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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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an attractive offer of "The Musician," in which
attention is called to the fact that this magazine
Billy Sunday's Hymn Books Featured—George L. Cobb Now a Benedict—Popular Organist Passes is a business builder. The house is anxious
Away—Ditson Co. Co-operating with the Dealers—Some Good Numbers in the Wood List
to impress upon dealers the necessity for con-
stantly
keeping in touch with this magazine, for
the
seventy-fifth
anniversary
of
the
society,
and
BOSTON, MASS., December 4.—The Boston music
publishers are feeling the effects of a good at an Easter concert in 1895 Mr. Parker's "Life they will then be prepared to come in touch
fall business, and sales of Christmas music of Man" was the feature. Many anthems and with customers, for within its covers they al-
have been of a highly encouraging order, bet- services were written by him for use by ways will find helpful suggestions toward pro-
For the Apollo Club he moting trade. The Ditson Co. has a fine new
ter in fact than last year when there was a the Trinity choir.
disposition on the part of church choirs to wrote "The Blind King." "A Manual of Har- lot of music for violin and piano and also for
use old music and to buy little therefore. With mony" was also one of his works. He was a organ, and is anxious that all dealers remem-
Billy Sunday in town a large number of the graduate of Harvard. His funeral took place ber this fact.
Speaking of the Ditson Co. the Get-together
publishing houses are exhibiting the hymn books from Trinity Church on November 29, when
of this evangelist who is packing the taber- several of his favorite hymns were used as well Club of this house is planning to have one of
its delightful "eats" the latter part of Decem-
as some of his instrumental music played.
nacle twice every day.
ber at the Hotel Thorndike or the Georgian.
Selling "Most Popular" Books
George L. Cobb Takes a Wife
Cadman's Successful Tour
Charles R. Warfel, who represents the New
George L. Cobb, the music composer whose
B. F. Davison, of the White Smith Music Pub-
Dixie songs are making a big hit, and who is York house of Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge Co.,
now associated with Walter Jacobs, the music Inc., was a local visitor in the trade during lishing Co., hears from Charles Wakefield Cad-
man in the South that he is meeting with
publisher, was married a few days ago to Miss the past few days.
marked success in his concert tour. The pres-
Mary Barr, of Buffalo, N. Y. The ceremony
Portraits of Weil-Known Composers
was performed at the parsonage of the Union
In one of the windows of the Oliver Ditson ent tour will end on December 21, and after
Congregational Church by Rev. Ernest G. Co. there is an attractive display of the works that there will be another tour through the
Guthrie, the pastor. Mr. Cobb and his wife of a group of composers whose likenesses are West, which will take the composer as far
are making their home in Allston, and will be given considerable prominence. In the group North as Alaska, probably.
at home to their friends after January 1.
are a number of well-known Boston composers
New B. F. Wood Co. Publications
The Jacobs Publications
whose compositions are widely known.
The B. F. Wood Music Co. has been experi-
Monthly Ditson Bulletins Help Dealers
encing a good fall business with its many pop-
The house of Walter Jacobs is having marked
The Oliver Ditson Co.'s dealers are finding ular publications, and some of its newest num-
success with its publications, and Mr. Jacobs
is on the job early and late as usual. "The the monthly novelty bulletins which contain bers are destined to meet with that success that
Cradle of Liberty" march and two-step by Al- valuable selling points a great convenience. is the usual thing with much of the output of
Here is a budget of the latest
fred E. Joy is one of the publications that is The bulletin is classified under the separate this house.
headings of songs, vocal duets, piano, organ, piano compositions: "Highland Lassie" and
meeting with high favor.
violin and piano, books, etc. Each section is "Song of the Rivulet," by S. B. Pennington;
Death of James C. D. Parker
James C. D. Parker, for twenty-seven years classified according to author with a concise "Danse d'Amour" and "A Legend," by J. P.
organist of Trinity Church, one of whose fore- description of every composition. These de- Ludebuehl; "Poinsettia," by Litta Lynn; "Baga-
bears was one of the early rectors of this parish scriptions give to the enterprising music clerk telle and Reverie," by D'Auvergne Barnard; "In
and subsequently bishop of the diocese, died the material he most needs in helping him to Forest Shadow," "Caprice," "Polonaise" and
at his home in Brookline, November 26. He make selections and in intelligently informing "Impromptu," by Grace White.
studied at Leipsic, and for a long time was an his customers about the right things for special
instructor at the New England Conservatory occasions in the doing of which to the best
Leo Feist, Inc., have sent a circular to the
of Music. His first large work in composition, advantage he will both retain old customers and dealers announcing that Lew Berk's "I Met
written in 1877, was the "Redemption Hymn," gain new ones. The December bulletin of the You, Dear, in Dreamland," for which they re-
which was produced by the Handel & Haydn Ditson house will list its most important new cently secured the exclusive publishing rights,
Society, and since sung many times. The can- work, "A New Formula for the Piano Teacher can be had at 6 cents a copy if the coupon
tata of "St. John" was written especially for and Piano Student," by Wassili Safonoff, and which accompanies the circular is used.
LARGE ADVANCE SALE 0FJ3UUSTMAS MUSIC IN BOSTON
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A $75.00 Catalog of Standard Music
Sold Upon Guarantee
OUR POLICY
To co-operate with and
protect the music dealer
OUR SPECIALTY
Edition Wood and Easy
Teaching Piano Music
For $75.00—Invoiced as February 1st, 1917 (Easy terms of payment to reliable dealers)—We will send any reliable
dealer a carefully selected stock of our "Edition Wood," every volume in a neatly printed shelf-wrapper for convenience
in reordering, together with one each of our best selling easy piano teaching music in the first three grades, and one each
of our best selling songs (all copyrights) and not to be had in any other edition. To all dealers handling our publica-
tions we furnish a liberal supply of catalogs imprinted on the title with the dealer's name.
At the end of one year from date of purchase, take out those you find unsalable (if any) and return them to us. We
will exchange them, upon a basis of price for price, for music which you have found by your own experience (not ours)
will sell. We take the risk!
We know that any dealer can sell our "Edition." The demand for our publications by the music teachers through-
out the country is steadily increasing. We have no retail department. Who is going to supply this increased demand?
You—the dealer! Send for our Booklet—"Protection for the Music Dealer." Write at once!
THE B. F. WOOD MUSIC COMPANY
246 Summer Street, BOSTON
29 West 38th Street, NEW YORK
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