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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
68
BALTIMORE PUBLIC DEMANDING BETTER MUSIC.
Dealers Welcome Appearance of New Music of Higher Order — The Popular Numbers That
Are Most in Demand at Present—Music Dealers Discuss the Trade Situation.
(Special to The Review.)
BALTIMORE, MD., October 4.—That the season
promises to be a big one in the sheet music busi-
ness and that the year has been better than fair is
what the majority of managers of the various sheet
mus'c departments report. Music departments
handling the popular priced music—the ten-cent
article—reported unprecedented sales.
One thing is noteworthy among many of the
houses handling the better class of music, and that
is that the opinion is general that the public is fast
becoming more select in its taste and is paying
better pr'ces for the more classical or standard
compositions. It is easier with many of the firms
to sell their trade the high-grade numbers than it is
to dispose of the popular priced numbers. Some
of the music dealers predict that the day of the
ten-cent music is slowly but surely drawing to a
close. This opinion is based on the fact that
writers have begun to realize that there is no fu-
ture for them in supplying the market with ten-
cent music. Against this the managers of the de-
partments of the ten-cent stores seem to believe
there will always be a market for ten-cent music.
Charles W. Glaser, vice-president of the G. Fred
Kranz Music Co., is firm in the opinion that the
outlook for business this season is big. Two of
the best sellers with the firm have been Ernest
Hutchinson's "Elements of Piano Technic" and
George L. Boyle's "Spring Breeze." "Hello,
Frisco," from the "Follies," is also having a big
sale. Said Mr. Glaser: "The public is passing
from the cheap music stage into the better field.
And this is a very good sign, for it means much to
the trade, to the writers and to the publishers.
When 'The Rosary' was out at a popular price the
sale was good, but now, at forty cents, it is still
going well. I also notice that many of the song
writers are going into the better market, for they
realize that the ten-cent proposition does not mean
very much to them. There is also a very notice-
able demand for arrangements of the standard and
classical numbers for dancing."
The American (ten-cent store) reports a big
sale on "Eileen," "Dream Girl," "Sheltering Palms"
and "My L : ttle Girl." Kresge's (ten-cent store)
reports a big season and looks for a continuance
of business. Among the best sellers are "My Lit-
tle Girl," "We'll Have a Jubilee in My Old Ken-
tucky Home," "When I was a Dreamer," "Nor-
way, the Land of the Midnight Sun," "Tulip Time
in Holland," and "Little Gray Mother."
J. G. McCrory Co. (ten-cent store) has done a
big business throughout the season, and among its
leaders at this time are "It's All Your Fault, 1
"I'm Leaving You, Good-Bye," "My Killarney
Rose," "My Little Girl," and "When the Girl of
Your Dreams Dreams of You."
F. W. Wool wort i Co. (ten-cent store) has had
a very good season and reports the following
among 'ts best sellers: "My Little Girl," "Nor-
way," "It's All Your Fault." and "Down Among
the Sheltering Palms."
For the music department of Stewart & Co. Miss
Irene Green reports a very good business. She
expects to have a big fall trading. The leading
demands include "Teach Me to Smile," from "Girl
Who Smiles"; "When I Was a Dreamer," "I
Want a Little Love from You," "Everybody Rag
With Me," "Ragging the Scale," "Sweetest Girl in
Monterey," "It's Tulip Time in Holland," "Blame
it on the Blues," and "Silver Fox," both of the
latter being fox-trot numbers, for which there
has been a big demand.
'C. E. Wilkerson, manager of H. R. Eisenbrandt
& Son, Inc., expects the fall to show a big demand
for the high-grade numbers. His best seller is J.
A. Seidt's "Love's Trial," a medium grade number
for scholars, and Carrie Jacob Bond's "Song of the
Hills." He also has had a good run on "Cecile,"
"Dreaming," and "Nights of Gladness."
"The time has come," said Mr. Wilkerson, "when
the public is demanding standard selections for
GREAT MUSIC IN "PRINCESS PAT."
PREFERS THE LIGHTER CLASSICS.
Victor Herbert at His Best in Latest Produc-
tion—Music Highly Praised by Newspapers.
General Run of Trade Does Not Desire Heavy
Music, Declares Arnold Robinson, Detroit
Manager—Big Order from Church.
Seldom has there been a musical production
offered in iNew York that has called forth such
unstinted praise from the reviewers of the daily
press as "Princess Pat," the latest musical comedy,
for which Victor Herbert provided the music, and
which opened at the Cort Theatre on Wedneslay
evening of last week. As a matter of fact there
has seldom been offered a musical score so gen-
uinely delightful as that Mr. Herbert has given us
in his latest work.
Best of all, the company is thoroughly in keep-
ing with the piece itself and is headed by Eleanor
Painter, vivacious as an actress, delightful as a
singer.
One number of particular charm came when
Miss Painter and Miss Fallon sang the duet in the
first act, "For Better or for Worse." It imrae-
d'ately followed Miss Painter's entrance song,
"Love Is the Best of All," which instantly estab-
lished the beauty of her voice.
Some rare numbers came in the second act.
Miss Painter sang "I Need Affection." There was,
with piano accompaniment, a "Neapolitan Love
Song," by Joseph R. Lertara, an excellent Italian
baritone, who is little known here. With Miss
Painter he had the duet, "All for You," which
was one of the gems of the second act. Two or
three effective ensembles, with admirable orches-
tration, had their places in the score.
Henry Blossom provided the libretto, which was
somewhat conventional and uninteresting, but his
lyrics were capital and made amends for any laxitv
in his work as librettist. His verses were well
written, sensible and singable, a combination to
be appreciated.
M. Witmark & Sons publish the score.
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(Special to The Review.)
DETROIT, MICH., October 5.—Arnold Robinson,
in charge of the sheet music department of the J.
L. Hudson Co., and who formerly was in business
for himself in the Washington Arcade, reports
that he is getting back all of his old trade and
that business has been exceedingly good. When
asked what kind of music he found to be selling
the best Mr. Robinson replied: "As you probably
know, we do not handle any popular music here—
just the classical and teachers' music. Neverthe-
less, we find that the people do not want strictly
classical music, but prefer the lighter classical
music—between popular and strictly high-class.
They demand music with more melody—something
that is easy to learn and that is tuneful. In other
words, while they won't have the ten-cent popular
music in their homes, they will pay more and buy
the melody numbers in what might be called clas-
sical music. The tendency is toward the simple
things. A great many musicians are realizing that
a classical number which they may like and which
may be difficult to play may not appeal to the pub-
lic, hence it is more satisfactory and more pleasing
to an audience to hear a semi-classic that has
melody." Mr. Robinson says that the first order he
booked since the department was re-established was
for 4,700 copies of church music for one church.
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dancing. There is no longer a constant inquiry
from the buying musical public for the cheap dance
music. The public wants something besides the
empty sameness that characterizes so many of the
popular numbers. This is a healthy season, and
while our business will not open up well until after
October 1 we look forward to a big season."
H. D. French Piano Co. only handles classical
and standard numbers, and Mr. Grottendeck is
looking forward to a big fall season. Business has
not opened up with the firm as yet, but is expected
to get under way as soon as Peabody and the many
other conservatories about the city get in full
swing.
Setchell's Song Shop, handling all of the popular
priced numbers, has been opened but a few months
and reports a big sale in all of the popular num-
bers. He is also making a specialty of showing
high-grade numbers. He has a demonstrator on
hand practically all of the day and on Saturday
nights. The same sort of demonstration is also
be'ng made in all of the ten-cent stores, which have
singers in addition to the pianists. All of the ten-
cent stores use considerable space to display music.
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