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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
52
Conducted by B. B. Wilson
PLANS FOR THE DEALERS' MEETING.
ONE MILLION COPIES'
Board of Directors of the National Association
of Sheet Music Dealers Announces Details of
Arrangements for Holding Annual Meeting
of Organization in New York in June.
THAT the trade must be suffering from an at-
tack of spring fever in the matter of standing up
for its "rights" in the courts.
The National Association of Sheet Music Deal-
THAT an entire week has gonu by without a suit
ers, through R. W. Herrelfinger, secretary and
being brought for breach of contract, infringement
treasurer of the organisation, has sent out the or copyright, or any other little thing of like nature.
following notice to its members regarding the plans
THAT according to authorities the most difficult
for the next annual meeting of the association, piece of music in the world is a composition by a
which, as announced in The Review recently, will
Kuropean with an unpronounceable name wherein
be held in New York instead of San Francisco, as the pianist is called upon to play for several sec-
planned at first. The letter reads:
onds at a speed in excess of 3,100 notes per minute.
Your attention is called to the fact that the board of
THAT maybe popular composers will still claim
directors has, by its vote, made the following changes
that ragtime playing calls for speed.
in the time and place for the holding of the next meeting
of the National Association of Sheet Music Dealers.
THAT, as one publisher has wisely remarked,
The convention will assemble on Thursday, June 10, in when you handle your own music rolls you do not
New York City (headquarters to be announced later) and
have to worry about getting all the royalty that
the remainder of the week will be devoted to a con-
is due.
sideration of the matters that are to come before the asso-
ciation. A detailed list of such matters will be mailed
THAT the Harris staff is all excited over the com-
to the members in the very near future, and in the mean-
ing
"Chas. K. Harris Night," at the Jardin de
time the secretary would be pleased to have. suggestions.
Committees will be appointed to confer with the Na- Danse, when Dave Genaro will cake-walk to the
strains of "Pickin' on the Old Banjo." The date
tional Publishers' Association, which meets Tuesday, June
15, and it shall be the endeavor of the committees to
is April 14.
secure such action and agreements as may be found mu-
THAT "Chin-Chin" is booked for an all summer
tually beneficial to the dealers and the publishers.
run at the Gaiety Theater.
An adjourned meeting of the association will be held
at San Francisco on Tuesday, July 6, at which time the
reports of the committees will be heard and action taken
thereon, and upon other matters that may come before the
convention.
It is hoped that as many members as possible will attend
both conventions. The New York meeting is sure to be
a most valuable one and productive of great good not
only to those who participate, but to the entire trade in
general. Our San Francisco meeting has been arranged
so as to be held at the most attractive tkn e for the at-
tendance of our members who can thus make the trip at
a nominal cost, owing to the very low rates to the Coast
this year, and secure not only the benefit from the con-
vention, but the pleasure incident to the trip as well.
This notice is sent at this time so that the members
may make definite arrangements sufficiently far in ad-
vance so that the attendance may be easily arranged.
The officers of the association feel greatly encouraged
over the results that have been secured during the first
year of the association's organization.
The hearty co-
operation of the publishers has been receivej, and while
the working out of some of the details that will lead lo
the general betterment of conditions is necessarily a slow
operation and takes time, yet everything looks most prom-
ising.
VICTOR HERBERT^ LOSES SUIT.
Court Refuses to Grant an Injunction Against
the Production of the Play "Old Dutch" in
Film Form Without Plaintiff's Music.
The action brought by Victor Herbert, the com-
poser, against Lew Fields, the World Film Cor-
poration and others to prevent the production in
film form of the play, "Old Dutch,"' in accordance
with a contract alleged to be held by the plaintiff
whereby "'Old Dutch" was not to be presented in
public without the music written for it by him,
came up in court last week, and the application
of Mr. Herbert was denied by Justice Bijur.
Jt was held by the court that the contract upon
which Air. Herbert based his charges did not cover
the case' in point.
We are the publishers of
THE SONG OF SONGS
(Chanson do coeur briie)
Music by Moyi
Three Ken ; Ab, Bb aid D
Send 12 Cent, (or Sample Copy
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 E. 34th St, NEW YORK
Caaadito Branch
347 Y » M « St., TORONTO
THAT the Sam Fox Publishing Co., Cleveland, is
now offering 100 copies of "Valse Elaine" free to
dealers. The gift is contingent upon said dealers
making a window display of that number ex-
clusively.
