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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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A. J. STASNY HOME FROM TRIP
"HER SOLDIER BOY" IN NEW YORK
New York Music Publisher Spends Six Weeks
Calling on the Dealers
Newest Wartime Operetta Clever and Tuneful
and Proves a Decided Hit
A. J. Stasny, head of the A. J. Stasny Music
Co., returned to the New York office of the
firm on Saturday, December 9, after a six weeks'
trip, which included a visit to the Pacific Coast
and intervening territory. Mr. Stasny found
conditions throughout the West very favorable,
general prosperity prevailing throughout the
Western districts, and the sheet music dealers
of the Western States getting their share.
Mr. Stasny has had wonderful success with
his fall catalog, and the outlook for better busi-
ness in the next few months is even more prom-
ising, as the additions of such numbers as
"Just a Kiss," "One Happy Day" and "Story-
land" will testify.
"Her Soldier Boy" came to New York last
week, occupied the Astor Theatre, and captured
the city without a blow. This newest of war-
time musical comedies has been credited by
some of the reviews with being the best work
of its kind seen in New York in several sea-
sons. In fact, it is full of good things. Al-
though a romantic opera, of the Viennese type,
it has been entirely remodeled in accordance
with American ideas, and has been elaborately
staged by the Shuberts, at the same time being
given with a cast of particular excellence headed
by Clifton Crawford.
The libretto is by Rida Johnson Young,
adapted from the German of Victor Leon, and
the score is given officially in the program as
by Emmerich Kalman, composer of "Sari," and
"Miss Springtime." However, Mr. Crawford,
Sigmund Romberg and others have all had a
chance at the music of the piece which may or
may not have improved it. At all events it is
decidedly tuneful now. The Kalman score is
published by the Karczag Publishing Co.
REMICK & CO.VNEW FOX TROT
"Pozzo Fox Trot," by Vincent Rose, an Instru-
mental Number of Much Promise
The 'latest addition to the instrumental cat-
alog of Jerome H. Reniick & Co. Is a com-
position by Vincent Rose, which is entitled
"Pozzo Fox Trot." As Remick's each season
have a number of instrumental hits, many of
them leading sellers, it is never necessary for
them to push a mediocre number, so the an-
nouncement by Jerome H. Remick & Co. that
they intend to push the "Pozzo Fox Trot"
leaves little room to doubt its being an unusual
number.
Among other leading numbers in the Remick
instrumental catalog are: "Pretty Baby," fox
trot; "In Old Brazil," fox trot; "My Dreamy
China Lady," one step; "'And They Called it
Dixieland," fox trot; "Underneath the Stars,"
fox trot.
PLAY ON UFE_OF SCHUBERT
"The House of the Three Girls" to Be Pro-
duced in New York Shortly
The Shuberts will make their first German
production in New York in the near future when
they present "Da's Dreimadelhaus" (The House
of the Three Girls), a musical play in three
acts, and founded on the life of Franz Schubert,
the composer. The book is by A. M. Willner
and Heinz Reiechert. All the songs in the
piece are compositions by Schubert himself, ar-
ranged for the stage by Heinrich Berte. The
play is now i" its second season in Berlin.
You are sure to have Calls for the
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OUR BIG HIT
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The year 1916 is bringing to a close one of
the most successful years in the history of the
Crescent Card Works, 145 West Forty-fifth
street, New York. Their specialty, as most
publishers know, is the making of advertising
display cards, a work at which they have per-
formed so well, that they now have in a good
many cases the exclusive contract for such
work.
Among the cards shortly to be released by
the above concern are these featuring the new
Ernest Ball and J. Keirn Brennan ballad, "I'm
Coming Back to California, That's Where 1
Belong," published by M. Witmark & Sons;
the latest Hawaiian success from the pen of
Wolfe Gilbert, "Hawaiian Sunshine," published
by Jos. W. Stern & Co.; "I Met You, Dear,
in Dreamland," published by Leo Feist, Inc.;
two numbers published by the F. B. Haviland
Music Co., entitled "Then You're Dancing an
American Rag" and "I'll Make You Want Me";
one of the latest releases from Shapiro, Bern-
stein & Co., called "What I Owe You," and the
song "Sweetheart," published by Church, Paxon
& Co.
While a large volume of work is turned out
for the publishers of music, the Crescent Card
Works have also been very successful in other
display advertising fields, having made hundreds
of electric signs for the 5 and 10-cent stores,
which are proving "business getters for those
firms.
LIVE NEW HAWAIIAN NUMBER
"My Hawaiian Sunshine" Added to Catalog of
Jos. W. Stern & Co.
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Earl Carroll has written a song called "The
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that name, which is now playing in the vicinity
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and will probably be placed in the operatic cat-
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Much comment has been aroused by the
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Tn "My Own Iona," they have a number
which is not among the very new ones, yet
one which is at the height of its selling popu-
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CLIFTON CRAWFORD TO PUBLISH
It is stated that Clifton Crawford, star of
"Her Soldier Boy," has ambitions to become
a music publisher, and will offer for the holi-
days under the title of "Songs by Clifton Craw-
ford" a number of songs composed by himself
and sung in various musical comedies. Among
the numbers will be "Slavery," "History" and
"The Military Stamp," all written by Mr. Craw-
ford and used in "Her Soldier Boy."
"CANARY COTTAGE" FOR NEW YORK
"Canary Cottage," the Oliver Morosoo musical
production, of which Earl Carroll is the author,
ended a week's engagement in Pittsburgh on
December 9. The local critics were unanimous
in their praise of the song, "I Never Knew."
"Canary Cottage" is scheduled for an early pro-
duction in New York.
WITMARK
BALLAD
Fred W. Vanderpool, who has been very suc-
cessful as a writer of concert songs, is an-
nounced as co-author with Louis Weslyn, in a
new ballad, which is now being published by
M. Witmark & Sons. The ballad is entitled,
"When I Found the Way to Your Heart."
'JEROME H.REMICK&Cp:s\
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"JUST A WORD OF SYMPATHY'
"MAMMY'S LITTLE COAL BLACK
ROSE"
"HOW'S EVERY LITTLE THING IN
DIXIE"
" I N OLD BRAZIL"
"DOWN HONOLULU WAY"
" AND THEY CALLED IT DIXIELAND"
"COME BACK TO ARIZONA"
" I F YOU EVER GET LONELY"
"MEMORIES"
"WHOSE PRETTY BABY ARE YOU
NOW?"
JEROME H. REMICK & CO.