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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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new numbers are of the comedy or novelty order,
HOW LONG DOJOICES LAST?
and "Ypsilanti" especially has already proved very
Francis
Rogers Writes Interestingly on This
successful. "My Tom Tom Man" is a new Indian
Subject in His Recent Book.
numlxr, and there are also two charming ballads
included, "Twilight Brings Dreams of You" and
Discussing the subject of singers and how long
"Underneath the Stars."
their voices last, Francis Rogers in his interesting
book, "Famous Singers of the Nineteenth Cen-
ALFRED BRYANJUES PROTEST.
tury," published by the W. H. Gray Co., says :
"From the records of the past I am disposed to
Alfred Bryan, writer of "I Didn't Raise My Boy
assert in a general way that the term of a singer's
to Be a Soldier," has risen valiantly in protest
against the attacks on the song toy Colonel Roose- professional life is two-score and ten. Singers
velt and others, and in an open letter to the New themselves are the poorest judges of the proper
moment for their own retirement, because they can
York Globe last week declared that the spirit and
not hear the ravages that time has made in their
real meaning of the song was misconstrued; that
il was written at a time when there was no war voices. They cannot accept the fact that, though
the intellectual mastery of their art is on the in-
cloud hanging over the United States, and that it
crease, their physical resources may be diminish-
was a plea for arbitration rather than an attack
ing. Catalani, Grisi, Garcia, Mario and Tamburini
on militarism.
all continued to sing after they had passed the half
"Oh, say, who was here to see you last night?'' century mark, although their voices had suffered a
noticeable deterioration. Pasta's voice had gone at
"Only Myrtle, father."
forty, Duprey's at forty-five. Pauline Garca re-
"Well, tell Myrtle that she left her pipe on the
tired at forty for reasons unknown; Jenny Lind
piano."
withdrew even earlier. That Lablache was able to
give pleasure with his singing till he was sixty was
probably owing to the fact that the bass voice is
the most durable of all voices. Rubini retired at
forty-eight, his voice already somewhat impaired.
Singing belongs to youth."
"HANDS UP" PRODUCED IN NEW YORK.
Feature of the New Summer Revue Is the Music
by E. Ray Goetz—Lew Fields and Maurice
and Florence Walton Featured.
"Hands Up," a n:w lively summer revue, with
Ralph Herz as the star and Maurice and Florence
Walton as the featured players, opened at the
Forty-fourth Street Theater on Thursday night of
last week and was most cordially received. The
new piece is of an elaborate character and con-
sists of two acts and twelve scenes, ranging from
a view of the Panama-Pacific Exposition to a
bathing scene at Long Beach, N. Y. The piece is
full of specialties, including that of Will Rogers,
the cowboy.
The book of "Hands Up" is by Edgar Smith
and the lyrics and music by E. Ray Go.tz.
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