MANUEL KLEIN FOR LONDON.
Former Musical Director of New York Hippo-
drome to Hold Similar Position at Famous
Gaiety Theater, in England's Capital.
Manuel Klein, for many years musical director
of the New York Hippodrome, and who composed
the bulk of the music used at that great playhouse
in connection with the various spectacles presented
since its opening, sailed last week for London to
assume the post of music conductor of the famous
Gaiety Theater, where there is about to be pro-
duced "To-night's the Night," with practically the
same cast seen in that play in the United States. Tn
addition to his work at the Gaiety, Mr. Klein has
written several numbers for the new revue at the
London Hippodrome. M. Witmark & Sons, who
have h?en Mr. Klein's exclusive publishers, will
continue to act in that capacity.
SUE RIGHTS TO OPERA.
Injunction
and $5,000
Damages
G. Ricordi & Co.
Asked by
Suit to restrain publication of a version of the
opera "Amore dei Tre Re" and for $5,000 for in-
fringement of copyright was brought in the Fed-
eral District Court last week by G. Ricordi & Co.,
music publishers of Milan, against Jack O'Doris,
of this city.
The plaintiff claims to be the assignee of the
copyright of the English version and charges that
the infringing copies, as published and sold by the
defendant, gives the- cast which performed the work-
far the plaintiff in the Metropolitan Opera House.
LEO FEIST, INC., BUYS NEW SONG.
Leo Feist, Tnc, this week closed a deal for the
purchase of the song "Down Among the Sheltering
Palms," from the La Salle Music Co., Chicago. The
number was written by James Brockman and Abe
Olman. and has already proven quite successful
which affords an indication of what may be ex-
pected of the song when featured by the Feist
organization.
will be *o)d of these 3 big instrumental hit*. We picked
them a» our "Big" one* for 1915 and we are going after
"good and forte." You kiiow what that mean*.
SILVER FOX
FOX TROT
An instantaneous aure fire Raggy Fox Trot
hit by Henry Lodge. We are having calls for
it everywhere.
A LA CARTE
ONE STEP
Abe Holztnann's j in cling, tingling, rinsing
one step. A sensational instrumental number.
GERALDINE
VALSE HESITATION
The catchiest, most melodious and charming
waltz published.
A musical masterpiece by
Henry Lodge.
JEROME H. REMICK & CO.
THE HOUSE THAT MADE INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC FAMOUS IN AMERICA
^DETROIT, MICH.
NEW-YORK, N. V a
E. T. PAULL TO SELL MUSIC ROLLS.
The K. T. Paull Music Co. has completed ar-
rangements for the marketing of a li^w 10-cent
hand recorded music roll for player-pianos, con-
taining the various well-known and successful
marches as played by E. T. Paull, the composer.
The new rolls are of the eighty-eight note type,
and each comes in a seperate box.
DENY PRICE REDUCTIONS.
Hinda, Noble & Eldredge, publishers of The
Most Popular Series of music and song books,
have learned of rumors being circulated in th.'
trade that th?y contemplate cutting the prices on
their various books, and in an open letter to the
dealers the company makes a positrve denial of
any such intention. The present policy of fixed
prices will also be maintained absolutely.
McKINLEY SUCCESSES
SONG HITS
One Wonderful Night (You Told Me
You Loved Me)
The Kiss That Made You Mine
Roll Along, Harvest Moon
In the Evening by the Moonlight in Dear
Old Tennessee
I'll Return Mother Darling to You
The Hours I Spent With Thee
They All Sang "Annie Laurie"
SingJMe the Rosary
In Honolulu by the Sea
I Long to Hear the Old Church Choir
Again
Sue of the Cumberlands
Z DANCE SUCCESSES
Original Fox Trot (Klickman)
Daddy Long Legs Hesitation Waltz I P ^
Dream Waltz from "Tales of Hoffmann"
One Wonderful Night Hesitation Waltz
Hesitation Waltz (Klickman)
Publishers of the
"FAMOUS McKINLEY TEN CENT MUSIC"
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
Chicago
New York