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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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CONDUCTED BY B. B. WILSON
SHEET MUSIC AND MUSIC ROLLS
'SO LONG, LETTY" IN NEW YORK
WM. JEROME PUBLISHING CORP. BUSY
Music in Sheet Form Still Necessary if Player-
Piano Owners Desire to Sing With Many
Rolls—Light on a New Opportunity
New Morosco Farce With Clever Music by
Earl Carroll Pleases Broadway
Professional Singers Show Much Interest in
Several of the Firm's Numbers
"So Long, Letty," the Morosco farce with
music which has met with such cordial suc-
cess in the West, and in Boston, came to the
Shubert Theatre here on Monday of this week,
and from all first night indications is in for a
run.
As a farce the play is clever and well acted.
The scenes are laid in a trolley car colony on
the beach, near San Francisco, and the story
revolves around the experiences of two couple
who become tired of respective help mates and
decide to change, with thoroughly humorous
results. Charlotte Greenwood heads the cast,
which includes May Boley, Sidney Grant, Wal-
ter Catlett, as members of the two couple, and
also Vera Doria, Frances Cameron, Percey
Bronson, the Cameron sisters and others.
There is a large and at times slightly costumed
chorus, that savors more of Shubert's than
Morosco. A moonlight bathing scene was par-
ticularly effective.
The music of "So Long, Letty," which, with
the lyrics, is by Earl Carroll, is not alone clever-
ly original in its conception, but also distinctly
NEW BALLAD WINNING SUCCESS
interesting in orchestration. "So Long, Letty,"
"Ju>t a Kiss," the new ballad published by the a duet, has a high-class ring to it, and brings
A. .1. Stasiiy Music Co, is having good sales, many encores, as do "Pass Around the Apples
according to the reports from Philadelphia, Chi- Once Again," a lively number; "Blame It All
cago and other cities throughout the coun- on the Girls," "Mr. Patrick Henry Must Have
try. The words of the new ballad are by Con Been a Married Man," a novel quarrel duet in
Earth and the music by George A. Reeg, Jr. the second act, and an effective "Southern and
The song is published with a very attractive title Hawaiian" specialty, which forms sort of finale
page.
to the show, and includes the presentation of
the song, "When Jackson Moans on His Saxo-
phone." This song is well put over by the
CHANGES NAME OF NEW POLKA
chorus, half costumed as Hawaiian and half
Chas. K. Harris, who a short time ago an- as Southerners of ante-bellum days. There are
nounced the "Two-Two" polka in line with the also some excellent dance numbers in the pro-
decree of the Dancing Master's Association duction. The score of "So Long, Letty" is
that the polka would be danced this year, has published by Leo Feist, Inc.
now changed the name of his polka to the
"One-Two" polka owing to a similarity of titles
WILL HART SONG WITH C. K. HARRIS
of his own and other publishers.
Will Hart, who was formerly on the staff of
You are sure to have Calls for the
the Bernard Granville Publishing Co, has
placed a new song with Chas. K. Harris called
Greatest "Blues" Song ever written
"She Comes From a Quaint Little Town in
Pennsylvania." Mr. Hart will be remembered
as the author of "Any Old Name Is a Wonder-
ful Name."
With the coming of the talking machine and
player-piano, music publishers and dealers have
seen a falling off in the demand.for sheet music,
due to the fact that a large part of* the public
has given up hand-playing in favor of having
their music produced mechanically and without
effort. Manufacturers of music rolls have even
gone so far as to print the words of the music
on tlie edge of the rolls so that player-piano
owners may sing as well as play.
With all these handicaps, however, it is dis-
covered that even the player-piano owner is a
purchaser of sheet music, as well as rolls. A
surprising number of people when buying the
roll of a popular song get sheet music to ac-
company it. l>y referring to the sheet music
when the roll is playing the player-pianist can
see how the music should be interpreted, change
the tempo to fit the lyrics and secure a better
reproduction, and also an understanding of
what the song is about and what it means.
OUR BIG HIT
lAlH'TGOTNOBOOT
HAWAIIAN
Music and Books
You will have calls for
On the Beach at Waikiki
She Sang Aloha to Me
Fair Hawaii
My Waikiki Ukulele Girl
Garden of Paradise
Kalima Waltz (Instrumental)
Drowsy Waters (Wailana)
Old Plantation (New revised edition)
One, Two, Three, Four
Aloha Oe Song Aloha Oe Waltzes
Bailey Ukulele Method (Only Self-Instructor
Published. Over 100,000 Sold)
Peterson Steel Guitar Method (Self Instructor)
Bailey Collection of Ukulele Solo*
Published by the House of Hawaiian Hits
VICTOR NOVEMBER RECORD
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
Sherman.Blay&Ca
SAN FRANCISCO
The William Jerome Publishing Corporation
has been keeping open house since their entry
into the field of music publishing. Every day
the professional quarters are tilled with per-
formers wishing to use some of the new firm's
publications. The demands of the dealers for
the song "Sometime," which is being used by
Raymond Hitchcock in "Betty," have been
heavy, and the two new numbers by Geo. M.
Cohan, "There's Only One Little Girl," and
"I Want to Be All Alone With You," are com-
ing along in good shape.
NEWS OF THE OPERETTAS
Reports from Chicago state the "Alone at
Last" operetta is playing to packed houses.
The "Girl from Brazil" has moved from the
Shubert Theatre, New York, to Philadelphia,
where it is scheduled to run for the next few
weeks. "Her Soldier Boy" has been moved
from Philadelphia to Boston where, after play-
ing a short engagement, it will have its New
York premiere. The new operetta by Edmund
Eysler, "Lieutenant Gus," has been put into re-
hearsal and will when presented have the origi-
nal German title, "When Two Love." The
scores for all the above operettas are published
by the Karczag Publishing Co.
NEW FEIST SONGJN VAUDEVILLE
Van & Schenck, who are filling in some
vaudeville time before appearing in "The Cen-
tury Girl," have been featuring with great
success the new Feist number, "It's Not Your
Nationality, It's Simply You." The lyric of
the song is to the effect that it is the indi-
vidual, and not his nationality that develops
opportunities, and there is a melody goes with
it that pleases the audiences mightily.
EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING MATTER
Ted S. Barron, manager of the Metropolis
Music Co., is sending out to sheet music dealers
some very attractive advertising material. As the
list of Victor records for November contains the
"L-I-B-E-R-T-Y" song published by his com-
pany, he is also placing in the hands of Victor
distributors placards featuring "L-I-B-E-R-T-Y"
and also the song "Georgia Moon."
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" I N OLD BRAZIL"
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"COME BACK TO ARIZONA"
"IF^YOU EVER GET LONELY"
"MEMORIES"
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