to. learn in
Mr. Blossom and Mr. Herbert consider it one of army and navy parade, and a military ball in honor
the course of a month or two of their success.
of President Wilson, Cabinet officers, Governors
their best works.
and army and navy officers.
This same house is putting out a trio for violin,
Several of the most important musical numbers
'cello and piano, opus 56, by Charles Wakefield
On Saturday morning the original "Star-Spangled
have been turned in to the publishers, M. Witmark
Cadman, and dedicated to his friend, Geo.rge W. & Sons, who do not hesitate to predict that Mr.
Banner" will be carried through the city by an
Chad wick, head of the New England Conserva-
escort comprising President Wilson, the Governors
Herbert has produced some of his best work.
tory of Music. There are also three songs by
Mr. Weber has promised an early production for of and a picked guard of 100 men from each of
Arthur Nevin, entitled "An Egyptian Boat Song," "The Only Girl," and is now busily engaged in
the eighteen States forming the Union in 1811, and
"Indian Lullaby" and "My Love Is Fair," and
selecting a caste of well-known singers and actors
much is anticipated from these by the publishers. lo give the play adequate representation.
An interesting announcement from the White-
Smith Co. is that it possesses the only song ever
JOHN WATTERSON KILLED.
written by the late Mme. Nordica. It is called
Son of Henry Watterson Fatally Injured When
"Enduring Love," and was first published back in
Motorcycle Hits Cow.
1890. Since this great singer's death the song has
been republished with a handsome cover containing
John Watterson, son of Henry Watterson, head
SONG HITS
a picture of Nordica, and already it has been
of the Watterson, Berlin, Snyder Co., New York,
Alice of Old Vincennes
largely called for.
was killed on Thursday of last week on Robinson
Diane of the Green Van
Banks M. Davison, of the White-Smith Co., will boulevard, East Patchogue, L. I., when he tried to
One Wonderful Night (You Told
take his vacation the second week in August and
avoid striking a cow with the motorcycle he was
Me You Loved Me), Song
go with his family to Hyannis, on the Cape, where
riding. He was knocked from the seat and died
Sing
Me the Rosary
he has been for a number of seasons.
soon afterward.
When You Sang "The Palms" to
Mr. Watterson had been stopping at the Old
Me
Oak Hotel with his mother. He was known as a
THE LATEST ENGLISH SONG SUCCESS
DANCE SUCCESSES
daring driver, having competed successfully in sev-
Over a Quarter Million Copies Sold in England and the 'Colonies.
Hesitation Waltz, by Klickman
eral automobile speed contests. A year ago he
Thanks for the Lobster, Tango
narrowly escaped death when his racing car over-
Dream Waltz from "Tales of
turned at Brookhaven, L. I. He was nineteen
Hoffman"
vears old.
By HERMANN LOHR
LONTON, E N C , July 31.—Infringement of copy-
right was alleged against Caruso, the famous tenor,
in the Chancery Division last month. Dighton
Pollock, on behalf of Mme. Meyerheim, the plain-
tiff in an action against Signor Caruso and John
Church & Co., publishers, moved for an injunction
to restrain the defendant company from infringing
the copyright in a book written by the plaintiff
called "L'Art du Chant Technique."
Counsel said that the book written by Signor
Caruso and printed by the defendant company con-
tained several pages taken from the plaintiff's book,
and it was entitled "How to Sing."
Mr. Manning, for the company, said it knew
nothing about this claim until it received the writ.
The company purchased the copyright in the work
not from Caruso, but from another company.
The court made an order in accordance with an
undertaking given by the company.
McKINLEY
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"little Grey Home in the West"
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Price 60 Cents
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"You're the Rose of My Heart, Rosle Dear."
"World's Fair Greeting."
"Autumn."
"True Love is Up to Date."
"All My Dreams of Love Go to You."
"There Is One Who Ne'er Forgets or Turns Us
Down," and others.
TO I N T R O D U C E , 5 CENTS E A C H .
KEITH'S MUSIC PUBLISHING CO., Long Branch, N. J.
One Wonderful Night, Hesitation
Waltz
In Search of a Husband, Tango
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NEW YORK
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